Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Matt Nolan
Originator: Ann E. Gibbs
Originator: Alexander G. Snyder
Publication_Date: 20221115
Title:
Orthoimagery of the coast of Alaska from Icy Cape to Cape Prince of Wales, 2016
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data (GeoTIFF)
Series_Information:
Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9PGJNE9
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place:
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9PGJNE9
Online_Linkage:
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Matt Nolan
Originator: Ann E. Gibbs
Originator: Alexander G. Snyder
Publication_Date: 2022
Title:
Alaska coastal orthoimagery and elevation data: Icy Cape to Cape Prince of Wales, 2016
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster and vector digital files
Series_Information:
Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9PGJNE9
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details:
suggested citation: Nolan, M., Gibbs, A.E., and Snyder, A.G., 2022, Alaska coastal orthoimagery and elevation data: Icy Cape to Cape Prince of Wales, 2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release,
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9PGJNE9.
Description:
Abstract:
This part of the data release presents orthoimagery spanning the ocean shoreline of Alaska from Icy Cape to Cape Prince of Wales. Aerial images were collected, and data were processed, by Fairbanks Fodar (
https://www.fairbanksfodar.com) in Fairbanks, Alaska, for the U.S. Geological Survey. The aerial images, from which the orthoimages were created, were collected in 2016 between August 29 and September 4 and extend from the shoreline to 400-4000 meters inland. The aerial images were collected with precise Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation data from a manned aircraft and were then processed into orthoimages photogrammetrically and using structure-from-motion (SFM) processing methods as described in Nolan and others, 2015. Orthoimages contain 4-band, 8-bit, unsigned raster data and are available in GeoTIFF format with 10, 16, or 20 cm cell sizes, depending on location. The orthoimages were converted to cloud optimized GeoTIFF format by the USGS. Due to file size and number limitations, the orthoimages have been divided into three groups by geographic location. Users are encouraged to use the Tile Index shapefile, which is also available in this data release, to identify orthoimagery files that are appropriate to a specific area of interest.
Fairbanks Fodar was contracted by the USGS to acquire aerial photography and to generate structure-from-motion products including orthoimagery, digital elevation models, and elevation point clouds. USGS researchers use the orthorectified imagery to delineate shoreline position and characterize coastal geomorphology.
Supplemental_Information:
The Tile Index shapefile, also available in this data release, provides an outline of the data in each orthoimagery and elevation data file as well as the name of the file. Once the appropriate filenames are identified, users can either download files to their local server or stream the Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) directly to any COG supporting GIS.
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in Esri format, this metadata file may include some Esri-specific terminology.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20160829
Ending_Date: 20160904
Currentness_Reference: ground condition at time data were collected
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -167.62629
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -159.92483
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 70.29046
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 65.763323
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: ImageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Data Categories for Marine Planning
Theme_Keyword: Physical habitats and geomorphology
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: structure from motion
Theme_Keyword: coastal processes
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets
Theme_Keyword: remote sensing
Theme_Keyword: aerial photography
Theme_Keyword: image collections
Theme_Keyword: geomorphology
Theme_Keyword: earth sciences
Theme_Keyword: geography
Theme_Keyword: coastal processes
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Theme_Keyword: coast
Theme_Keyword: beach
Theme_Keyword: cliff
Theme_Keyword: beach ridge
Theme_Keyword: shore
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Theme_Keyword: CMHRP
Theme_Keyword: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: PCMSC
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:62819e47d34e3bef0c9a3b0d
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: State of Alaska
Place_Keyword: Icy Cape
Place_Keyword: Chukchi Sea
Place_Keyword: Wainwright
Place_Keyword: Point Lay
Place_Keyword: Kasegaluk Lagoon
Place_Keyword: Cape Sabine
Place_Keyword: Sitkok Point
Place_Keyword: Cape Beaufort
Place_Keyword: Cape Lisburne
Place_Keyword: Wevok
Place_Keyword: Cape Lewis
Place_Keyword: Kilikralik Point
Place_Keyword: Marryat Inlet
Place_Keyword: Cape Prince of Wales
Place_Keyword: Shishmaref
Place_Keyword: Kotzebue Sound
Place_Keyword: Kotzebue
Place_Keyword: Kivalina
Place_Keyword: Point Hope
Place_Keyword: Cape Krusenstern
Place_Keyword: Deering
Place_Keyword: Cape Espenberg
Place_Keyword: Cape Thompson
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain from the U.S. Government and are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize and acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey and Fairbanks Fodar as the originator(s) of the dataset and in products derived from these data.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Graphic depicts an example of the orthoimagery data available in this release.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
Data_Set_Credit:
Data collection was funded by the U.S. Geological Survey. Data acquisition and processing were conducted by Fairbanks Fodar.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 10, Agisoft Photoscan, ArcMap 10.6, gdal v3.3.1
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: M. Nolan
Originator: C. Larsen
Originator: M. Sturm
Publication_Date: 2015
Title:
Mapping snow depth from manned aircraft on landscape scales at centimeter resolution using structure-from-motion photogrammetry
Other_Citation_Details:
Nolan, M., Larsen, C., and Sturm, M., 2015, Mapping snow depth from manned aircraft on landscape scales at centimeter resolution using structure-from-motion photogrammetry: The Cryosphere, v. 9, p. 1445–1463,
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1445-2015.
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Alexander G. Snyder
Originator: Ann E. Gibbs
Publication_Date: 2019
Title:
National assessment of shoreline change: A GIS compilation of vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for the north coast of Alaska, Icy Cape to Cape Prince of Wales
Other_Citation_Details:
Snyder, A.G., and Gibbs, A.E., 2019, National assessment of shoreline change: A GIS compilation of updated vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for the north coast of Alaska, Icy Cape to Cape Prince of Wales: U.S. Geological Survey data release,
https://doi.org/10.5066/P9H1S1PV.
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Ann E. Gibbs
Originator: Alexander G. Snyder
Originator: Bruce M. Richmond
Publication_Date: 2019
Title:
National Assessment of Shoreline Change—Historical Shoreline Change Along the North Coast of Alaska, Icy Cape to Cape Prince of Wales
Other_Citation_Details:
Gibbs, A.E., Snyder, A.G., and Richmond, B.M., 2019, National assessment of shoreline change—Historical shoreline change along the north coast of Alaska, Icy Cape to Cape Prince of Wales: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2019–1146, 52 p.,
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20191146.
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Jacquelyn R. Overbeck
Originator: Richard M. Buzard
Originator: Mark M. Turner
Originator: Katie Y. Miller
Originator: Roberta J.T. Glenn
Publication_Date: 2020
Title:
Shoreline change at Alaska coastal communities: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation
Other_Citation_Details:
Overbeck, J.R., Buzard, R.M., Turner, M.M., Miller, K.Y., and Glenn, R.J., 2020, Shoreline change at Alaska coastal communities: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2020-10, 29 p., 47 sheets,
https://doi.org/10.14509/30552.
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Quantum Spatial, Incorporated (QSI)
Publication_Date: 2019
Title: Fairbanks Fodar Assessment
Other_Citation_Details:
A formal evaluation performed by Quantum Spatial (2019) compared these data to vertical control points (see the Attribute Accuracy Report). Additional information about this report can be obtained by contact Ann Gibbs (agibbs@usgs.gov).
