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

Field Activity 2018-011-FA

Identifier 2018-011-FA
Purpose To create a base map of elevation to aid in flood inundation maps.
Location Taunton, MA
Summary Aerial imagery was collected by an unmanned aerial system (UAS) at Whittenton Dam, Taunton, MA May 23, 2018. This collection was acquired to explore the UAS potential for creating high resolution elevation maps from photogrammetric techniques. 784 Ricoh GRII photos (4.19 GB) were collected along with, 16 GCPs.
Info derived We'll be collecting high resolution images to be processed by photoscan to create DEM's, orthophotos, and point clouds
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2018-003-FA
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Taunton MA 2018-05-23
End Taunton MA 2018-05-23
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -71.10819343
East -71.1016702
North 41.92849573
South 41.92105416

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Sandra M Brosnahan
Crew members
Elizabeth P Pendleton
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Sandra M Brosnahan
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Elizabeth P Pendleton
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal USGS

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

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity