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Field Activity Details for field activity 11LTS03

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS, National Wetlands Research Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): John Brock

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Billy Reynolds

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: LIDAR, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Establish/confirm local control and provide GPS support for terrestrial lidar topographic surveys at Padre Island, Texas.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Corpus Christi, TX

End Port/Location: Corpus Christi, TX

Start Date: 2011-09-06

End Date: 2011-09-13

Equipment Used: Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Camera, Digital, Hand Held, Choke Ring Antenna, Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), Digital Camera

Information to be Derived: Ground truth for terrestrial lidar system.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Occupy two NGS local benchmarks for duration of survey to establish/verify control. Establish 12 temporary ground control points along survey route for ground truthing purposes. Provide GPS base station control for lidar surveys.

Staff: Billy Reynolds

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Additional Equipment Used: Batteries, Laptop
ILRIS will be mounted on a Chevy Trailblazer SUV.

Location:

Padre Island National Seashore, Texas

Boundaries
North: 27.6720085 South: 26.86794643 West: -97.4865 East: -96.87258627

Platform(s):

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Camera, Digital, Hand Held --- Photo
Choke Ring Antenna --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) --- LIDAR
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video

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