Field Activity 2018-046-FA

Identifier 2018-046-FA
Purpose To use UAS and photogrammetric techniques to take aerial images and create elevation models and vegetation classification studies.
Location Sandy Neck, Great Marsh, Barnstable
Summary Aerial imagery was collected by an unmanned aerial system (UAS) at Great Marsh, Barnstable, MA August 6 and 7th, 2018. This collection was acquired to explore the UAS potential for mapping marsh ecological systems, vegetation diversity, and creating high resolution elevation maps. 4668 Ricoh GRII photos (25.2 GB) were collected along with 32,600 mica photos (56.2 GB), 24 GCPs
Info derived Photos and ground control point data
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Woods hole 2018-08-06
End Woods hole 2018-08-07
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -70.38269043
East -70.35829544
North 41.74033061
South 41.72602673

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Meagan J Eagle
Crew members
Kevin D Kroeger
Scientist, Staff
Adrian Green
Scientist, Staff
Seth Ackerman
Scientist, Staff
Elizabeth P Pendleton
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Meagan J Eagle
Scientist, Staff
Sandra M Brosnahan
Scientist, Staff
Adrian C Mann
Scientist, Staff
Emily J Sturdivant
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Sandra M Brosnahan
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
3DR Solo factory Navigation (no data reported)
Ricoh GR II Photo 1
MicaSense RedEdge Photo (no data reported)
Spectra Precision SP80 Navigation 2

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
2018_USGS_Multispectral_Imagery Spectra Precision SP80 Multispectral aerial imagery collected during unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) operations in Massachusetts between March 2018 - September 2018. 13 separate zip files containing images from the 3 field activities. Jennifer M Cramer

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity