True color aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights and image locations: Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), February 27th, 2018

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2019
Title:
True color aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights and image locations: Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), February 27th, 2018
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
Series_Information:
Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9O9NSRK
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/P9O9NSRK
Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Neil K. Ganju
Originator: Sandra M. Brosnahan
Originator: Emily J. Sturdivant
Originator: Elizabeth A. Pendleton
Originator: Seth D. Ackerman
Publication_Date: 2019
Title:
Aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights and ground control points: Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), February 27th, 2018
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9O9NSRK
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details:
Ganju, N.K., Brosnahan, S.B., Sturdivant, E.J., Pendleton, E.A., and Ackerman, S.D., 2019, Aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights and ground control points-Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR), February 27th, 2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9O9NSRK .
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9O9NSRK
Online_Linkage:
Description:
Abstract:
Low-altitude (80 and 100 meters above ground level) digital images were taken over an area of the Plum Island Estuary and Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Massachusetts using 3DR Solo unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) on February 27, 2018. These images were collected as part of an effort to document marsh stability over time and quantify sediment movement using UAS technology. Each UAS was equipped with either a Ricoh GRII digital camera for natural color photos, used to produce digital elevation models and ortho images, or a MicaSense RedEdge multi-spectral camera that captures five specific bands of the visible spectrum (blue, green, red, red edge, and near-infrared), which can be used to classify vegetation. The MicaSense camera covered a smaller subsection of the same polygonal area of the marsh that the Ricoh imaged. Some photographs contain black and white targets used as ground control points (GCPs), which were surveyed by a field crew with a high-precision Real Time Kinematic Global Position System. This data release includes the original images from both cameras, as well as a csv file containing the latitude and longitude coordinates, in Universal Transverse Mercator Zone 19N referenced to the North American Datum of 1983, of the ground control points needed to complete any photogrammetry projects using the original photographs, and GPS transect points used to evaluate the photogrammetry products created.
Purpose:
These images were collected in the Plum Island Estuary and Parker River NWR (PIEPR) with the appropriate resolution and overlap to permit high quality photogrammetry and generation of orthomosaics and digital surface models. These overlapping aerial images are used within photogrammetric processing software to create point clouds, regional orthomosaics, and digital elevation models.
Supplemental_Information:
These data were collected by the USGS Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program under USGS field activity number 2018-015-FA. The field activity webpage (https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2018-015-FA) contains additional information regarding the field activity.
The images associated with these data are available for download from the EROS EarthExplorer interface.
The configurable URL to select the images from the Ricoh camera: https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/criteria?dataset_name=UAS_RAW&ordered=USGS_WHCMSC_PIEPR_2018_015_20180227_R01&field=COLLECT_NAME
The configurable URL to select the images from the Micasense multispectral camera: https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/criteria?dataset_name=UAS_RAW&ordered=USGS_WHCMSC_PIEPR_2018_015_20180227_M01&field=COLLECT_NAME
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20180227
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Not planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.824
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.8047334
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.7789
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.768997
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:5c75a7b4e4b0fe48cb4a55ad
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Theme_Keyword: CMHRP
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC
Theme_Keyword: 3DR Solo quadcopter
Theme_Keyword: Ricoh GRII
Theme_Keyword: photographs
Theme_Keyword: photos
Theme_Keyword: JPEG
Theme_Keyword: low-altitude aerial imagery
Theme_Keyword: aerial imagery
Theme_Keyword: UAS
Theme_Keyword: Unmanned aerial system
Theme_Keyword: geotagged photos
Theme_Keyword: RGB
Theme_Keyword: marsh
Theme_Keyword: Field activity 2018-015_FA
Theme_Keyword: drone
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: remote sensing
Theme_Keyword: aerial photography
Theme_Keyword: image collections
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: location
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: USA
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Parker River
Place_Keyword: Plum Island
Place_Keyword: Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
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_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Sandra Brosnahan
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: Massachusetts
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2265
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sbrosnahan@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Browse graphic showing the image locations.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The GPS used on the UAS has theoretical accuracies of 3 meters horizontally and 10 m vertically. The location values are stored in the Exif header of the images.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Photographs were renamed to include survey ID, Camera ID and flight ID, date and time (UTC), and original filename. Metadata contained in image file headers were modified for all photos to include standard USGS tags.
Completeness_Report:
Ten flights were conducted with the Ricoh GRII camera, and 3,338 photos were collected. Photographs were captured every 2 seconds. Gaps in sequential 2-second photo intervals exist where photos were removed from the collection. Photos may have been deleted, for reasons including poor photo quality, overexposure, or redundancy, such as photos taken near to the ground during takeoff and landing. Photographs from flights 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11 and 12 are included in this report. Flight 2 was discarded due to the camera not triggering, and flight 10 had malfunctioning GPS, so the flight was aborted.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Horizontal positions recorded in the UAS flight logs and later applied to the Exif portion of the images were derived from a mRo GPS (u-Blox Neo-M8N / 3DR SOLO Upgrade), which receives signals from GPS and GLONASS satellites in WGS84 (G1150) EPSG::7660, but is otherwise uncorrected. Horizontal locations are considered accurate to approximately 3 meters, but may be off by as much as 10 meters due to UAS flight path and uncertainty associated with the geotagging process.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Vertical positions recorded in the UAS flight logs and later applied to the Exif portion of the images are ellipsoidal heights and were derived from a mRo GPS (u-Blox Neo-M8N / 3DR SOLO Upgrade), which receives signals from GPS and GLONASS satellites, but is otherwise uncorrected. Vertical locations are less accurate than horizontal positions and may be off by more than 10 meters.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The Ricoh GRII HD camera used on the UAS acquires photos at 16.2 Megapixels, with file sizes generally between 4 and 6 MB on disc, depending on image complexity. Photos were collected with an ISO between 200 and 640, shutter speeds between 1/500 and 1/2500, and an aperture between 3.5 and 5. The camera was mounted on a 3DR Solo quadcopter unmanned aerial system (UAS) for each flight. Flights were flown along pre-planned lines and lasted the duration of the UAS battery life (maximum 15 minutes) or until the flight was completed or aborted. 3DR Solo includes an onboard mRo GPS (u-Blox Neo-M8N / 3DR SOLO Upgrade), which receives signals from GPS and GLONASS satellites in WGS84 (G1150) and records telemetry information including position in latitude, longitude, altitude, GPS time, pitch, roll, yaw, course, and flight mode in a telemetry log file (extension tlog), which was downloaded between each flight using file transfer protocol (FTP). The camera was set to record images at 2-second intervals, activated before takeoff, and deactivated after landing. Preflight photos of UTC time displayed on a smartphone accurate timepiece were captured with the camera and used to monitor camera clock drift.
Process_Date: 201811
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Person: Sandra Brosnahan
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: Massachusetts
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: U.S.A.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2265
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508 457 2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Sbrosnahan@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
After a flight, the SD card is removed from the camera, and all files related to the flight are downloaded and organized by flight number. A customized python program written by Seth Ackerman and Emily Sturdivant, using ExifTool by Phil Harvey (version 10.99) was used to rename image files and to update metadata in image headers. All JPEG images were renamed to ensure unique filenames and compliance with USGS Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program best practices for image naming convention. Resulting filenames indicate the survey ID, flight number and camera ID, image acquisition date, and time in ISO8601 format, and the original image name (in order as listed here and separated by underscore characters). An example filename for this dataset is 2018015FA_f03r01_20180227T180757Z_P0026113.JPG, where 2018015FA is the internal survey ID, f03 is the flight number and r01 is the internal camera ID, 20180227 is the UTC date in format YYYYMMDD, A 'T' is used to separate UTC date from UTC time in format HHMMSS (180757) followed by a Z, and P0026113.JPG is the original raw photo name appended to the end of the new filename.
The following tags were updated with standardized values in the image headers to enhance the metadata available:
Artist-WHCMSC AIM Group
Credit- U.S. Geological Survey
Contact- WHSC_data_contact@usgs.gov
comment- Low-altitude aerial photograph of Plum Island, MA from survey 2018-015-FA (https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fa=2018-015-FA).
keywords- Plum Island, MA, 2018-015-FA, UAS, nadir, USGS, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9O9NSRK
Caption- Low-altitude aerial photograph of Plum Island, MA from survey 2018-015-FA (https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fa=2018-015-FA).
Copyright- Public Domain. Please credit U.S. Geological Survey
CopyrightNotice- Public Domain. Please credit U.S. Geological Survey
Caption-Abstract- Low-altitude aerial photograph of Plum Island, MA from survey 2018-015-FA (https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fa=2018-015-FA).
ImageDescription- Low-altitude aerial photograph of Plum Island, MA from survey 2018-015-FA (https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fa=2018-015-FA).
In the same customized Python program, image headers were updated with positional data from the UAS telemetry log.
First, a time consistency check was conducted between the photos and the telemetry logs. Telemetry logs recorded in Mission Planner software (version 1.3.49) and saved as GPX files were used. Photos were geotagged by adding positions from the GPX file to the images using ExifTool by Phil Harvey (version 10.99). ExifTool uses linear interpolation to determine the position of the device at the time recorded in the image. This creates values for tags GPSLatitude, GPS LatitudeRef, GPSLongitude, GPSLongitudeRef, GPSAltitude, GPSTimeStamp, GPSDateStamp.
Process_Date: 2019
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Sandra Brosnahan
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: physical scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: U.S. Geological Survey
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2259
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sbrosnahan@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Exiftools version 11.28 was used to extract a subset of the Exif header information to provide image location information in a separate file. The command used to extract the information is as follows:
exiftool.exe -csv -filename -GPSDateStamp -GPSTimeStamp -GPSLongitude -GPSLatitude -GPSAltitude -n fX\*.JPG > UASricoh_nav_fX.csv
where fX is the folder name which is the same as the flight number in the format fX where X is the flight number.
Once a separate file was extracted for each flight, the individual files were concatenated together (UASricoh_2018015FA_nav.csv) using the cat command in Cygwin. The VI editor was then used to remove all but the first occurrence of the header line.
Process_Date: 2019
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.
Process_Date: 20200806
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: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type: Pixel
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: D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Datum_Name: IGS08 (EPOCH:2017.8707)
Altitude_Resolution: 0.01
Altitude_Distance_Units: meters
Altitude_Encoding_Method: Attribute values
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: UASricoh_2018015FA_nav.csv
Entity_Type_Definition:
CSV file containing navigation information for every Ricoh image from the USGS field activity 2018-015-FA.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SourceFile
Attribute_Definition:
Source file of Exif header extraction in the format of xx/zzzz where xx is the flight number as a folder name and zzzz is the image name.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FileName
Attribute_Definition:
Image name in the USGS format. An example filename and the convention is: 2018015FA_f03r01_20180227T180757Z_P0026113.JPG, where 2018015FA is the internal survey ID, f03 is the flight number and r01 is the internal camera ID, 20180227 is the UTC date in format YYYYMMDD, A 'T' is used to separate UTC date from UTC time in format HHMMSS (180757) followed by a Z, and P0026113.JPG is the original raw photo name appended to the end of the new filename.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GPSDateStamp
Attribute_Definition:
UTC date of the photo acquisition in the format YYYY:MM:DD where YYYY is the year, MM is the month, and DD is the day of the month.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GPSTimeStamp
Attribute_Definition:
UTC time of the photo acquisition in the format HH:MM:SS where HH is hour, MM is minute, and SS is seconds.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GPSLongitude
Attribute_Definition:
Longitude of the camera location at time of photo acquisition with the negative value indicating western hemisphere.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -70.8235289
Range_Domain_Maximum: -70.8058404
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GPSLatitude
Attribute_Definition:
Latitude of the camera location at time of photo acquisition with the positive value indicating northern hemisphere.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 42.7690404
Range_Domain_Maximum: 42.7788509
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GPSAltitude
Attribute_Definition:
Vertical position in terms of ellipsoidal height of the camera at time of photo acquisition.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 3.24
Range_Domain_Maximum: 127.07
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
The image Exif header information is described in the data quality section of the metadata. These detailed attributes are for a subset of Exif header information extracted from the images and provided as a separate file.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: USGS Field Activity 2018-015-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 describes raw data in the form of geotagged Ricoh camera aerial images in JPEG format. The aerial images themselves are distributed through EROS EarthExplorer with instructions on how to access the images (Data_access_readme.docx) available on ScienceBase. In addition to the images, the image locations in a CSV file (UASricoh_2018015FA.csv), a browse graphic (2018015FA_ricoh_PlumIsland_browse.jpg) and the FGDC CSDGM metadata in XML format (2018015FA_ricoh_PlumIsland.xml) are available from ScienceBase.
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. 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: JPEG
Format_Information_Content:
The images are available through EROS EarthExplorer. The metadata, browse graphic, and a separate file of image locations are available from ScienceBase.
Transfer_Size: 17800
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information: Access_Instructions:
The first link is the configurable URL that selects this particular image dataset in EarthExplorer. The second link is to the ScienceBase dataset landing page where the image locations file and instructions for accessing the data in EarthExplorer are available. The third link is to the main landing page of the data release.
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: CSV
Format_Information_Content:
The CSV is the file containing the image locations available from ScienceBase. The images themselves are available through EROS EarthExplorer. The metadata and browse graphicare also available from ScienceBase.
Transfer_Size: 2
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information: Access_Instructions:
The first link downloads the files that are available from the dataset landing page as a zip file. The second link is to the ScienceBase dataset landing page where the image locations file and instructions for accessing the data in EarthExplorer are available. The third link is to the main landing page of the data release.
Fees: none
Technical_Prerequisites:
These files require software capable of opening JPEG images and, if desired, capable or reading the associated Exif information. In order to download the images from EarthExplorer in bulk mode, the user will need to install additional software on their computer.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20200806
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Sandra Brosnahan
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: U.S. Geological Survey
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2265
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sbrosnahan@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

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