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Field Activity Details for field activity 2025-005-FA

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Other ID: 2025 Winter Cape Cod National Seashore UAS collection

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Aerial Imaging & Mapping (AIM) (LQ000GU1400), Next-Generation Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast (WH) (MN00U03)

Contact(s): Christopher Sherwood

Information Specialist(s): Jin-Si Over

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: LIDAR, Imagery: Photo

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect lidar and navigation data to map the beach and bluff in front of the CoastCam and Nanopod deployed offshore.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole

End Port/Location: Cape Cod National Seashore

Start Date: 2025-01-17

End Date: 2025-12-31

Equipment Used: Aeropoint targets, Emlid RS3, DJI Matrice, Skydio X10, YellowScan Mapper +

Information to be Derived: elevation profiles, photos for structure-from-motion, lidar data

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2024-024-FA.

Location:

Marconi Beach

Boundaries
North: 42.08843948 South: 41.70408804 West: -70.10815431 East: -69.91259764

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Aeropoint targets --- Navigation
Transects
Profiles
Emlid RS3 --- Navigation
DJI Matrice --- Navigation
Skydio X10 --- Navigation
Other Imagery
Photo
YellowScan Mapper + --- Photo
LIDAR

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