1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2017-338-FA

Identifier 2017-338-FA
Purpose To collect aerial imagery for assessing the Structure-from-Motion technique for estimating coastal topography.
Location Madeira Beach, Florida, United States, Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico)
Summary Collected images from GoPro and Ricoh cameras. Surveyed 14 GCPs.
Info derived Digital elevation models and orthomosaic photos/maps.
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Vehicles
Unknown
Itinerary
Start Madeira Beach, FL 2017-07-12
End Madeira Beach, FL 2017-07-12
Bounds
West -82.79925585
East -82.79061079
North 27.79912801
South 27.79023085

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Jennifer A Brown
Crew members
Karen L M Morgan
Scientist, Staff
David M Thompson
Scientist, Staff
Christine Kranenburg
Scientist, Staff
Jennifer A Brown
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Karen L M Morgan
Specialist, Information
David M Thompson
Specialist, Information
Christine Kranenburg
Specialist, Information
Jennifer A Brown
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation
Data type: Photo, Video, Benchmarks, Transects

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS Pole Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data expected)
3DR Solo Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Photo, Video, Navigation (no data reported)
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity