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Structure-from-motion point clouds of an approximately 13 km long section of the Big Sur coast, California for 33 flights between 2017-01-25 and 2023-06-08

Online link https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/catalog/pcmsc/DataReleases/CMGDS_DR_tool/DR_P13FEC44/BigSur_TopographicPointClouds_metadata.faq.html
Description Presented here are point clouds derived from aerial photography collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) using an oblique plane-mounted camera system, covering approximately 13 km of the coastline near Big Sur, California. These point clouds are referenced to previously published lidar data and contain RGB information as well as XYZ. Point cloud coordinates are in NAD83 UTM Zone 10 meters. Imagery was collected with a Nikon D800 camera in RAW format and processed using structure-from-motion photogrammetry with Agisoft PhotoScan version 1.7 through 2.0. Point clouds were clipped to an area of interest (AOI) using LASTools. The AOI was created in ArcGIS Pro 3.3.1. [More]
Originators Dow, Helen W.; Warrick, Jonathan A.; and Ritchie, Andrew C.

Related topics

Aerial photography, Coastal processes, Hazards, Image analysis, Image collections, Landslides, Remote sensing, Topography, Elevation, GeoscientificInformation, ImageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Transportation, Bathymetry and Elevation, Aerial and satellite photography, Agents of coastal change, Anthropogenic agents of coastal change, Coastal change hazards topics, Coastal landslides, Coastal landsliding, Coastal processes, Coastal sediment budget, Coastal zone management, Effects of coastal change, Geomorphology, Hazards and disasters, Human responses to coastal change

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United States, Monterey,

Hydrologic units

Central California Coastal,

States or counties

California