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

Field Activity 2018-005-FA

Identifier 2018-005-FA
Purpose To collect high resolution images to use for topographic elevation measurements from two restored dam sites on the Mill River in Taunton MA.
Location Taunton, MA
Summary Aerial imagery was collected by an unmanned aerial system (UAS) at Britannia Dam, Taunton, MA May 4, 2018. This collection was acquired to explore the UAS potential for creating high resolution elevation maps from photogrammetric techniques. 518 Ricoh GRII photos (2.79 GB) were collected along with, 16 GCPs.
Info derived The high resolution images will be used to create DEM's, orthophotos, point clouds to map elevations from two restored dam sites.
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Taunton MA 2018-05-04
End Taunton MA 2018-05-04
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -71.1030368
East -71.1009839
North 41.921451
South 41.9188784

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Christopher R Sherwood
Crew members
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Sara L Zeigler
Scientist, Staff
Sandra M Brosnahan
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Sandra M Brosnahan
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Gregory Stewart

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Imagery
Data type: Navigation, Photo

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Ricoh GR II Photo 1
Spectra Precision SP80 Navigation 1
3DR Solo factory Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2018_USGS_True_Color_Imagery Ricoh GR II True color aerial imagery collected during unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) operations in Massachusetts and Maine between March 2018 - September 2018. 11 separate zip file containing JPEG image for 8 separate field activities. Jennifer M Cramer
2018_USGS_Ground_Control_Points Spectra Precision SP80 Ground control points collected during unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) operations in Massachusetts and Maine between March 2018 - September 2018. 8 separate CSV files for 8 separate field activities. Jennifer M Cramer