Christopher R Sherwood

Low-altitude aerial imagery obtained with unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights over Coast Guard Beach, Nauset Spit, Nauset Inlet, and Nauset Marsh, Cape Cod National Seashore, Eastham, Massachusetts on 1 March 2016 (JPEG images)

This dataset contains images obtained from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flown in the Cape Cod National Seashore. The objective of the field work was to evaluate the quality and cost of mapping from UAS images. Low-altitude (approximately 120 meters above ground level) digital images were obtained from cameras in a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flown from the lawn adjacent to the Coast Guard Beach parking lot on 1 March, 2016. The UAV was a Skywalker X8 flying wing operated by Raptor Maps, Inc., contractors to the U.S. Geological Survey. U.S. Geological Survey technicians deployed and mapped 28 targets that appear in some of the images for use as ground control points. All activities were conducted according...

Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMGP, Cape Cod, Cape Cod National Seashore, Coast Guard Beach, All tags... Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Eastham, JPEG, Massachusetts, Nauset Inlet, Nauset Marsh, Orleans, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial images, drone, field activity number 2016-007-FA, geoscientificInformation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans, unmanned aerial system, Fewer tags

Town Neck Beach, Massachusetts, 10 cm 2016-2017 Digital Elevation Models

Low-altitude (80-100 meters above ground level) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) imagery of Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, Massachusetts, were used in a structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry workflow to create high-resolution topographic datasets. Imagery was collected at close to low tide on twelve days to observe changes in beach and dune morphology. Ground control points (GCPs), which are temporary targets on the ground located by using a real-time kinematic global navigation satellite system (RTK-GNSS) base station and rover, were used to constrain the SfM process. Photoscan (v. 1.2-1.4) was used to create a digital elevation model and orthomosaic for each data collection day. Collection of these data was...

Tags: CMHRP, Cape Cod, Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program, DJI Phantom 3 quadcopter, FC300X, All tags... Massachusetts, Sandwich, Spring Hill Beach, Town Neck Beach, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial photography, coastal processes, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, image collections, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans, remote sensing, structure from motion, Fewer tags

Town Neck Beach, Massachusetts, 5 cm 2016-2017 Orthomosaics

Low-altitude (80-100 meters above ground level) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) imagery of Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, Massachusetts, were used in a structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry workflow to create high-resolution topographic datasets. Imagery was collected at close to low tide on twelve days to observe changes in beach and dune morphology. Ground control points (GCPs), which are temporary targets on the ground located by using a real-time kinematic global navigation satellite system (RTK-GNSS) base station and rover, were used to constrain the SfM process. Photoscan (v. 1.2-1.4) was used to create a digital elevation model and orthomosaic for each data collection day. Collection of these data was...

Tags: CMHRP, Cape Cod, Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program, DJI Phantom 3 quadcopter, FC300X, All tags... Massachusetts, Sandwich, Spring Hill Beach, Town Neck Beach, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial photography, coastal processes, geomorphology, geoscientificInformation, image collections, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans, remote sensing, structure from motion, Fewer tags

Ground control points Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro, MA on March 10, 2023

The data in this release re-map the beach and nearshore environment at Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, MA and provide updated environmental context for the 2020 CoastCam installation that looks out at the coast shared by beachgoers, shorebirds, seals, and sharks. This is related to the field activity 2022-015-FA and a collaboration with the National Park Service at Cape Cod National Seashore to monitor the region that falls within the field of view of CoastCam CACO-01, which are two video cameras aimed at the beach. In March and April 2023, U.S. Geological Survey and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) scientists conducted field surveys to collect topographic and bathymetric data. Images of the beach for...

Categories: Data; Tags: AeroPoint, CMHRP, Cape Cod, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, GPS measurement, All tags... Global Positioning System (GPS) observations, Ground control point, Head of the Meadow Beach, Helikite, Massachusetts, Truro, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, elevation, geolocation measurement, geoscientificInformation, location, oceans, shoreline, Fewer tags

Bathymetric data and grid of offshore Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, MA on March 20, 2023

The data in this release re-map the beach and nearshore environment at Marconi Beach in Wellfleet, MA and provide updated environmental context for the 2021 CoastCam installation that looks out at the coast shared by beachgoers, shorebirds, seals, and sharks. This is related to the field activity 2022-014-FA and a collaboration with the National Park Service at Cape Cod National Seashore to monitor the region that falls within the field of view of CoastCam CACO-02, which are two video cameras aimed at the beach. In March 2023, U.S. Geological Survey and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) scientists conducted field surveys to collect topographic and bathymetric data. Images of the beach for use in structure-from-motion...

Categories: Data; Tags: ASV, CMHRP, Cape Cod, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Marconi Beach, All tags... Massachusetts, National Seashore, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, WHOI, Wellfleet, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Yellowfin, bathymetry, elevation, geoscientificInformation, geospatial data, location, oceans, remote sensing, shoreline, single-beam echo sounder, single-beam echo sounder, Fewer tags