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.
This field activity should have events please!
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):
 on foot |
Over, J.R., Cramer, J.M., Sherwood, C.R., Farris, A.S., and Millo, A., 2025, Topographic data, imagery, and GPS data collected during uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) operations at Town Neck Beach, Sandwich, Massachusetts (ver. 2.0, May 2026): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1UBZZFA.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| WingtraOne Gen II | --- | Navigation Photo | |
| Aeropoint targets | --- | Navigation Transects Profiles | |
| Emlid RS3 | --- | Navigation | |
| Wingtra Lidar | --- | Navigation LIDAR |
