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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-049-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2015-07-13

End Date: 2015-07-16

Equipment Used: Ashtech Z-12 GPS

Information to be Derived: Geospatial coordinates

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: GPS Coordinates collected at or near nest locations.

Staff: Ben Gutierrez, Emily Himmelstoss, Barry Irwin, Erika Lentz, Sara Zeigler

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-048-FA

Location:

Massachusetts, Atlantic Coast, North America

Boundaries
North: 42.19673183 South: 41.20985085 West: -70.8673 East: -69.83044434

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

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

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