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: make complete map of TNB with USGS drone
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 2017-05-04
End Date: 2017-05-04
Equipment Used: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Spectra Precision SP80
Information to be Derived: survey elevations and photogrametry U-031. Trying for a complete survey of the beach with the USGS drones, since we couldn't complete 2017-026-FA (U030) due to wind.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Completed a full aerial survey of the beach
Staff: Jonathan Borden, Sandra Brosnahan, Barry Irwin, Eric Marsjanik, Ellyn Montgomery, Christopher Sherwood, Steven Suttles
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: U-031
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2017-026-FA
Location:
Sandwich Town Neck Beach, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.78503467 | South: 41.73478262 | West: -70.4908 | East: -70.42205817 |
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 | 2017029FA_U031_Sandwich (Geotagged Low-Altitude Aerial Imagery From Unmanned Aerial Systems Flights Over Town Neck Beach, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, on 2017-05-04) |
| Spectra Precision SP80 | --- | Navigation |
