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Digital elevation models of the coast of Alaska from Icy Cape to Cape Prince of Wales, 2016

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2016-08-29
End Date
2016-09-04

Citation

Nolan, M., Gibbs, A.E., and Snyder, A.G., 2022, Alaska coastal orthoimagery and elevation data: Icy Cape to Cape Prince of Wales, 2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9PGJNE9.

Summary

This part of the data release presents digital elevation models (DEMs) spanning the ocean shoreline of Alaska from Icy Cape to Cape Prince of Wales. Aerial images were collected, and data were processed, by Fairbanks Fodar (https://www.fairbanksfodar.com) in Fairbanks, Alaska, for the U.S. Geological Survey. The aerial images, from which the DEMs were created, were collected in 2016 between August 29 and September 4 and extend from the shoreline to 400-4000 meters inland. The aerial images were collected with precise Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation data from a manned aircraft and were then processed into DEMs photogrammetrically using structure-from-motion (SFM) processing methods as described in Nolan and others, 2015. [...]

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Purpose

Fairbanks Fodar was contracted by the USGS to acquire new airborne data to process into orthoimagery, digital elevation models, and elevation point clouds. USGS researchers use the digital elevation models to characterize coastal geomorphology.

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