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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-048-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Sea-level Rise Hazards and Decision Support (LQ00DXG)

Principal Investigator(s): E. Robert Thieler

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Sawyer Stippa

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Testing equipment: GPS data acuracy against geospatial coordinates from smartphones for field observations.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Nassawadox, VA

End Port/Location: Nassawadox, VA

Start Date: 2015-06-15

End Date: 2015-06-18

Equipment Used: Ashtech Z-12 GPS

Information to be Derived: Geospatial coordinates

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Ben Gutierrez, Sara Zeigler

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Virginia, Atlantic Coast, North America

Boundaries
North: 37.7983909 South: 37.4120469 West: -75.7507 East: -75.50899833

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Sturdivant, E.J., Thieler, E.R., Zeigler, S.L., Winslow, L.A., Hines, M.K., Read, J.S., Walker, J.I., 2016, Biogeomorphic classification and images of shorebird nesting sites on the U.S. Atlantic coast: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F70V89X3.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Ashtech Z-12 GPS --- Navigation
Transects
VCR 2015

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