Field Activity 2015-344-FA

Identifier 2015-344-FA
Purpose To collect ground-based GPS elevation points used to calibrate and check the accuracy of an accompanying LiDAR flight.
Location Assateague Island in Maryland and Virginia
Summary Lidar and GPS
Info derived Elevation of various ground cover types
Comments Quantum Spatial collected the lidar on 11/26/15 through USGS NGTOC: USGS Contract: G10PC00026 Task Order Number: G16PD00038
Projects
Vehicles
Rental Vehicle
Itinerary
Start St. Petersburg, FL 2015-11-26
End Salisbury, MD 2015-12-31
Bounds
West -75.4486
East -75.06286621
North 38.38903341
South 37.8571898
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Nathaniel G Plant
Crew members
(not identified)
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Kyle W Kelso
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation
Data type: Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)
Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) LIDAR 4
GPS Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
ASIS2015_HRJQ_BE_z18_n88g12B_ classified.zip Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Lidar-derived classified bare-earth topography point-cloud dataset for Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia. Alexandra M Fredericks
ASIS2015_HRJQ_BE_z18_n88g12B_ mosaic.zip Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Lidar-derived bare-earth topography Digital Elevation Model (DEM) mosaic for Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia Alexandra M Fredericks

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Lidar_Footprints_Merged Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Merged footprint of all lidar data published by the USGS SPCMSC since 2001 Breanna N Williams
Lidar_Footprints_Individual Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Individual footprints of lidar data published by the USGS SPCMSC since 2001 Breanna N Williams

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity