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

Field Activity 2023-020-FA

Identifier 2023-020-FA
Alternate names Darby UAS Mapping 2023
Purpose To collect mapping data for the EPA at an old landfill including the Fish and Wildlife Service Park to the south that the landfill runs into.
Location Darby Township, Philadelphia, PA
Summary Lidar (YellowScan Mapper+), imagery (Altum-PT & Ricoh GRII), and thermal (FLIR and ZenMuse XT2) data were collected at the Clearview Landfill and in the Heinz National Wildlife Refuge. GPS data was also collected. Vegetation surveys were conducted near the landfill. It was discovered that the XT2 camera was malfunctioning so no thermal imagery was published.
Info derived Will be flying mutliple sensors on the M600 including a LiDAR and Thermal system borrowed from NUSO
Comments YellowScan Mapper+ was used for lidar, ZenMuse XT2 for thermal - these two systems are not in compass Update 5/31/2024* The XT2 is still not in compass. Update 12/20/2024* The XT2 is still not in compass.
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole MA 2023-08-28
End Woods Hole MA 2023-09-01
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -75.3028965
East -75.24890899
North 39.90721244
South 39.87435071

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Sandra M Brosnahan
Crew members
Seth Ackerman
Scientist, Staff
Jennifer M Cramer
Scientist, Staff
Jin-Si R Over
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Jennifer M Cramer
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Chris Gazoorian (NYWSC)

Data types and categories

Data category: Visual Identification, Imagery, Environmental Data, Location-Elevation
Data type: Ground Truthing, Photo, Navigation, Temperature, LIDAR

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Digital camera Smartphone cameras belonging to members of the Aerial Imaging and Mapping Group (AIMG) were used to capture context photos of the scenery. Photo 1
Ricoh GR II natural-color RGB camera Photo 2
DJI Matrice Also referred to as DJI M600 Navigation (no data reported)
Reconnaissance Ground Truthing (no data reported)
Altum-PT 7-band multispectral camera. Photo 2
Spectra Precision SP80 Navigation 2
Parrot Anafi Video, Navigation, Photo (no data reported)
Aeropoint targets Navigation, Transects, Profiles 1
Yellowscan Mapper Navigation, LIDAR 2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2023020FA_LiDAR Yellowscan Mapper LiDAR Point Clouds (LPC) and elevation data collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations at Lower Darby Creek, Darby Township, Pennsylvania, August 28 to September 1, 2023. The dataset includes a total of 8 files: four LAZ files (point clouds) and four GeoTIFFs (DEMs) Jennifer M Cramer

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2023020FA_Vegetation_groundreference Digital camera Ground reference vegetation data and photos collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations at Lower Darby Creek Superfund Site and John Heinz NWR, Darby Township, Pennsylvania, August 28 to September 1, 2023. ScienceBase has the CSV files of the image locations and the survey location points, while the Imagery Data System serves the individual images. Jennifer M Cramer
2023020FA_SfMProducts Ricoh GR II Elevation models and image mosaics from aerial imagery collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations at Lower Darby Creek, Darby Township, Pennsylvania, August 28 to September 1, 2023. Four separate files or two areas. Each area has a multispectral digital surface model and a true-color digital surface model. Jennifer M Cramer
2023020FA_AerialImagery Ricoh GR II True-color and Multispectral aerial imagery collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations - Lower Darby Creek, Darby Township, Pennsylvania, August 28 - September 1, 2023. The dataset has three CSV files of images locations, and the individual images (available from the Imagery Data System). Jennifer M Cramer
2023020FA_SfMProducts Altum-PT Elevation models and image mosaics from aerial imagery collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations at Lower Darby Creek, Darby Township, Pennsylvania, August 28 to September 1, 2023. Four separate files or two areas. Each area has a multispectral digital surface model and a true-color digital surface model. Jennifer M Cramer
2023020FA_AerialImagery Altum-PT True-color and Multispectral aerial imagery collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations - Lower Darby Creek, Darby Township, Pennsylvania, August 28 - September 1, 2023. The dataset has three CSV files of images locations, and the individual images (available from the Imagery Data System). Jennifer M Cramer
2023020FA_GroundControl Spectra Precision SP80 Ground control data collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations at Lower Darby Creek, Darby Township, Pennsylvania, August 28 to September 1, 2023. There are three CSV files, two for aeropoint target data and one for RTK SP80 data. Jennifer M Cramer
2023020FA_Vegetation_groundreference Spectra Precision SP80 Ground reference vegetation data and photos collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations at Lower Darby Creek Superfund Site and John Heinz NWR, Darby Township, Pennsylvania, August 28 to September 1, 2023. ScienceBase has the CSV files of the image locations and the survey location points, while the Imagery Data System serves the individual images. Jennifer M Cramer
2023020FA_GroundControl Aeropoint targets Ground control data collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations at Lower Darby Creek, Darby Township, Pennsylvania, August 28 to September 1, 2023. There are three CSV files, two for aeropoint target data and one for RTK SP80 data. Jennifer M Cramer
2023020FA_Lidar Yellowscan Mapper Lidar data collected during uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations at Lower Darby Creek, Darby Township, Pennsylvania, August 28 to September 1, 2023. There are four LAZ files with point cloud data and four TIFF files for the digital elevation models.

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity

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

15578 images are associated with this activity.