Field Activity 2019-630-FA

Identifier 2019-630-FA
Alternate names 2019-323-FA
Also known as Crocker Reef Underwater Structure from Motion Mapping
Purpose System testing and seafloor mapping using new Underwater Structure from Motion techniques
Location Crocker Reef, Plantation Key, Florida
Summary Collected photos using 5-camera sled during 1 day in St. Petersburg and 3 days off of Islamorada. Base station collected GPS data on Islamorada.
Info derived Surface Elevation
Comments This is a joint field activity between the Santa Cruz and St. Petersburg USGS offices.
Related activities
2019-323-FA: Multi-center
Platform
Sallenger
26' Parker
Itinerary
Start St Petersburg, Florida 2019-07-06
End St Petersburg, Florida 2019-07-16
Days in the field 9
Bounds
West -81.08642822
East -80.83097811
North 24.74184249
South 24.49048119
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Gerald HatcherJonathan WarrickAndrew C Ritchie
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Evan T Dailey
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Dave Zawada (SPCMSC)

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Trimble R7 GPS (AS) Benchmarks, Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
SQUID-5 Photo 4

Datasets


Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Structure-from-Motion bathymetric maps from the Florida Keys, 2019 SQUID-5 Structure-from-Motion (SfM) bathymetric maps were created using seafloor images collected using the new 5-camera system SfM Quantitative Underwater Imaging Device with Five Cameras (SQUID-5). Images were collected during July 2019 by towing the SQUID-5 in 3 to 4 meters of water off of Islamorada in the Florida Keys during 3 days. The five cameras were synchronized together and with a survey-grade Global Positioning System (GPS). Images were collected over diverse benthic settings, including living and senile reefs, rubble, and sand. Bathymetric maps were created from the photos using SfM photogrammetric software. Jonathan Warrick
Structure-from-Motion orthophotos from the Florida Keys, 2019 SQUID-5 Georeferenced orthophotos were created from structure-from-motion (SfM) data using seafloor images collected using the new 5-camera system SfM Quantitative Underwater Imaging Device with Five Cameras (SQUID-5). Images were collected in July 2019 by towing the SQUID-5 in 3 to 4 meters of water off of Islamorada in the Florida Keys during 3 days. The five cameras were synchronized together and with a survey-grade Global Positioning System (GPS). Images were collected over diverse benthic settings, including living and senile reefs, rubble, and sand. Orthomosaics were created from the photos using SfM photogrammetric software. Jonathan Warrick
Structure-from-Motion point clouds from the Florida Keys, 2019 SQUID-5 Structure-from-Motion (SfM) point clouds were created from seafloor images collected using the new 5-camera system SfM Quantitative Underwater Imaging Device with Five Cameras (SQUID-5). Images were collected in July 2019 by towing the SQUID-5 in 3 to 4 meters of water off of Islamorada in the Florida Keys during 3 days. The five cameras were synchronized together and with a survey-grade Global Positioning System (GPS). Images were collected over diverse benthic settings, including living and senile reefs, rubble, and sand. Point clouds were created from the photos using SfM photogrammetric software. Jonathan Warrick
Structure-from-Motion underwater photos from the Florida Keys, 2019 SQUID-5 Underwater photos were collected using a new 5-camera system, the Structure-from-Motion (SfM) Quantitative Underwater Imaging Device with Five Cameras (SQUID-5). Images were collected in July 2019 by towing the SQUID-5 in 3 to 4 meters of water off of Islamorada in the Florida Keys. The five cameras were synchronized together and with a survey-grade Global Positioning System (GPS). Images were collected over diverse benthic settings, including living and senile reefs, rubble, and sand. The images are presented here in zipped files grouped by Julian day. The SQUID-5 system records images in bitmap (.bmp) format to maintain the highest resolution and bit depth, and these were the files used in SfM processing. The zip files also contain portable network graphics (.png) files, an open-source format, and which include Exif metadata, including GPS date, time, and latitude and longitude, copyright, keywords, and other fields. Jonathan Warrick

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity