Offshore baseline for the South Carolina (SC) coastal region generated to calculate shoreline change rates

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project (http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/shoreline-change/), documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Coast, Baseline, Bull Island, CMGP, Cape Romain, All tags... Capers Island, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Edisto Island, Hilton Head, James Island, Kiawah Island, Little River Inlet, Magnolia Beach, Myrtle Beach, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, North America, SC, Santee Point, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, South Carolina, St Helena Sound, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Digital Shoreline Analysis System version 4.3 Transects with Short-Term Linear Regression Rate Calculations for South Carolina (SC)

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project (http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/shoreline-change/), documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Accretion, Atlantic Coast, Bull Island, CMGP, Cape Romain, All tags... Capers Island, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Edisto Island, Erosion, Hilton Head, Historic Shoreline, James Island, Kiawah Island, Linear Regression Rate, Little River Inlet, Magnolia Beach, Myrtle Beach, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, North America, SC, Santee Point, Shoreline, Short-Term Shoreline Change Rate, South Carolina, St Helena Sound, Transect, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Elevations surveyed at Black Beach, Falmouth, Massachusetts on 18 March 2016 (text file)

Imagery acquired with unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and coupled with structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry can produce high-resolution topographic and visual reflectance datasets that rival or exceed lidar and orthoimagery. These new techniques are particularly useful for data collection of coastal systems, which requires high temporal and spatial resolution datasets. The U.S. Geological Survey worked in collaboration with members of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Analytics at Black Beach, in Falmouth, Massachusetts to explore scientific research demands on UAS technology for topographic and habitat mapping applications. This project explored the application of consumer-grade UAS platforms...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Barnstable, Black Beach, Buzzards Bay, CMGP, All tags... Cape Cod, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Falmouth, Great Sippewissett Inlet, Great Sippewissett Marsh, Massachusetts, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coasts, cross shore transect, elevation, ground control point, point data, Fewer tags

Digital Shoreline Analysis System version 4.3 Transects with Short-Term End Point Rate Calculations for northern North Carolina (NCnorth)

Sandy ocean beaches in the United States are popular tourist and recreational destinations and constitute some of the most valuable real estate in the country. The boundary between land and water along the coastline is often the location of concentrated residential and commercial development and is frequently exposed to a range of natural hazards, which include flooding, storm effects, and coastal erosion. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting a national assessment of coastal change hazards. One component of this research effort, the National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project (http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/shoreline-change/), documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Accretion, Atlantic Coast, Bodie Island, Buxton, CMGP, All tags... Cape Hatteras, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Corolla, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, End Point Rate, Erosion, Hatteras Island, Historic Shoreline, Kitty Hawk, NC, Nags Head, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, North America, North Carolina, Oregon Inlet, Outer Banks, Pea Island, Rodanthe, Shoreline, Short-Term Shoreline Change Rate, Transect, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Lake Bluffs orthomosaic from low-altitude aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights over of the Lake Ontario shoreline in the vicinity of Sodus Bay, New York in July 2017 (GeoTIFF image)

Low-altitude (80-100 meters above ground level) digital images were obtained from a camera mounted on a 3DR Solo quadcopter, a small unmanned aerial system (UAS), along the Lake Ontario shoreline in New York during July 2017. These data were collected to document and monitor effects of high lake levels, including shoreline erosion, inundation, and property damage in the vicinity of Sodus Bay, New York. This data release includes images tagged with locations determined from the UAS GPS; tables with updated estimates of camera positions and attitudes based on the photogrammetric reconstruction; tables listing locations of the base stations, ground control points, and transect points; geolocated, RGB-colored point...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 3DR Solo quadcopter, CMGP, Charles Point, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Crescent Bar, All tags... Federal Emergency Management Agency, GeoTIFF, Great Lakes, Greig Street, Lake Bluff, Lake Ontario, New York, Orthomosaic, Orthophoto, Ricoh GRII, Sodus Bay, Sodus Point, Sodus Point, Sodus, NY, State of New York Department of Environmental Conservation, State of New York Department of State, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USA, USGS, Unmanned aerial system, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial imagery, aerial photography, field activity number 2017-042-FA, geoscientificInformation, image mosaics, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, inlandWaters, lake level, lakeshore, location, low-altitude aerial imagery, photo mosaic, photographs, photos, raster, remote sensing, shoreline, shoreline photographs, Fewer tags

Sodus North digital elevation model (DEM) from low-altitude aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights over of the Lake Ontario shoreline in the vicinity of Sodus Bay, New York in July 2017 (32-bit floating point GeoTIFF image)

Low-altitude (80-100 meters above ground level) digital images were obtained from a camera mounted on a 3DR Solo quadcopter, a small unmanned aerial system (UAS), along the Lake Ontario shoreline in New York during July 2017. These data were collected to document and monitor effects of high lake levels, including shoreline erosion, inundation, and property damage in the vicinity of Sodus Bay, New York. This data release includes images tagged with locations determined from the UAS GPS; tables with updated estimates of camera positions and attitudes based on the photogrammetric reconstruction; tables listing locations of the base stations, ground control points, and transect points; geolocated, RGB-colored point...

Tags: 3DR Solo quadcopter, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Crescent Bar, DEM, All tags... Federal Emergency Management Agency, GeoTIFF, Great Lakes, Lake Ontario, New York, Ricoh GRII, Sodus Bay, Sodus Point, Sodus Point, Sodus, NY, State of New York Department of Environmental Conservation, State of New York Department of State, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USA, USGS, Unmanned aerial system, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial imagery, digital elevation model, digital elevation models, elevation, field activity number 2017-042-FA, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, lake level, lakeshore, location, low-altitude aerial imagery, photographs, photos, raster, remote sensing, shoreline, shoreline photographs, topography, Fewer tags

Ground control point and transect locations associated with images collected during unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights over The Lake Ontario shoreline in the vicinity of Sodus Bay, New York in July 2017

Low-altitude (80-100 meters above ground level) digital images were obtained from a camera mounted on a 3DR Solo quadcopter, a small unmanned aerial system (UAS), along the Lake Ontario shoreline in New York during July 2017. These data were collected to document and monitor effects of high lake levels, including shoreline erosion, inundation, and property damage in the vicinity of Sodus Bay, New York. This data release includes images tagged with locations determined from the UAS GPS; tables with updated estimates of camera positions and attitudes based on the photogrammetric reconstruction; tables listing locations of the base stations, ground control points, and transect points; geolocated, RGB-colored point...

Categories: Data; Tags: CMGP, Carlson SurvCE, Charles Point, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Crescent Bar, All tags... Federal Emergency Management Agency, GPS, Global Positioning System, Great Lakes, Greig Street, Lake Bluff, Lake Ontario, New York, Sodus Bay, Sodus Point, Sodus Point, Sodus, NY, Spectra Precision SP80, State of New York Department of Environmental Conservation, State of New York Department of State, U.S. Geological Survey, USA, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, elevation, field activity number 2017-042-FA, ground control points, inlandWaters, lakeshore, location, low-altitude aerial imagery, navigation, navigational data, transect points, Fewer tags

Chimney Bluffs orthomosaic from low-altitude aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights over of the Lake Ontario shoreline in the vicinity of Chimney Bluffs, New York in July 2017 (GeoTIFF image)

Low-altitude (80-100 meters above ground level) digital images were obtained from a camera mounted on a 3DR Solo quadcopter, a small unmanned aerial system (UAS), in three locations along the Lake Ontario shoreline in New York during July 2017. These data were collected to document and monitor effects of high lake levels, including shoreline erosion, inundation, and property damage in the vicinity of Chimney Bluffs State Park, New York. This data release includes images tagged with locations determined from the UAS GPS; tables with updated estimates of camera positions and attitudes based on the photogrammetric reconstruction; tables listing locations of the base stations, ground control points, and transect points;...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: 3DR Solo quadcopter, CMGP, Chimney Bluffs, Chimney Bluffs State Park, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, All tags... Federal Emergency Management Agency, GeoTIFF, Great Lakes, Huron, NY, Lake Ontario, New York, Orthomosaic, Orthophoto, Ricoh GRII, State of New York Department of Environmental Conservation, State of New York Department of State, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USA, USGS, Unmanned aerial system, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial imagery, aerial photography, field activity number 2017-042-FA, geoscientificInformation, image mosaics, inlandWaters, lake level, lakeshore, location, low-altitude aerial imagery, photo mosaic, photographs, photos, raster, remote sensing, shoreline, shoreline photographs, Fewer tags

Elevation of the late Wisconsinan to early Holocene regressive unconformity (Ur) offshore of western and southern Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts

Geologic, sediment texture, and physiographic zone maps characterize the sea floor south and west of Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket, Massachusetts. These maps were derived from interpretations of seismic-reflection profiles, high-resolution bathymetry, acoustic-backscatter intensity, bottom photographs, and surficial sediment samples. The interpretation of the seismic stratigraphy and mapping of glacial and Holocene marine units provided a foundation on which the surficial maps were created. This mapping is a result of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management to characterize the surface and subsurface geologic framework offshore of...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: 32-bit GeoTIFF, 512i, Aquinnah, Atlantic Ocean, CMGP, All tags... CZM, Cape Cod, Chappaquiddick Island, Children's Beach, Chilmark, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Coatue, Depth to glacial deposits, Dionis Beach, EdgeTech, Eel Point, Gay Head, Geologic Framework, Great Point, Holocene, Holocene, Interpretation, Katama Beach, Long Point Wildlife Refuge, Lucy Vincent Beach, Marine Geology, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Muskeget Channel, Muskeget Island, Nantucket, Nantucket Harbor, Nantucket Sound, Nomans Land, Pleistocene, Regressive Unconformity, Sea floor, Seismic Interpretation, Seismic-reflection Profiles, Shovelful Shoal, South Beach, Squibnocket Beach, Squibnocket Point, Tisbury, Tisbury Great Pond Beach, Tuckernuck Bank, Tuckernuck Island, Tuckernuck Shoal, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1288, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1006, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1168, USGS, Vineyard Sound, WHCMSC, Wasque Shoal, Wasque point, Wisconsinan, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, geologic contacts, geologic structure, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, marine geology, oceans, scientific interpretation, sea-floor characteristics, sedimentation, unconsolidated deposits, Fewer tags

Long-term and short-term shoreline change rates for coastal region around Boston, Massachusetts calculated without the proxy-datum bias using the Digital Shoreline Analysis System version 5.0

The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management launched the Shoreline Change Project in 1989 to identify erosion-prone areas of the coast. The shoreline position and change rate are used to inform management decisions regarding the erosion of coastal resources. In 2001, a shoreline from 1994 was added to calculate both long- and short-term shoreline change rates along ocean-facing sections of the Massachusetts coast. In 2013, two oceanfront shorelines for Massachusetts were added using 2008-9 color aerial orthoimagery and 2007 topographic lidar datasets obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Ocean Service, Coastal Services Center. This 2018 data release includes rates that incorporate...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Accretion, Atlantic Coast, Baseline, Boston, CMGP, All tags... Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Erosion, Esri polyline shapefile, Historical Shoreline, LRR, Linear Regression Rate, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, New England, Shoreline, Shoreline Change Rate, Transect, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, geoscientificInformation, long-term, oceans, short-term, Fewer tags

Intersects for the southern coastal region of Cape Cod Massachusetts, generated to calculate shoreline change rates using the Digital Shoreline Analysis System version 5.0

The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management launched the Shoreline Change Project in 1989 to identify erosion-prone areas of the coast. The shoreline position and change rate are used to inform management decisions regarding the erosion of coastal resources. In 2001, a shoreline from 1994 was added to calculate both long- and short-term shoreline change rates along ocean-facing sections of the Massachusetts coast. In 2013, two oceanfront shorelines for Massachusetts were added using 2008-9 color aerial orthoimagery and 2007 topographic lidar datasets obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Ocean Service, Coastal Services Center. This 2018 data release includes rates that incorporate...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Coast, CMGP, Cape Cod, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, All tags... Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Intersects, Massachusetts, North America, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, environment, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, oceans, Fewer tags

Baseline for the Buzzards Bay coastal region in Massachusetts, generated to calculate shoreline change rates using the Digital Shoreline Analysis System version 5.0

The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management launched the Shoreline Change Project in 1989 to identify erosion-prone areas of the coast. The shoreline position and change rate are used to inform management decisions regarding the erosion of coastal resources. In 2001, a shoreline from 1994 was added to calculate both long- and short-term shoreline change rates along ocean-facing sections of the Massachusetts coast. In 2013, two oceanfront shorelines for Massachusetts were added using 2008-9 color aerial orthoimagery and 2007 topographic lidar datasets obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Ocean Service, Coastal Services Center. This 2018 data release includes rates that incorporate...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Coast, Baseline, Buzzards Bay, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, All tags... DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Massachusetts, New England, North America, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, environment, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, oceans, Fewer tags

2011 profile-derived mean high water shorelines of the Outer Cape of MA used in shoreline change analysis

The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management launched the Shoreline Change Project in 1989 to identify erosion-prone areas of the coast. The shoreline position and change rate are used to inform management decisions regarding the erosion of coastal resources. In 2001, a 1994 shoreline was added to calculate both long- and short-term shoreline change rates at 40-meter intervals along ocean-facing sections of the Massachusetts coast. In 2013 two oceanfront shorelines for Massachusetts were added using 2008-2009 color aerial orthoimagery and 2007 topographic lidar datasets obtained from NOAA's Ocean Service, Coastal Services Center. This 2018 update includes two new mean high water (MHW) shorelines for the Massachusetts...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Coast, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Database IV format, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, All tags... MA CZM, MHW, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management, Massachusetts Shoreline Change Project, Mean High Water, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, New England, Outer Cape Cod, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, environment, geoscientificInformation, lidar uncertainty, oceans, statistical analysis, Fewer tags

Braddock West digital elevation model (DEM) from low-altitude aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights over of the Lake Ontario shoreline in the vicinity of Braddock Bay, New York in July 2017 (32-bit floating point GeoTIFF image).

Low-altitude (80-100 meters above ground level) digital images were obtained from a camera mounted on a 3DR Solo quadcopter, a small unmanned aerial system (UAS), in three locations along the Lake Ontario shoreline in New York during July 2017. These data were collected to document and monitor effects of high lake levels, including shoreline erosion, inundation, and property damage in the vicinities of Braddock Bay, Sodus Bay, and Chimney Bluffs State Park, New York. This data release includes images tagged with locations determined from the UAS GPS; tables with updated estimates of camera positions and attitudes based on the photogrammetric reconstruction; tables listing locations of the base stations, ground control...

Tags: Braddock Bay, Braddock Bay Park, Braddock Bay Wildlife Management Area, Braddock Point, CMGP, All tags... Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DEM, Federal Emergency Management Agency, GeoTIFF, Great Lakes, Greece, NY, Lake Ontario, New York, State of New York Department of Environmental Conservation, State of New York Department of State, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USA, USGS, Unmanned aerial system, WHCMSC, Westpoint Marina, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, digital elevation model, digital elevation models, elevation, field activity number 2017-042-FA, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, location, raster, remote sensing, topography, Fewer tags

Geotagged Low-Altitude Aerial Imagery From Unmanned Aerial Systems Flights Over Town Neck Beach, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, on 2017-05-04

Low-altitude (80-100 meters above ground level) digital images of Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, Massachusetts, were obtained from a camera mounted on a small unmanned aerial system (UAS; also known as a drone). Imagery was collected at close to low tide on seven days to observe changes in beach and dune morphology. The images were geolocated by using the single-frequency geographic positioning system aboard the UAS. Ground control points (GCPs) were established by using temporary targets on the ground, which were located by using a real-time kinematic global navigation satellite system (RTK-GNSS) base station and rovers. The GCPs can be used as constraints during photogrammetric processing. Transect points were collected...

Tags: 3DR Solo quadcopter, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, JPEG, Massachusetts, All tags... Ricoh GRII, Sandwich, Town Neck Beach, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USA, USGS, Unmanned aerial system, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial and satellite photography, aerial imagery, aerial photography, field activity number 2017-029-FA, geoscientificInformation, geotagged photos, image collections, location, low-altitude aerial imagery, oceans, photographs, photos, remote sensing, shoreline, shoreline photographs, Fewer tags

Geotagged sea-floor images and location of bottom images collected in Long Island Sound, Connecticut and New York, in fall 2017 and spring 2018 by the U.S. Geological Survey, University of Connecticut, and University of New Haven during field activities 2017-056-FA and 2018-018-FA (JPEG images, point shapefile, and CSV file)

Two marine geological surveys were conducted in Long Island Sound, Connecticut and New York, in fall 2017 and spring 2018 by the U.S. Geological Survey, University of Connecticut, and University of New Haven through the Long Island Sound Mapping and Research Collaborative. Sea-floor images and videos were collected at 210 sampling sites within the survey area, and surficial sediment samples were collected at 179 of the sites. The sediment data and the observations from the images and videos are used to identify sediment texture and sea-floor habitats.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, CSV, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Connecticut, All tags... Fishers Island, Fishers Island Sound, GoPro HERO4 Black, JPEG, JPG, Kongsberg Simrad OE1365, LISMaRC, Long Island Sound, Long Island Sound Habitat Mapping, Long Island Sound Mapping and Research Collaborative, NURTEC, New York, Nikon D300, North America, Northeast Underwater Research, Technology and Education Center, R/V Connecticut, SEABOSS, SEABed Observation and Sampling System, U.S. Geological Survey, UConn, USGS, United States, University of Connecticut, University of New Haven, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, bottom images, bottom photographs, continental shelf, field activity 2017-056-FA, field activity 2018-018-FA, geoscientificInformation, ground-truth, image collections, images, location, marine geology, oceans, photographic sampling, photography, photos, sea floor, sea-floor characteristics, seabed images, seabed photographs, seafloor, sediments, shapefile, sound, stations, underwater photography, Fewer tags

Geotagged Low-Altitude Aerial Imagery From Unmanned Aerial System Flights Over Town Neck Beach, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, on 2016-01-22

Low-altitude (30-120 meters above ground level) digital images of Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, Massachusetts, were obtained with a series of cameras mounted on small unmanned aerial systems (UAS, also known as a drone). Imagery was collected at close to low tide on five days to observe changes in beach and dune morphology. The images were geolocated by using the single-frequency geographic positioning system aboard the UAS. Ground control points (GCPs) were established by using temporary targets on the ground, which were located by using a real-time kinematic global navigation satellite system (RTK-GNSS) base station and rovers. The GCPs can be used as constraints during photogrammetric processing. Transect points...

Tags: CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program, DJI Phantom 3 quadcopter, FC300X, All tags... JPEG, Massachusetts, Sandwich, Town Neck Beach, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USA, USGS, Unmanned aerial system, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial and satellite photography, aerial imagery, aerial photography, field activity number 2016-053-FA, geoscientificInformation, geotagged photos, image collections, location, low-altitude aerial imagery, oceans, photographs, photos, remote sensing, shoreline, shoreline photographs, Fewer tags

Geotagged Low-Altitude Aerial Imagery From Unmanned Aerial System Flights Over Town Neck Beach, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, on 2016-01-25

Low-altitude (30-120 meters above ground level) digital images of Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, Massachusetts, were obtained with a series of cameras mounted on small unmanned aerial systems (UAS, also known as a drone). Imagery was collected at close to low tide on five days to observe changes in beach and dune morphology. The images were geolocated by using the single-frequency geographic positioning system aboard the UAS. Ground control points (GCPs) were established by using temporary targets on the ground, which were located by using a real-time kinematic global navigation satellite system (RTK-GNSS) base station and rovers. The GCPs can be used as constraints during photogrammetric processing. Transect points...

Tags: CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program, DJI Phantom 3 quadcopter, FC300X, All tags... JPEG, Massachusetts, Sandwich, Town Neck Beach, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USA, USGS, Unmanned aerial system, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial and satellite photography, aerial imagery, aerial photography, field activity number 2016-054-FA, geoscientificInformation, geotagged photos, image collections, location, low-altitude aerial imagery, oceans, photographs, photos, remote sensing, shoreline, shoreline photographs, Fewer tags

Sediment sample locations and analysis collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior during USGS Field Activity 2018-043-FA (Microsoft Excel file)

In September 2018, the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC), in collaboration with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), conducted high-resolution geophysical mapping and sediment sampling to determine the distribution of historical mine tailings on the floor of Lake Superior. Large amounts of waste material from copper mining, locally known as “stamp sands”, were dumped into the lake in the early 20th century, with wide-reaching consequences that have continued into the present day. Mapping was focused offshore of the town of Gay on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan, where ongoing erosion and re-deposition of the stamp sands has buried miles of native, white-sand beaches and is steadily...

Categories: Data; Tags: Buffalo Reef, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, DOI, Department of the Interior, All tags... Houghton County, Keweenaw County, Keweenaw Peninsula, Lacustrine Geology, Lake Superior, Michigan, R/V Rafael, Sedimemt Sample, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States of America, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, field activity number 2018-043-FA, geology, geophysics, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, grab sampling, grain-size analysis, inlandWaters, lakebed characteristics, location, Fewer tags

Uncertainty table for lidar-derived shorelines used when calculating rates in the Digital Shoreline Analysis System software for the north shore of Nantucket, MA

The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management launched the Shoreline Change Project in 1989 to identify erosion-prone areas of the coast. The shoreline position and change rate are used to inform management decisions regarding the erosion of coastal resources. In 2001, a 1994 shoreline was added to calculate both long- and short-term shoreline change rates at 40-meter intervals along ocean-facing sections of the Massachusetts coast. In 2013 two oceanfront shorelines for Massachusetts were added using 2008-2009 color aerial orthoimagery and 2007 topographic LIDAR lidar datasets obtained from NOAA's Ocean Service, Coastal Services Center. This 2018 update includes two new mean high water (MHW) shorelines for...

Tags: Atlantic Coast, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Database IV format, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, All tags... MA CZM, MHW, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management, Massachusetts Shoreline Change Project, Mean High Water, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, New England, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, coastal processes, environment, geoscientificInformation, lidar uncertainty, oceans, statistical analysis, Fewer tags