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

Field Activity 2024-018-FA

Identifier	2024-018-FA
Alternate names	Sandwich Beach UAS surveys 2024
Purpose	To collect shoreline and volumetric data following a 2023 USACE nourishment
Location	Sandwich Beach, Massachusetts
Summary	Collected UAS and GPS data on two days - April 15th and Oct 8th. Four lidar flights with images were flown with AeroPoints as ground control. One drone flight in October had a bad GPS/IMU error possibly due to a solar storm. GPS rover was used both dates to take ground check shots. In October additional vegetation heights were taken.
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!
Projects	Aerial Imaging & Mapping (AIM)
Platform	on foot survey conducted on foot
Itinerary	Start (port not specified) 2024-04-15 End (port not specified) 2024-10-08 Days in the field 2 Activity events Hide Start date End date Description 2024-04-15 2024-04-15 J. Cramer, J. Over, C. Sherwood, and A. Farris went to Town Neck Beach and mapped post USACE nourishment and post storm. Two lidar flights were done and AeroPoints set up. SP80 was used to take ground shots. 2024-10-08 2024-10-08 J. Cramer, J. Over, A. Farris, and C. Sherwood went to Town Neck Beach prior to the USACE renourishing the beach. Two lidar flights were flown, and multiple targets were set up for ground control. Emlid RS3 was used to take ground shots. Vegetation heights were recorded as well for quality control.
Bounds	West -70.48630714 East -70.47195625 North 41.76969852 South 41.76108153 Show or hide mapHide layers