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

Field Activity 2025-005-FA

Identifier 2025-005-FA
Alternate names 2025 Winter Cape Cod National Seashore UxS collection
Purpose Collect lidar, bathymetry, and navigation data to map the bluff, beach, and nearshore in front of the CoastCam and Nanopod deployed offshore.
Location Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore
Summary 2025-01-23: Set out AeroPoints and set up base station, flew one flight with M600 with YellowScan Mapper Plus attached for 564 photos and 13GB of lidar data. Placed calibration targets on the beach. 2025-02-26: Base station set up and Yellowfin did nearshore singlebeam echosounder collection 2025-03-06: Set out AeroPoints and set up base station, flew one flight with M600 with YellowScan Mapper Plus attached for 417 photos and 10GB of lidar data.
Info derived elevation profiles, photos for structure-from-motion, lidar data, single-beam echosounder data
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2024-024-FA.
Projects
Related activities
2024-024-FA: Project
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Yellowfin
Length: 76 feet; Beam: 24 feet.
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 2025-01-17
End (port not specified) 2025-03-06
Days in the field 3
Activity events
Start date End date Description
2025-01-23 2025-01-23 S. Brosnahan, J. Over, J. Cramer, and S. Ackerman flew lidar and skydio with Aeropoints deployed on the beach and bluff.
2025-02-26 2025-02-26 A. Lange and P. Traykovski will be doing the nearshore bathymetry survey at Head of the Meadow with Yellowfin pre-retrieval of the nano-pod (offshore).
2025-03-06 2025-03-06 S. Brosnahan, J. Over, and A. Milo at Marconi to do a UAS lidar survey at low tide.
Bounds
West -69.96879959
East -69.95067215
North 41.90263478
South 41.88880919

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Christopher R Sherwood
Crew members
Seth Ackerman
Scientist, Staff
Sandra M Brosnahan
Scientist, Staff
Jennifer M Cramer
Scientist, Staff
Jin-Si R Over
Scientist, Staff
Athina L Lange
Scientist, Staff
Amit Millo
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Jin-Si R Over
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Peter Traykovski (WHOI)

Data types and categories

Data category: Sonar, Location-Elevation, Imagery
Data type: Single Beam, Navigation, LIDAR, Photo

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Cerulean Sonar S-500 Sounder in ASV Yellowfin and collecting single-beam echosounder data Single Beam 1
Aeropoint targets Navigation, Transects, Profiles 2
Emlid RS3 Navigation 3
DJI Matrice Navigation (no data reported)
YellowScan Mapper + Navigation, Photo, LIDAR 2

Datasets

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2025-005-FA_Marconi_Feb Cerulean Sonar S-500 Sounder Bathymetry grid and GPS data from Yellowfin UMS operation at Marconi Beach, CACO, Wellfleet, MA on February 26, 2025. One metadata record describing a variety of related data. GeoTIFF (5.25 MB); CSV (<1 MB). Jin-Si R Over
2025-005-FA_Marconi_Jan Aeropoint targets Lidar points, elevation models, imagery, orthomosaic, and supporting GPS data collected during UAS operations at Marconi Beach, CACO, Wellfleet, MA on January 23, 2025. One metadata record describing a variety of related data. GeoTIFF (155 MB); CSV (<1 MB); JPEG (3.1 GB); LAZ (603 MB) Jin-Si R Over
2025-005-FA_Marconi_Mar Aeropoint targets Lidar points, elevation models, imagery, orthomosaic, and supporting GPS data collected during UAS operations at Marconi Beach, CACO, Wellfleet, MA on March 06, 2025. GeoTIFF (189 MB); CSV (<1 MB); JPEG (2.2 GB); LAZ (609 MB) Jin-Si R Over
2025-005-FA_Marconi_Feb Emlid RS3 Bathymetry grid and GPS data from Yellowfin UMS operation at Marconi Beach, CACO, Wellfleet, MA on February 26, 2025. One metadata record describing a variety of related data. GeoTIFF (5.25 MB); CSV (<1 MB). Jin-Si R Over
2025-005-FA_Marconi_Jan Emlid RS3 Lidar points, elevation models, imagery, orthomosaic, and supporting GPS data collected during UAS operations at Marconi Beach, CACO, Wellfleet, MA on January 23, 2025. One metadata record describing a variety of related data. GeoTIFF (155 MB); CSV (<1 MB); JPEG (3.1 GB); LAZ (603 MB) Jin-Si R Over
2025-005-FA_Marconi_Mar Emlid RS3 Lidar points, elevation models, imagery, orthomosaic, and supporting GPS data collected during UAS operations at Marconi Beach, CACO, Wellfleet, MA on March 06, 2025. GeoTIFF (189 MB); CSV (<1 MB); JPEG (2.2 GB); LAZ (609 MB) Jin-Si R Over
2025-005-FA_Marconi_Jan YellowScan Mapper + Lidar points, elevation models, imagery, orthomosaic, and supporting GPS data collected during UAS operations at Marconi Beach, CACO, Wellfleet, MA on January 23, 2025. One metadata record describing a variety of related data. GeoTIFF (155 MB); CSV (<1 MB); JPEG (3.1 GB); LAZ (603 MB) Jin-Si R Over
2025-005-FA_Marconi_Mar YellowScan Mapper + Lidar points, elevation models, imagery, orthomosaic, and supporting GPS data collected during UAS operations at Marconi Beach, CACO, Wellfleet, MA on March 06, 2025. GeoTIFF (189 MB); CSV (<1 MB); JPEG (2.2 GB); LAZ (609 MB) Jin-Si R Over

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity

Images collected during this field activity, from the Imagery Data System

819 images are associated with this activity.