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

Field Activity 2025-015-FA

Identifier 2025-015-FA
Alternate names 2025 Sandwich Town Neck Beach UAS Survey
Purpose To collect shoreline and volumetric data following a 2023 USACE nourishment
Location Sandwich Beach, Massachusetts
Summary Collected 530 RGB images with two Wingtra Gen II flights with Map61 camera and collected lidar data with one Wingtra Gen II flight. Used Emlid RS2+ for base station and collected checkshots with Emlid RS3. Placed 10 AeroPoint ground control points.
Info derived lidar data and imagery
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2023-028-FA. This field activity should have events please! Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2024-018-FA.
Projects
Related activities
2023-028-FA: Project
2024-018-FA: Project
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Falmouth, MA 2025-06-01
End Falmouth, MA 2025-06-01
Days in the field 1
Activity events
Start date End date Description
2025-06-02 2025-06-02 Over, Cramer, Ackerman, Brosnahan, Millo - Flew the Wingtra lidar and RGB with Emlid base station and check shots. Placed AeroPoints.
Bounds
West -70.48630714
East -70.47195625
North 41.76969852
South 41.76108153

Personnel

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

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
WingtraOne Gen II Navigation, Photo 1
Aeropoint targets Navigation, Transects, Profiles 1
Emlid RS3 Navigation 1
Wingtra Lidar Navigation, LIDAR 1

Datasets

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2025-015-FA_TNB WingtraOne Gen II Lidar points, elevation models, imagery, orthomosaic, and supporting GPS data collected during UAS operations at Town Neck Beach, Sandwich, MA on June 02, 2025. This metadata file describes multiple datasets. Jin-Si R Over
2025-015-FA_TNB Aeropoint targets Lidar points, elevation models, imagery, orthomosaic, and supporting GPS data collected during UAS operations at Town Neck Beach, Sandwich, MA on June 02, 2025. This metadata file describes multiple datasets. Jin-Si R Over
2025-015-FA_TNB Emlid RS3 Lidar points, elevation models, imagery, orthomosaic, and supporting GPS data collected during UAS operations at Town Neck Beach, Sandwich, MA on June 02, 2025. This metadata file describes multiple datasets. Jin-Si R Over
2025-015-FA_TNB Wingtra Lidar Lidar points, elevation models, imagery, orthomosaic, and supporting GPS data collected during UAS operations at Town Neck Beach, Sandwich, MA on June 02, 2025. This metadata file describes multiple datasets. Jin-Si R Over

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity

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

530 images are associated with this activity.