Listing of File Names, Positions and Altitudes of Images Collected During Unmanned Aerial Systems Flights Over Town Neck Beach, in Sandwich, Massachusetts on January 22, January 25, February 11, March 30, and September 21, 2016

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2019
Title:

Listing of File Names, Positions and Altitudes of Images Collected During Unmanned Aerial Systems Flights Over Town Neck Beach, in Sandwich, Massachusetts on January 22, January 25, February 11, March 30, and September 21, 2016

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital text files
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9CJOMBM

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher:

U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CJOMBM
Online_Linkage:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5d039656e4b0e3d311568132

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: E. Montgomery
Originator: C. Sherwood
Originator: P. Traykovski
Originator: B. Irwin
Originator: J. Borden
Originator: M. Martini
Originator: S. Miner
Publication_Date: 2019
Title:

Geotagged Low-Altitude Aerial Imagery, From Unmanned Aerial Systems Flights Over Town Neck Beach, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, With Associated Ground Control Points, and Transects Collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on January 22, January 25, February 11, March 30, and September 21, 2016

Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital files
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9CJOMBM

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

Montgomery E.T., Sherwood, C.R., Traykovski, P.A., Irwin, B.J., Borden, J., Martini, M.A., and Miner, S., 2019, Geotagged low-altitude aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems flights over Town Neck Beach, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, with associated ground control points, and transects collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on January 22, January 25, February 11, March 30, and September 21, 2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CJOMBM.

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CJOMBM
Online_Linkage:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5cf12e89e4b056af3664e718

Description:

Abstract:

Low-altitude (30-120 meters above ground level) digital images of Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, Massachusetts, were obtained with a series of cameras mounted on small unmanned aerial systems (UAS, also known as a drone). Imagery was collected at close to low tide on five days to observe changes in beach and dune morphology. The images were geolocated by using the single-frequency geographic positioning system aboard the UAS. Ground control points (GCPs) were established by using temporary targets on the ground, which were located by using a real-time kinematic global navigation satellite system (RTK-GNSS) base station and rovers. The GCPs can be used as constraints during photogrammetric processing. Transect points were collected by using the same RTK-GNSS system; these can be used to evaluate photogrammetric products. This data release includes georeferenced images, image-location files, GCPs, and transect points. Collection of these data was supported by the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program and conducted under U.S. Geological Survey field activity numbers 2016-013-FA, 2016-043-FA, 2016-053-FA, 2016-054-FA and 2016-055-FA.

Purpose:

This dataset consists of lists of image filenames with their corresponding locations. Each .zip file of images has a listing of the positions at which the photographs were taken.

Supplemental_Information:

For more information about the field activity, see https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2016-053-FA, https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2016-0054-FA, https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2016-055-FA, https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2016-013-FA, https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2016-043-FA.
Drone mapping was conducted at Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, Massachusetts between 2015 and October 2017. The digital images, Ground Control Points and transect data from a calendar year are released together. This product contains the data collected in 2016.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Multiple_Dates/Times:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20160122

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20160125

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20160211

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20160330

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20160921

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.4968
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.4712
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.7758
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.7610

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:5d039656e4b0e3d311568132

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: location
Theme_Keyword: elevation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC
Theme_Keyword: GNSS
Theme_Keyword: navigation
Theme_Keyword: Global Positioning System
Theme_Keyword: GPS
Theme_Keyword: field activity number 2016-053-FA
Theme_Keyword: field activity number 2016-054-FA
Theme_Keyword: field activity number 2016-055-FA
Theme_Keyword: field activity number 2016-013-FA
Theme_Keyword: field activity number 2016-043-FA

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: GPS measurement
Theme_Keyword: navigational data

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: USA
Place_Keyword: Sandwich
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Town Neck Beach

Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints:

Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Christopher Sherwood
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2269
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: csherwood@usgs.gov

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

The location information from the UAS navigation system was extracted from the EXIF headers in the geotagged images using a custom python progrm and saved in a plain-text comma-separated-value (.csv) file for easier reference.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

There is one list of file names, locations, and altitudes per zipped file of images. Images in each zip file represent all or a fight segment from a one day survey. Positions in the file have horizontal coordinates in decimal latitude (WGS84, positive north), decimal longitude (WGS84, positive east), and altitude (meters above sea level). The altitude information is susceptible to uncorrected offsets in the take-off altitude and may be biased by as much as 50 meters.

Completeness_Report: The data is complete for each field activity.
Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Horizontal coordinates (decimal degrees WGS84) recorded by the single-frequency GPS on the DJI Phantom 3 were written to the EXIF header portions of the images during flight. Horizontal coordinates for the Airshark hexacopter were derived from the GPS on the UAS, but written to the EXIF headers in a post-processing step, and described in the metadata for the images. Horizontal locations are considered accurate to approximately 3 meters, but may be off by as much as 10 meters.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Vertical coordinates (meters above sea level) recorded by the single-frequency GPS on the DJI Phantom 3 UAS were written to the EXIF header portions of the images during flight. Horizontal coordinates for the Airshark hexacopter were derived from the GPS on the UAS, but written to the EXIF headers in a post-processing step, and described in the metadata for the images. The altitude measurements are accurate to approximately +/- 10 m, but uncorrected offsets in the take-off altitude may introduce biases of as much as 50 meters.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
Title:

Lists of image file locations collected by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activities 2016-053-FA, 2016-054-FA, 2016-055-FA, 2016-013-FA, and 2016-043-FA

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital text files
Online_Linkage: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2016-053-FA
Online_Linkage: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2016-054-FA
Online_Linkage: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2016-055-FA
Online_Linkage: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2016-013-FA
Online_Linkage: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2016-043-FA

Type_of_Source_Media: .csv file
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Multiple_Dates/Times:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20160122

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20160125

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20160211

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20160330

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20160921

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation:

Image file locations data from USGS field activities 2016-053-FA, 2016-054-FA, 2016-055-FA, 2016-013-FA, and 2016-043-FA

Source_Contribution:

One list of file names and locations was generated for each zipped file of aerial images. There may be one or several zip files of images for each day at Town Neck Beach, Sandwich, MA.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The location fields were extracted from each image file's EXIF header and written to a .csv file using a Python script.

Process_Date: 20180112
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Sandy Brosnahan
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: physical scientist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2269
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: csherwood@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The distribution link to download the data file directly was improperly formatted and edited so the download would work.

Process_Date: 20200612
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword (20200807). Fixed the first DOI link (20230324)

Process_Date: 20230324
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Datum_Name: mean sea level
Altitude_Resolution: 1
Altitude_Distance_Units: meters
Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: 2016sandwichTNB_image_locations.zip
Entity_Type_Definition:

There is one list file for each zip file of images from Town Neck Beach, Sandwich, MA (available from the larger work citation) for 2016. Each list file contains 4 columns; file names, latitude, longitude and altitude.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: file name
Attribute_Definition:

Name with extension of the image file in the form nnnnnnnFA__UnnnCCCC_yyyymmddThhmmssZ_fffffff.JPG, where nnnnnnnFA is the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center's field activity number; UnnnCCCC is the flight number and camera number specific to the survey; yyyymmddThhmmssZ is the date and time (UTC) in format year, month, day, 'T', hours, minutes, seconds,'Z'; and ffffffff is the original filename.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: character set

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: latitude (decimal degrees)
Attribute_Definition: Latitude recorded by UAS navigation
Attribute_Definition_Source: DJI Phantom 3 or AirShark UAS GPS navigation system
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 41.75
Range_Domain_Maximum: 41.78
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: signed decimal degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0E-4

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: longitude (decimal degrees)
Attribute_Definition: Longitude recorded by UAS navigation
Attribute_Definition_Source: DJI Phantom 3 or AirShark UAS GPS navigation system
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -70.45
Range_Domain_Maximum: -70.5
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: signed decimal degrees
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0E-4

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: altitude(meters)
Attribute_Definition: Altitude of camera in approximate meters above mean sea level.
Attribute_Definition_Source: DJI Phantom 3 or AirShark UAS GPS navigation system
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 400
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0E-3

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Fifteen text files in csv format are in the .zip; each contains the file names of images in a .zip file with their locations and altitude. Each file contains one header line, followed by lines with 4 columns of comma-separated values. The header line describes the column contents, as follows: file name, latitude (decimal degrees), longitude (decimal degrees) altitude (meters). Subsequent lines contain the file names and locations at which the image was taken based on the GPS position from the UAS. The listing file names match the first fourteen characters of the name of the zipped images. In the .csv file names, the pilot's initials follow this string. When there is more than one zip file of images on a day there may be 'nadir' or 'oblique' to specify the camera orientation or '_f1', '_f2', indicates flight number. Each file has a different number of data records corresponding to the number of images in each .zip file: 2016013FA_U018_AS_f1_image_locations.csv has 125 lines; 20166013FA_U018_AS_f2_image_locations.csv has 158 lines; 20166013FA_U018_AS_f3_image_locations.csv has 152 lines; 20166013FA_U018_AS_f4_image_locations.csv has 126 lines; 20166013FA_U018_PTnadir_image_locations.csv has 29 lines; 20166013FA_U018_PToblique_image_locations.csv has 460 lines; 20166043FA_U019_AS_f1_image_locations.csv has 134 lines; 20166043FA_U019_AS_f2_image_locations.csv has 160 lines; 20166043FA_U019_AS_f3_image_locations.csv has 154 lines; 20166043FA_U019_AS_f4_image_locations.csv has 110 lines; 2016053FA_U015_PT_image_locations.csv has 898 lines; 2016053FA_U015_SM_image_locations.csv has 392 lines; 2016054FA_U016_PT_image_locations.csv has 859 lines; 2016055FA_U017_PTnadir_image_locations.csv has 453 lines; 2016054FA_U017_PToblique_image_locations.csv has 21 lines

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

USGS Field Activities 2016-053-FA, 2016-054-FA, 2016-055-FA, 2016-013-FA, and 2016-043-FA

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

This data release includes raw data in the form of image locations extracted from the images collected on each day of operations. Locations for the images from each flight segment are provided in 15 csv files distributed in a zip file named 2016SandwichTNB_image_locations.zip.

Distribution_Liability:

Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these data or related materials. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and have been processed successfully on a computer system at the USGS, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The USGS or the U.S. Government shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: CSV
Format_Version_Number: Microsoft Excel 2010
Format_Specification: comma-separated values
Format_Information_Content:

The zipped file contains 15 text lists for image file names and their locations collected by the U.S. Geological Survey - Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center along Sandwich Town Neck Beach, MA in 2016. Each file contains comma separated text fields as described in the entity attribute overview.

File_Decompression_Technique: Use WinZip, 7zip, Peazip or pkUnzip
Transfer_Size: .066

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5d039656e4b0e3d311568132

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/5d039656e4b0e3d311568132?name=2016SandwichTNB_image_locations.zip

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CJOMBM

Access_Instructions:

The first link is to the page containing the data. The second is a direct link to download all data available from the page as a zip file. And the final link is to the publication landing page.

Fees: none

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20230324
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Ellyn Montgomery
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Oceanographer
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2356
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
Contact_Instructions:

The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the metadata contact is no longer with the USGS or the email is otherwise invalid.

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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