Winter 2016, part B: Coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Assateague Island, Virginia, to Montauk Point, New York, March 8-9, 2016

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Title:
Winter 2016, part B: Coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Assateague Island, Virginia, to Montauk Point, New York, March 8-9, 2016
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 March 8-9, 2016, the USGS conducted an oblique aerial photographic survey from Assateague Island, Virginia, to Montauk Point, New York, aboard a Cessna 182 aircraft at an altitude of 500 feet (ft) and approximately 1,200 ft offshore (fig. 2, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1030/html/ds1030_fig2.html). This mission was conducted to collect data for assessing incremental changes in the beach and nearshore area since the last survey, flown in October 2015 (http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2015-338-FA) (Morgan, 2016, [https://doi.org/10.3133/ds995]), and the data can be used to assess future coastal change. The photographs provided are Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) images. The photograph locations are estimates of the aircraft’s positions and do not indicate the locations of features in the images (See the Navigation Data page, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1030/html/ds1030_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 photograph: time of collection, Global Positioning System (GPS) latitude, GPS longitude, keywords, credit, artist (photographer), caption, copyright, and contact information. Photographs can be opened directly 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/1030/html/ds1030_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 clicking on either 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 assist users in navigating the Google Earth file.
Supplemental_Information:
Part A of this survey was conducted on February 18-19, 2016 (https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1029). For a summary of field activity 2016-316-FA please see http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov//fan_info.php?fan=2016-316-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 ds1030_2016-316-FA-B.csv, ds1030_2016-316-FA_0308_gpsmap696.txt, and ds1030_2016-316-FA-B.kml, in addition to the digital oblique aerial image files.
  1. How might this data set be cited?
    Morgan, Karen L.M., 2016, Winter 2016, part B: Coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Assateague Island, Virginia, to Montauk Point, New York, March 8-9, 2016: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series Data Series 1030, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, Fla..

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  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -76.5130880
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.8451870
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.0849440
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.1193220
  3. What does it look like?
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1030/downloads/maps/index.jpg (JPG)
    Index map of survey area flight path during USGS field activity 2016-316-FA.
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1030/html/html_images/fig2.jpg (JPG)
    Graphic of acquisition geometry (fig. 2) for USGS field activity 2016-316-FA. Graphic shows basic flight distance from the shore and elevation during the survey for the aircraft used.
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1030/html/html_images/contents.jpg (JPG)
    Graphic used on the Contents page of the USGS field activity 2016-316-FA Data Series report. Graphic shows the directory structure of the publication.
    http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/1030/downloads/maps/2016-316-FA_1-B.jpg (JPG)
    Map showing the extent of Area 1 for the Winter 2016 coastal oblique aerial photographs from Assateague Island, Virginia, to Cape Henlopen, Delaware. 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/1030/downloads/maps/2016-316-FA_2-B.jpg (JPG)
    Map showing the extent of Area 2 for the Winter 2016 coastal oblique aerial photographs from Cape May, New Jersey, to Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey. 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/1030/downloads/maps/2016-316-FA_3-B.jpg (JPG)
    Map showing the extent of Area 3 for the Winter 2016 coastal oblique aerial photographs from Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey to Ocean Beach, New York. 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/1030/downloads/maps/2016-316-FA_4-B.jpg (JPG)
    Map showing the extent of Area 4 for the Winter 2016 coastal oblique aerial photographs from Ocean Beach, New York, to Montauk Point, New York. 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/1030/downloads/maps/inset04_chincoteague.jpg (JPG)
    Inset map showing the extent of inset04_chincoteague.jpg for the Winter 2016 coastal oblique aerial photographs at the southern end of Chincoteague Island, Virginia. 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/1030/downloads/maps/inset05_oceancitymd.jpg (JPG)
    Inset map showing the extent of inset05_oceancitymd.jpg for the Winter 2016 coastal oblique aerial photographs from the north end of Assateague Island, Maryland, through Ocean City, Maryland. 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/1030/downloads/maps/inset06_seaside.jpg (JPG)
    Inset map showing the extent of inset06_seaside.jpg for the Winter 2016 coastal oblique aerial photographs from Seaside Park, New Jersey, to Lavallette, New Jersey. 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/1030/downloads/maps/inset07_mantoloking.jpg (JPG)
    Inset map showing the extent of inset07_mantoloking.jpg for the Winter 2016 coastal oblique aerial photographs from Manasquan, New Jersey, to Mantoloking, New Jersey. 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/1030/downloads/maps/inset08_midfireisland.jpg (JPG)
    Inset map showing the extent of inset08_midfireisland.jpg for the Winter 2016 coastal oblique aerial photographs from Cherry Grove, New York, to Davis Park, New York. 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/1030/downloads/maps/inset09_oldinlet.jpg (JPG)
    Inset map showing the extent of inset09_oldinlet.jpg for the Winter 2016 coastal oblique aerial photographs from Bellport Beach, New York, to Smith Point, New York. 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/1030/downloads/maps/inset10_cupsoque.jpg (JPG)
    Inset map showing the extent of inset10_cupsoque.jpg for the Winter 2016 coastal oblique aerial photographs from Smith Point County Park, New York, to West Hampton Dunes, New York. 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/1030/downloads/maps/inset11_shinnecock.jpg (JPG)
    Inset map showing the extent of inset11_shinnecock.jpg for the Winter 2016 coastal oblique aerial photographs from East Quogue, New York, to Southampton, New York. 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: 08-Mar-2016
    Beginning_Time: 151155
    Ending_Date: 09-Mar-2016
    Ending_Time: 233820
    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 Datum 1983 (NAD 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:
    KML file: The Google Earth file is available as a Keyhole Markup Language (KML) file. The KML file includes photograph numbers and photograph locations.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    Graphic Image Files: The index map is a JPEG image. The index map shows the Winter 2016 coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Assateague Island, Virginia, to Montauk Point, New York, March 8-9, 2016. The index map also shows four areas, which link to more detailed maps and indicate how the full-size photographs are divided into each area.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    Navigation files: The navigation files are ds1030_2016-316-FA-B.csv and ds1030_2016-316-FA_0308_gpsmap696.txt (located in the nav folder). 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: The KML file is ds1030_2016-316-FA-B.kml.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
    Morgan, K.L.M., 2016, Post-Hurricane Joaquin coastal oblique aerial photographs collected South Carolina/North Carolina border to Montauk Point, New York, October 7-9, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 995, accessed June 24, 2016, at https://doi.org/10.3133/ds995.

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 (or) support for this study was provided by the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP). The authors wish to thank Lee and Carol McManus for their assistance in data collection. This report benefited from the comments and reviews of Owen Brenner and Joseph Long with the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC), St. Petersburg, Fla.
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
    Karen L.M. 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 March 8-9, Winter 2016 oblique aerial survey collected along the coast, from Assateague Island, Virginia, to Montauk Point, New York, and to provide access to attribute data that documents the time and location of where each photograph was 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: 08-Mar-2016 (process 1 of 11)
    Image Acquisition: Photographs were taken using a Nikon D810 digital camera. Images were written to internal camera cards. Image size is approximately 24 megapixels. Person who carried out this activity:
    Karen L.M. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 18-Mar-2016 (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 from the Garmin GPSMAP 696. The GPS reciever recorded date, time, latitude, longitude, altitude, and color (for aviation graphics). Person who carried out this activity:
    Karen L.M. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 18-Mar-2016 (process 3 of 11)
    Image Aquisition: Images were taken with a Nikon D810 digital camera and written to internal camera cards. Image size is approximately 24 megapixels. Images in JPEG format were saved using the filename format yyyy_mmdd_hhmmssd.jpg (where the "d" signifies digital acquisition using the Nikon D810). The names provide information about the photograph's year, month, day, hour, minute, and second. For example, image 2016_0308_133636d.jpg was taken March 8, 2016, at 13:36:36 UTC. Best effort was made to set the Nikon D810's internal clock to within 1 second of UTC at the beginning of the flight. Person who carried out this activity:
    Karen L.M. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 18-Mar-2016 (process 4 of 11)
    Navigation processing: Using a custom Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (Perl) script written by Karen Morgan of the USGS, GPS data and image files were used to generate comma-separated value (CSV) files containing latitude, longitude, and time record for each image. This processed navigation file was saved as a CSV file, ds1030_2016-316-FA-B.csv, using Microsoft Excel 2011. Person who carried out this activity:
    Karen L.M. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 18-Mar-2016 (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:
    Karen L.M. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 18-Mar-2016 (process 6 of 11)
    Geospatial Processing: The spreadsheets containing navigation data were edited using Microsoft Excel 2011 and saved as comma-separated value (CSV) file to make them compatible with ArcGIS 10.3. The latitude/longitude data from the CSV navigation file, called XSTORMS.h20160308_photographs, were used to produce Esri shapefiles using ArcGIS 10.3. 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:
    Karen L.M. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 19-May-2016 (process 7 of 11)
    Survey map creation: The survey maps provided in this archive were created with Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) ArcGIS 10.3 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:
    Karen L.M. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 19-May-2016 (process 8 of 11)
    Google Earth file creation: The Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files were created using the photographic navigation file ds1030_2016-316-FA-B.csv. The storm track (in KML format) was provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The USGS is the originator of all other layers. To assist users in navigating the 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, when clicked on in the Google Earth, shows 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:
    Karen L.M. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 18-Mar-2016 (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 of the USGS in 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:
    Karen L.M. Morgan
    USGS
    Geologist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 502-8037 (voice)
    kmorgan@usgs.gov
    Date: 19-May-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 report: (1) digital Field Activity Collection System (FACS) logs were created at the beginning of each flight and saved as PDF and TXT files and (2) an HTML-based format was used to present the various parts of this archive. Person who carried out this activity:
    Karen L.M. 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 time on the GPS receivers at the beginning of each flight. Latitude, longitude, and time were collected at an interval of approximately once every 3 to 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 in order to keep a constant field of view.
  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 Winter 2016 coastal oblique aerial photographic survey of the coast, taken from Assateague Island, Virginia, to Montauk Point, New York. This mission was conducted on March 8-9, 2016, aboard a Cessna 182 aircraft, tail number N8479S. Crew members, contracted by the USGS in St. Petersburg, Fla., included Carol McManus, photography contractor, and pilot Lee McManus of Top Cover Virginia, LLC. Still photography was collected along the coast during this survey. GPS Data Collection - Instrument: Garmin GPSMAP 696. Data Collection Interval: Variable, every 5-15 seconds. Data File Format: ASCII Number of files created: 1 file. Computer/Software: none Software: 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 2016-316-FA please see http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov//fan_info.php?fan=2016-316-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)
    Karen L.M. 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 1030
  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. ds1030_2016-316-FA-B.kml has 4740 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: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1030
    • Cost to order the data: Prices vary. None.

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

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 13-Oct-2020
Metadata author:
Karen L.M. Morgan
USGS
Geologist
600 4th Street South
St. Petersburg, FL
USA

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