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Field Activity Details for field activity 12LTS01

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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):

Affiliate Investigator(s): Cindy Thatcher

Information Specialist(s): Billy Reynolds

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To test the possibility of using ground-based lidar for levee mapping. This ground survey will be within the region of levees that will be surveyed with airborne lidar.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

End Port/Location: Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Start Date: 2012-04-07

End Date: 2012-04-14

Equipment Used: Global Positioning System (GPS), Camera, Digital, Hand Held

Information to be Derived: Elevation

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

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Location:

Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Boundaries
North: 30.23448403 South: 29.03091106 West: -90.5699 East: -89.20753866

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Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Global Positioning System (GPS) --- Navigation
Camera, Digital, Hand Held --- Photo

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