Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Remote Sensing Coastal Change (ZP00GJA)
Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Sherwood
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Brian Andrews
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Monitor changes in beach and nearshore topograpy and habitata
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Sandwich, MA
End Port/Location: Sandwich, MA
Start Date: 2016-02-11
End Date: 2016-02-11
Equipment Used: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Spectra Precision SP80
Information to be Derived: Aerial images from UAS to be used for photogrammetry
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: ~500 images, GCPs, transect data
Staff: Alfredo Aretxabaleta, Jonathan Borden, Sandra Brosnahan, Ann Luppino, Ellyn Montgomery
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-013-FA
Location:
Sandwich Town Neck Beach, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.77207984 | South: 41.76102377 | West: -70.491 | East: -70.47006607 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
Montgomery E.T., Sherwood, C.R., Traykovski, P.A., Irwin, B.J., Borden, J., Martini, M.A., and Miner, S., 2019, Geotagged low-altitude aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems flights over Town Neck Beach, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, with associated ground control points, and transects collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on January 22, January 25, February 11, March 30, and September 21, 2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CJOMBM.
Sherwood, C.R., Over, J.R., and Soenen, K., 2021, Structure from motion products associated with UAS flights in Sandwich, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BFD3YH.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) | --- | Photo Video Navigation | 2016055FA_Sandwich_PTimages (Geotagged low-altitude aerial imagery from Unmanned Aerial System flights over Town Neck Beach, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, on 2016-02-11) |
| Spectra Precision SP80 | --- | Navigation |
