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): Sandra Brosnahan
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: make complete map of TNB with USGS drone, Compare to Bird's eye view drone. 2017 town neck beach base line survey.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 2017-09-18
End Date: 2017-09-18
Equipment Used: 3DR Solo mRo, Ricoh GR II, 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 last time due to wind.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: ~1000 aerial images, with associated surveyed GCPs, transect data
Staff: Jonathan Borden, Sandra Brosnahan, Barry Irwin, Elizabeth Pendleton, Christopher Sherwood
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: U-039
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3DR Solo mRo | --- | Navigation | |
| Ricoh GR II | mounted on the 3DR Solo quadcopter unmanned aerial system | Photo | 2017050FA_U039_Sandwich (Geotagged Low-Altitude Aerial Imagery From Unmanned Aerial Systems Flights Over Town Neck Beach, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, on 2017-09-18) |
| Spectra Precision SP80 | --- | Navigation |
