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Ground control points collected during unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) operations in Massachusetts and Maine between March 2018 - September 2018

Dates

Date Collected
2018-03-09 05:00:00
Date Collected
2018-04-05 04:00:00
Date Collected
2018-05-04 04:00:00
Date Collected
2018-05-23 04:00:00
Date Collected
2018-06-20 04:00:00
Date Collected
2018-07-20 04:00:00
Date Collected
2018-08-06 04:00:00
Date Collected
2018-09-25 04:00:00
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Citation

Cramer, J.C., Brosnahan, S.M., Ackerman, S.D., Pendleton, E.A., Sturdivant, E.J., and Borden, J., 2021, Aerial Imagery collected during unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) operations in Massachusetts and Maine between March 2018 - September 2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9VIUXWE.

Summary

Low-altitude (80 and 100 meters above ground level) digital images were collected at Sage Lot Pond in Waquoit, Massachusetts, two sites on the Mill River in Taunton, MA, Great Marsh in Barnstable, MA, the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve in Wells, ME, and on the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Quissett Campus in Woods Hole, MA using 3DR Solo unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) during 2018. These images were collected to support science and data needs in wetland research, topographic mapping, and landcover detection at the U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. The imagery and associated ground control points can be used to create Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), orthoimages, and reflectance [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Sandra M Brosnahan
Author :
Jennifer M Cramer, Elizabeth P Pendleton, Seth D. Ackerman, Sandra M Brosnahan, Emily J Sturdivant, Jonathan Borden
Data Owner :
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Program :
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards

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2018_USGS_Ground_Control_Points.xml
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View 		103.3 KB application/vnd.iso.19139-2+xml
2018_004_FA_SageLot_March.csv 432 Bytes text/csv
2018_005_FA_DAMS_Taunton_MILLRIVER.csv 632 Bytes text/csv
2018_009_FA_GreatMarsh_April.csv 733 Bytes text/csv
2018_011_FA_DAMS_Whitenton_MILLRIVER.csv 651 Bytes text/csv
2018_046_FA_GreatMarsh_Aug.csv 1.22 KB text/csv
2018_062_FA_QuissettCampus_AeroPoints.csv 317 Bytes text/csv
2018_063_FA_WellsME.csv 200 Bytes text/csv
2018_064_FA_SageLot_JulyFF6.csv 199 Bytes text/csv
GCPmap.jpg thumbnail 1.79 MB image/jpeg

Purpose

The objective of obtaining these ground control points was to constrain the photogrammetric products constructed from the aerial images taken, by providing survey-quality ground validation, which far exceeds the accuracy that can be provided from the photo geolocations alone. Transect points are used to validate the final accuracy of the products, and ground control points are used to geolocate the products as accurately as possible.
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