Other ID: Darby UAS Mapping August 2024
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Aerial Imaging & Mapping (AIM) (LQ000GU1400)
Principal Investigator(s): Sandra Brosnahan
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Jin-Si Over, Jennifer Cramer
Data Type(s): Visual Identification: Ground Truthing, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: LIDAR
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect mapping data for the EPA at an old landfill
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole MA
Start Date: 2024-08-13
End Date: 2024-08-15
Equipment Used: Skydio X10, Altum-PT, Reconnaissance, Spectra Precision SP80, Aeropoint targets, YellowScan Mapper +
Information to be Derived: Will be flying multiple sensors on the M600 including a LiDAR and multispectral sensor. The SkyDio will be used to collect thermal and normal RGB imagery and video. GCPs will be deployed and GPS used to collect elevation check points. Vegetation data will also be collected in random quadrats (% cover, type, and height)
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: S. Brosnahan, J. Over, and S. Ackerman mapped the Clearview Landfill site. One lidar flight, three altum-PT flights, and 6 Skydio flights. 10 AeroPoints and vinyl targets were deployed. The SP80 base station was set up for the lidar flight, and the the SP80 rover was used to take check points. 35 vegetation quadrat surveys were completed.
Staff: Jin-Si Over, Seth Ackerman
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2024-006-FA.
Location:
Darby Township, Philadelphia, PA
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 39.90721244 | South: 39.87435071 | West: -75.3028965 | East: -75.24890899 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
Cramer, J.M., Brosnahan, S.M., Ackerman, S.D., Over, J.R., Millo, A., Gazoorian, C.L., and Kelley, D.J., 2025, Topographic data, aerial imagery, and GPS data collected during uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) operations at Lower Darby Creek, Darby Township, Pennsylvania, March to August 2024: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P134HU3Y.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skydio X10 | --- | Navigation Other Imagery Photo | |
| Altum-PT | --- | Photo | |
| Reconnaissance | --- | Ground Truthing | |
| Spectra Precision SP80 | --- | Navigation | |
| Aeropoint targets | --- | Navigation Transects Profiles | |
| YellowScan Mapper + | --- | Navigation Photo LIDAR |
