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): Ellyn Montgomery
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Survey Town Neck and Spring Hill Beaches
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 2017-01-25
End Date: 2017-01-25
Equipment Used: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Spectra Precision SP80
Information to be Derived: Aerial imageryy & elevation data from the beaches for mapping
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: ~1000 images, GCPs and transect data
Staff: Sandra Brosnahan, Barry Irwin, Eric Marsjanik, Marinna Martini, Ellyn Montgomery, Other
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2017-005-FA
drone flight and mapping and revcover RBRs in overwash
Location:
Sandwich, MA
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.8 | South: 41.7 | West: -70.5144 | East: -70.3 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
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.
Sherwood, C.R., Traykovski, P.A., Montgomery, E.T., Borden, J., Brosnahan S.M., Irwin, B.J., Marsjanik, E.D., Martini, M.A., and Suttles, S.E., 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 on January 9, January 25, February 14, March 16, April 28, May 4, and September 18, 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7QC02RM.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) | --- | Photo Video Navigation | 2017008FA_U021_Sandwich (Geotagged Low-Altitude Aerial Imagery From Unmanned Aerial Systems Flights Over Town Neck Beach, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, on 2017-01-25) |
| Spectra Precision SP80 | --- | Navigation |
