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Field Activity Details for field activity 2025-015-FA

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Other ID: 2025 Sandwich Town Neck Beach UAS Survey

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Aerial Imaging & Mapping (AIM) (LQ000GU1400)

Principal Investigator(s): Amy Farris

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Jin-Si Over

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect shoreline and volumetric data following a 2023 USACE nourishment

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Falmouth, MA

End Port/Location: Falmouth, MA

Start Date: 2025-06-01

End Date: 2025-06-01

Equipment Used: WingtraOne Gen II, Aeropoint targets, Emlid RS3, Wingtra Lidar

Information to be Derived: lidar data and imagery

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 530 RGB images with two Wingtra Gen II flights with Map61 camera and collected lidar data with one Wingtra Gen II flight. Used Emlid RS2+ for base station and collected checkshots with Emlid RS3. Placed 10 AeroPoint ground control points.

Staff: Amit Millo, Jin-Si Over, Jennifer Cramer, Sandra Brosnahan, Christopher Sherwood, Seth Ackerman

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2023-028-FA.
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Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2024-018-FA.

Location:

Sandwich Beach, Massachusetts

Boundaries
North: 41.76969852 South: 41.76108153 West: -70.48630714 East: -70.47195625

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
WingtraOne Gen II --- Navigation
Photo
Aeropoint targets --- Navigation
Transects
Profiles
Emlid RS3 --- Navigation
Wingtra Lidar --- Navigation
LIDAR

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