Baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Breton Island, Louisiana, September 18–19, 2015

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Title:
Baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Breton Island, Louisiana, September 18–19, 2015
Abstract:
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducts baseline and storm-response photography missions to document and understand the changes in vulnerability of the Nation's coasts to extreme storms. On September 18–19, 2015, the USGS conducted an oblique aerial photographic survey from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Breton Island, Louisiana (fig. 1, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1008/downloads/maps/index.jpg), aboard a Maule MT57 aircraft at an altitude of 500 feet (ft) and approximately 1,200 ft offshore (fig. 2, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1008/html/ds1008_fig2.html). This mission was conducted to collect data for assessing incremental changes since the last survey, which was flown September 2014 (http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2014-326-FA) and can be used for assessing future coastal change. The photographs provided are Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) images. The photograph locations are estimates of aircraft positions and do not indicate the location of the feature in the images (See the Navigation Data page, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1008/html/ds1008_nav.html). These photographs document the configuration of the barrier islands and other coastal features at the time of the survey. ExifTool was used to add the following to the header of each photo: time of collection, Global Positioning System (GPS) latitude, GPS longitude, keywords, credit, artist (photographer), caption, copyright, and contact information. Photographs can be opened with any JPEG-compatible image viewer by clicking on a thumbnail on the contact sheet. All image times are recorded in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Table 1 (http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1008/html/ds1008_table.html) provides detailed information about the assigned location, name, date, and time the photograph was taken along with links to the photograph. In addition to the photographs, a Google Earth Keyhole Markup Language (KML) file is provided and can be used to view the images by clicking on the marker and then on the thumbnail or the link above the thumbnail. The KML files were created using the photographic navigation files. Note: A KML number was assigned to each photograph to aid in navigation of the Google Earth file. These numbers correspond to the site labels in Google Earth.
Supplemental_Information:
For a summary of field activity 2015-335-FA, please see https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2015-335-FA. Bounding coordinates for the oblique aerial survey are derived from the overall flight path found in the raw GPS data. Ancillary files included in this publication are ds1008_2015-335-FA_0918_gpsmap196.txt; ds1008_2015-335-FA.csv; and ds1008_2015-335-FA.kml, in addition to the digitized oblique aerial image files. Note: The GPS time stamp was not recorded during the first leg of the flight on September 18, 2015 (Navarre Beach, Florida to Ship Island, Mississippi). While the GPS position remains accurate, the position of the photographs along that flight line are estimated and might contain a larger positional error than other imagery in this data series. The photographs subject to this possible error were taken between 14:26:08 GMT and 16:27:45 GMT on September 18, 2015.
  1. How might this data set be cited?
    Morgan, Karen L.M., 2016, Baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Breton Island, Louisiana, September 18–19, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series Data Series 1008, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, Fla..

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details: None
  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -89.1957167
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -86.8573167
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.762753
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.46636667
  3. What does it look like?
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1008/downloads/maps/index.jpg (JPG)
    Index map of survey area flight path during USGS field activity 2015-335-FA.
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1008/html/html_images/fig2.jpg (JPG)
    Graphic of acquisition geometry (fig. 2) for USGS field activity 2015-335-FA. Graphic shows basic flight distance from the shore and elevation during the survey for the aircraft used.
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1008/html/html_images/contents.jpg (JPG)
    Graphic used on the Contents page of USGS field activity 2015-335-FA data series report. Graphic shows the directory structure of the publication.
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1008/downloads/maps/2015-335-FA_1.jpg (JPG)
    Map showing the extent of Area 1 for the baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Petit Bois Island, Mississippi The flight path, divided into 5-minute segments, is represented by the alternating purple and yellow lines. Pages containing thumbnail images of photographs, referred to as contact sheets, were created based on these segments.
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1008/downloads/maps/2015-335-FA_2.jpg (JPG)
    Map showing the extent of Area 2 for the baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs from Petit Bois Island, Mississippi, to Breton Island, Louisiana The flight path, divided into 5-minute segments, is represented by the alternating purple and yellow lines. Pages containing thumbnail images of photographs, referred to as contact sheets, were created based on these segments.
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1008/downloads/maps/2015-335-FA_3.jpg (JPG)
    Map showing the extent of Area 3 for the baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Mobile Bay, Alabama The flight path, divided into 5-minute segments, is represented by the alternating purple and yellow lines. Pages containing thumbnail images of photographs, referred to as contact sheets, were created based on these segments.
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1008/downloads/maps/2015-335-FA_4.jpg (JPG)
    Map showing the extent of Area 4 for the baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs from Mobile Bay, Alabama, to Ship Island, Mississippi The flight path, divided into 5-minute segments, is represented by the alternating purple and yellow lines. Pages containing thumbnail images of photographs, referred to as contact sheets, were created based on these segments.
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1008/downloads/maps/inset04_dauphin.jpg (JPG)
    Inset map showing the extent of inset04_dauphin.jpg for the baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs of Dauphin Island, Alabama, on September 18, 2015. The flight path, divided into 5-minute segments, is represented by the alternating purple and yellow lines. Pages containing thumbnail images of photographs, referred to as contact sheets, were created based on these segments.
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1008/downloads/maps/inset05_shipisland.jpg (JPG)
    Inset map showing the extent of inset05_shipisland.jpg for the baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs of Ship Island, Mississippi, on September 18, 2015. The flight path, divided into 5-minute segments, is represented by the alternating purple and yellow lines. Pages containing thumbnail images of photographs, referred to as contact sheets, were created based on these segments.
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1008/downloads/maps/inset06_northbenchmark.jpg (JPG)
    Inset map showing the extent of inset06_northbenchmark.jpg for the baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs of the Northern Benchmark, Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, on September 18, 2015. The flight path, divided into 5-minute segments, is represented by the alternating purple and yellow lines. Pages containing thumbnail images of photographs, referred to as contact sheets, were created based on these segments.
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1008/downloads/maps/inset07_dauphin.jpg (JPG)
    Inset map showing the extent of inset07_dauphin.jpg for the baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs of Dauphin Island, Alabama, on September 19, 2015. The flight path, divided into 5-minute segments, is represented by the alternating purple and yellow lines. Pages containing thumbnail images of photographs, referred to as contact sheets, were created based on these segments.
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1008/downloads/maps/inset08_shipisland.jpg (JPG)
    Inset map showing the extent of inset08_shipisland.jpg for the baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs of Ship Island, Mississippi, on September 19, 2015. The flight path, divided into 5-minute segments, is represented by the alternating purple and yellow lines. Pages containing thumbnail images of photographs, referred to as contact sheets, were created based on these segments.
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
    Beginning_Date: 18-Sep-2015
    Beginning_Time: 141600
    Ending_Date: 19-Sep-2015
    Ending_Time: 200449
    Currentness_Reference:
    ground condition
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:
    Multimedia presentation of JPEG images and point data in ASCII and CSV files
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?
      Indirect_Spatial_Reference: none
    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?
      Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.000001. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.000001. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal degrees. The horizontal datum used is North American 1983.
      The ellipsoid used is Geodetic Reference System 80.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222.
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    Graphic Image Files: The index map is a JPEG image. The index map shows the baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Breton Island, Louisiana, September 18–19, 2015. The index map also shows five areas, which link to more detailed maps and indicate how the full-size photographs are divided into each area.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    Navigation file(s): The processed files (*.csv) and the raw navigation files (*.txt) are comma-delimited and tab-delimited ASCII text files, respectively.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: KML file(s): The KML file is ds1008_2015-335-FA.kml.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
    Morgan, K.L.M., 2009, Coastal change during Hurricane Isabel 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009-3025, 2 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3025/.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
    Morgan, K.L.M., 2015, Baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Breton Island, Louisiana, September 1, 2014: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 952, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds952.

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
    • Karen L.M. Morgan
  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
    Funding and support for this study were provided by the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP). The author wishes to thank photographer Amy Hartsfield and pilot Ian McIntyre for their assistance with data collection. This report benefited from the comments and reviews of Rangley Mickey and Kathleen Wilson with the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC), St. Petersburg, Fla.
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
    K. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov

Why was the data set created?

To provide access to digital photographs taken as part of the September 18–19, 2015, baseline oblique aerial survey collected along the coast from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Breton Island, Louisiana, and to provide access to attribute data that document the time and location for each photograph taken.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
    Date: 18-Sep-2015 (process 1 of 11)
    Image Acquisition: Photographs were taken using a Canon EOS 5D Mark III. Images were written to internal camera cards. Image size is approximately 22 megapixels. Person who carried out this activity:
    K. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 16-Dec-2015 (process 2 of 11)
    Navigation Files: Navigation files (one per day) were extracted as comma-delimited American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) text files from the Garmin GPSMAP 196. The GPS recorded latitude, longitude, and date/time. Person who carried out this activity:
    K. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 16-Dec-2015 (process 3 of 11)
    Image Acquisition: Images were taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III and written to internal camera cards. Image size is approximately 22 megapixels. Images in JPG format were saved using the filename format yyyy_mmdd_hhmmssd.jpg (where the "d" signifies digital acquisition using Canon EOS 5D Mark III). The names provide information about the photograph's year, month, day, hour, minute, and second. For example, image 2015_0918_133636d.jpg was taken September 18, 2015, at 13:36:36 UTC. Best effort was made to set the Canon EOS 5D Mark III's internal clock to within 1 second of UTC at the beginning of the flight. Person who carried out this activity:
    K. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 16-Dec-2015 (process 4 of 11)
    Navigation processing: Using a custom Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (Perl) script; written by Karen Morgan; USGS, GPS data and image files were used to generate CSV files a containing latitude, longitude, and time record for each image. Each processed navigation file was saved as a comma separated value (CSV) file, ds1008_2015-335-FA.csv, using Microsoft Excel 2011. Person who carried out this activity:
    K. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 16-Dec-2015 (process 5 of 11)
    HTML Creation: The digital images were organized into 5-minute (time) segments. These 5-minute segments were used to create HTML pages called contact sheets. A contact sheet was created for every 5-minute segment of the survey. The contact sheets contain thumbnails of each of the photographs. Each thumbnail links to the corresponding full-size area map or photograph. Person who carried out this activity:
    K. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 16-Dec-2015 (process 6 of 11)
    Geospatial Processing: The spreadsheets containing navigation data were edited using Microsoft Excel 2011 and saved as a comma-separated value (CSV) file to make them compatible with ArcGIS software. The latitude/longitude data from the CSV navigation file were used to produce ESRI shapefiles using ArcGIS 10.1. These shapefiles were used to produce the JPEG maps included in this report. The shapefiles are not included in this report. Person who carried out this activity:
    K. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 18-Feb-2016 (process 7 of 11)
    Survey map creation: The survey maps provided in this archive were created with Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) ArcGIS 10.1 software and saved as Adobe Illustrator (*.ai) files. Survey maps were edited using Adobe Illustrator CS6 and exported in JPEG format. Person who carried out this activity:
    K. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 18-Feb-2016 (process 8 of 11)
    Google Earth file creation: The KML files were created using the photographic navigation file ds1008_2015-335-FA.csv. The USGS is the originator of all other layers. To aid navigation through the Keyhole Markup Language (KML) file, each image was assigned a sequential KML number. Table 1 of this report shows the KML number given to each image, the corresponding image name, and associated attributes. Each point on the Google Earth file contains the KML number, storm name, latitude, longitude, image name, geographic area, date, time, a thumbnail of the full-size photograph, and links to the full-size photographs and contact sheets. Person who carried out this activity:
    K. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 16-Dec-2015 (process 9 of 11)
    EXIF headers: Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) and International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) headers were populated from the command prompt using ExifTool (http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool) as part of the postflight processing using a Perl script written by Karen Morgan, USGS, St. Petersburg, Fla. ExifTool added the following data to the EXIFHeader: time of collection, Global Positioning System (GPS) latitude, GPS longitude, keywords, credit, artist (photographer), caption, copyright, and contact information. Person who carried out this activity:
    K. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 18-Feb-2016 (process 10 of 11)
    FACS Logs: In addition to the process steps described above, the following steps were taken to produce this data series: digital Field Activity Collection System (FACS) logs were created at the beginning of each flight and saved as PDF and TXT files. In addition, an HTML-based format was used to present the various parts of this archive. Person who carried out this activity:
    K. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 13-Oct-2020 (process 11 of 11)
    Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. Person who carried out this activity:
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Attn: VeeAnn A. Cross
    Marine Geologist
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, MA

    508-548-8700 x2251 (voice)
    508-457-2310 (FAX)
    vatnipp@usgs.gov
  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?
    Best attempts were made to set the camera to UTC on the GPS receivers at the beginning of each flight. Latitude, longitude, and time were collected at an interval of approximately once every 5 seconds. Note: Latitude and longitude positions in this report refer to the position of the aircraft, not the position of the landmarks photographed. Refer to the Process Steps below for more detail.
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
    Best attempts were made to maintain the same relative distance between the aircraft and the beach to keep a constant field of view. Note: The GPS time stamp was not recorded during the first leg of the flight on September 18, 2015 (Navarre Beach, Florida to Ship Island, Mississippi). While the GPS position remains accurate, the position of the photographs along that flight line are estimated and might contain a larger positional error than other imagery in this data series. The photographs subject to this possible error were taken between 14:26:08 GMT and 16:27:45 GMT on September 18, 2015.
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
    no known issues
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?
    Data presented here include the digitally collected photographs in JPEG format with Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) header embedded with the individual photograph's location along the flight path of a baseline coastal oblique aerial photographic survey of the coast, taken from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Breton Island, Louisiana. This mission was flown on September 18–19, 2015, aboard a Maule MT57 aircraft, tail number N5500K. Crew members, contracted by the USGS in St. Petersburg, Fla., include Amy Hartsfield, photography contractor, and pilot, Ian McIntyre, of Amy & Company, Inc. Still photography was collected along the coast during this survey. GPS Data Collection Instrument: Garmin GPSMAP 196. Data Collection Interval: 1 Second. Data File Format: Text. Number of files created: 1. Computer/Software: none. Computer: none. The GPS unit was used to record navigation fixes of the aircraft, not the position of the features imaged. For a summary of field activity 2015-335-FA, please see https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2015-335-FA.

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
The U.S. Geological Survey requests to be acknowledged as the originator of the data in future products or derivative research.
  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
    K. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set? U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1008
  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
    This publication was prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Although these data were processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution imply any such warranty. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and (or) contained herein. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof.
  4. How can I download or order the data?
    • Availability in digital form:
      Data format: CSV: Comma-separated values files representing table information collected during the flight. JPEG: Images can be opened directly with any JPEG-compatible image viewer. The survey's full-size photographs are divided into areas. ds1008_2015-335-FA.kml has 3377 photographs. TXT: Text files representing the navigation files, FACS log, metadata and readme files collected during and after the survey. KML: The KML provided can be viewed with Google Earth (http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html). in format CSV, JPEG, TXT, KML
      Network links: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1008
    • Cost to order the data: Prices vary. None.

    • Special instructions:
      Publications are available from USGS Information Services, Box 25286, Federal Center, Denver, Col., 80225-0046 (telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS, e-mail: infoservices@usgs.gov).

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 24-Feb-2021
Metadata author:
K. Morgan
USGS
Geologist
600 4th Street South
St. Petersburg, FL
USA

(727) 502-8037 (voice)
kmorgan@usgs.gov
Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
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