Citation_Information:
Originator: Jenna A. Brown
Originator: Christine J. Kranenburg
Originator: Karen L.M. Morgan
Publication_Date: 20201007
Title:
Time Series of Structure-from-Motion Products - Digital Elevation Models: Madeira Beach, Florida, July 2017 to June 2018
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release
Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/P9L474WC
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, Florida
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9L474WC
Abstract:
Aerial imagery acquired with a small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS), in conjunction with surveyed ground control points (GCP) visible in the imagery, can be processed with structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry techniques to produce high-resolution orthomosaics, three-dimensional (3D) point clouds and digital elevation models (DEMs). This dataset, prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC), provides UAS survey data products consisting of DEMs collected at Madeira Beach, Florida, monthly from July 2017 to June 2018 in order to observe seasonal and storm-induced changes in beach topography.
Photogrammetry software was used to perform SfM processing on low-altitude digital aerial imagery acquired with a 3DR Solo UAS quadcopter equipped with a Ricoh GR II digital camera, using surveyed permanent features (for example, parking lot stripes, concrete groin blocks) and temporary targets (black and white, 4-square checked pattern) distributed uniformly throughout the UAS flight operations area as GCPs. The following SfM products are produced for each UAS survey over the approximately 700-meter-long and 100-meter-wide stretch of coastline:
* georeferenced orthomosaic image with 5-centimeter (cm) resolution
* DEM with 5-cm horizontal resolution
* 3D RGB-colored point cloud
All horizontal data are provided in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projected coordinate system, Zone 17 North (17N), referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83 (2011)), and elevation is referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88), GEOID 12B.
Purpose:
These SfM products were produced from aerial images collected at Madeira Beach, Florida, from July 2017 to June 2018, in order to observe seasonal and storm-induced changes in beach topography.
Supplemental_Information:
Theme:
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Theme_Keyword: USGS:ca4db938-34e8-4940-8d52-01b25302e5b5
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: remote sensing
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets
Theme_Keyword: digital elevation models
Theme_Keyword: topographic maps
Theme_Keyword: coastal processes
Theme_Keyword: topography
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Theme_Keyword: CMHRP
Theme_Keyword: St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: SPCMSC
Theme_Keyword: unmanned aircraft systems
Theme_Keyword: UAS
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information Service (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: Pinellas County
Place_Keyword: Madeira Beach
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