USGS National Index of Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise

The goal of this project is to quantify, at the National scale, the relative susceptibility of the Nation's coast to sea- level rise through the use of a coastal vulnerability index (CVI). This initial classification is based upon the variables coastal geomorphology, regional coastal slope, tidal range, wave height, historical rates of relative sea-level rise and shoreline erosion and accretion rates. The combination of these variables furnishes a broad overview of regions where physical changes are likely to occur due to sea-level rise. Data downloads available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds68/

Tags: cmgp, coastal and marine geology program, coastal hazards, erosion, hazards, All tags... oceans, oceans and coastal, oceans and estuaries, shoreline, shoreline change, u.s. geological survey, united states, usgs, whcmsc, woods hole coastal and marine science center, Fewer tags

WA Short Term Shoreline Change

Sandy ocean beaches are a popular recreational destination, often surrounded by communities containing valuable real estate. Development is on the rise despite the fact that coastal infrastructure is subjected to flooding and erosion. As a result, there is an increased demand for accurate information regarding past and present shoreline changes. To meet these national needs, the Coastal and Marine Geology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is compiling existing reliable historical shoreline data along open-ocean sandy shores of the conterminous United States and parts of Alaska and Hawaii under the National Assessment of Shoreline Change project.There is no widely accepted standard for analyzing shoreline...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Accretion, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Columbia River, DSAS, All tags... Digital Shoreline Analysis System, End Point Rate, Erosion, Historic Shoreline, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, North America, Pacific Coast, Pacific Northwest, Shoreline, Short-Term Shoreline Change Rate, Transect, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Washington, Willapa Bay, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, oceans and coastal, oceans and estuaries, Fewer tags

Multibeam backscatter data collected within Lake Powell, UT-AZ during USGS Field Activity 2017-049-FA, using a dual-head Reson T20-P multibeam echosounder (8-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 12N, WGS 84, 2 meter resolution)

High-resolution geophysical mapping of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah and Arizona was conducted between October 8 and November 15, 2017, as part of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of Reclamation to provide high-quality data needed to reassess the area-capacity tables for the Lake Powell reservoir. Seismic data collected during this survey can help to define the rates of deposition within the San Juan and Colorado Rivers, which are the main inflows to Lake Powell. These new data are intended to improve water budget management decisions that affect the natural and recreational resources of the reservoir. Multibeam echosounder bathymetry and...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Antelope Canyon, BOR, Bullfrog, Bullfrog Bay, Bureau of Reclamation, All tags... CMGP, CRSP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Coconino County, Colorado River, Colorado River Storage Project, DOI, Dangling Rope, Department of the Interior, Escalante River, Friendship Bay, Garfield County, GeoTIFF, Glen Canyon, Glen Canyon Dam, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Good Hope Bay, Great Bend, Gunsight Bay, Halls Bay, Halls Crossing, Hite, Kane County, Lake Powell, Last Chance Bay, NPS, National Park Service, Navajo Canyon, Padre Bay, Page, R/V Stephens, Rainbow Bridge National Monument, Rock Creek Bay, San Juan County, San Juan River, State of Arizona, State of Utah, T20-P, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, UWSC, United States of America, Utah Water Science Center, WHCMSC, Wahweap, Wahweap Bay, Warm Creek Bay, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, backscatter, field activity number 2017-049-FA, geology, geophysics, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, inlandWaters, lakebed acoustic reflectivity, lakebed characteristics, multibeam backscatter, multibeam echosounder, multibeam sonar, time-series, Fewer tags

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

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, CMGP, Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, All tags... Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, End Point Rate, Erosion, Green Island, Historic Shoreline, Horsepen Point, NC, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, North America, North Carolina, Ocracoke Inlet, Ocracoke Island, Portsmouth Island, 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

Elevation artifacts in digital bathymetric and topographic models for United States east (east_cdem_v1.tif) and west (west_cdem_v.tif) coasts (polygon shapefile, geographic, NAD83)

Investigations of coastal change and coastal resources often require continuous elevation profiles from the seafloor to coastal terrestrial landscapes. Differences in elevation data collection in the terrestrial and marine environments result in separate elevation products that may not share a vertical datum. This data release contains the assimilation of multiple elevation products into a continuous digital elevation model at a resolution of 3-arcseconds (approximately 90 meters) from the terrestrial landscape to the seafloor for the contiguous U.S., focused on the coastal interface. All datasets were converted to a consistent horizontal datum, the North American Datum of 1983, but the native vertical datum for...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alabama, CMGP, California, Canadian Hydrographic Service, Chesapeake Bay, All tags... Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Connecticut, DEM, Delaware, Depth, Florida, Florida Keys, Georgia, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Long Island, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Middle Atlantic Bight, Mississippi, NED, NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, New England, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, Oregon, Puget Sound, South Atlantic Bight, South Carolina, Texas, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, Vector data, Virginia, WHCMSC, Washington, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, digital elevation models, geoscientificInformation, land surface characteristics, oceans, Fewer tags

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

Digital Shoreline Analysis System version 4.3 Transects with Short-Term Linear Regression Rate Calculations for Louisiana

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, documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal change. Shoreline position is an easily understood...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Accretion, Breton Islands, Breton National Wildlife Refuge, CMGP, Chandeleur Islands, All tags... Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, East Timbalier Island, Erosion, Grand Isle, Grand Terre Islands, Gulf of Mexico, Historic Shoreline, Isles Dernieres, LA, Lanaux Island, Linear Regression Rate, Louisiana, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, North America, Pelican Island, 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

Digital Shoreline Analysis System version 4.3 Transects with Short-Term End Point Rate Calculations for Louisiana

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, documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal change. Shoreline position is an easily understood...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Accretion, Breton Islands, Breton National Wildlife Refuge, CMGP, Chandeleur Islands, All tags... Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, East Timbalier Island, End Point Rate, Erosion, Grand Isle, Grand Terre Islands, Gulf of Mexico, Historic Shoreline, Isles Dernieres, LA, Lanaux Island, Louisiana, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, North America, Pelican Island, 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

Multibeam Echosounder, Reson T-20P tracklines, USGS field activity 2017-003-FA, Mississippi River Delta front offshore of southeastern Louisiana (Esri polyline shapefile, GCS WGS 84)

High resolution bathymetric, sea-floor backscatter, and seismic-reflection data were collected offshore of southeastern Louisiana aboard the research vessel Point Sur on May 19-26, 2017, in an effort to characterize mudflow hazards on the Mississippi River Delta front. As the initial field program of a research cooperative between the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and other Federal and academic partners, the primary objective of this cruise was to assess the suitability of sea-floor mapping and shallow subsurface imaging tools in the challenging environmental conditions found across delta fronts (for example, variably distributed water column stratification and widespread biogenic...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: BOEM, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Gulf of Mexico, All tags... Marine Geology, Mississippi River Delta front, Pass a Loutre, Reson, South Pass, Southeast Louisiana, Southwest Pass, T20P, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, backscatter, bathymetry, bathymetry, field activity number 2017-003-FA, geoscientificInformation, location, marine geology, marine geophysics, multibeam backscatter, multibeam bathymetry, multibeam echosounder, multibeam sonar, navigational data, oceans, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, shapefile, trackline navigation, Fewer tags

Shorelines of the Florida north (FLnorth) coastal region used in shoreline change analysis

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, documents changes in shoreline position as a proxy for coastal change. Shoreline position is an easily understood...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Bald Point State Park, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, All tags... Dog Island, FL, FLDEP, Florida, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Gulf of Mexico, HWL, High Water Line, Laguna Beach, MHW, Mean High Water, NOAA, NOS, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, Panama City Beach, Pensacola Beach, Santa Rosa Island, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, St. George Island, St. Joseph Peninsula, St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Location of bottom photographs along with images collected in July 2016 by the U.S. Geological Survey off Town Neck Beach, Sandwich, Massachusetts, during field activity 2016-037-FA (JPEG images, point shapefile, and CSV file)

Geophysical and geological survey data were collected off Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, Massachusetts, in May and July 2016. Approximately 130 linear kilometers of subbottom (seismic-reflection) and 234-kilohertz interferometric sonar (bathymetric and backscatter) data were collected along with sediment samples, sea floor photographs, and (or) video at 26 sites within the geophysical survey area. Sediment grab samples were collected at 19 of the 26 sampling sites and video and (or) photographic imagery of the sea floor were taken at all 26 sites. These survey data are used to characterize the sea floor by identifying sediment-texture, seabed morphology, and underlying geologic structure and stratigraphy. Data collected...

Categories: Data; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMGP, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Bay, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, All tags... GoPro HERO4 Black, Gulf of Maine, JPEG, JPG, Massachusetts, North America, R/V Rafael, SEABOSS, SEABed Observation and Sampling System, Sandwich, Town Neck Beach, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, Van Veen grab sampler, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, bay, bottom imagery, bottom photographs, continental shelf, field activity 2016-037-FA, geoscientificInformation, ground-truth, image collections, imagery, location, marine geology, marine geology, marine geology, navigational data, oceans, photographic sampling, photography, photography, photos, sea floor, sea-floor characteristics, seabed imagery, seabed photographs, seafloor, sediments, shapefile, stations, underwater photography, Fewer tags

Martha's Vineyard

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...

Tags: Accretion, Atlantic Coast, Baseline, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, All tags... DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Erosion, Esri polyline shapefile, Historical Shoreline, LRR, Linear Regression Rate, Martha's Vineyard, 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 Martha's Vineyard, 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, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, All tags... Intersects, Martha's Vineyard, 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

Intersects 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, Buzzards Bay, CMGP, 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

High-resolution geophysical data collected along the Mississippi River Delta front offshore of southeastern Louisiana, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2017-003-FA

High resolution bathymetric, sea-floor backscatter, and seismic-reflection data were collected offshore of southeastern Louisiana aboard the research vessel Point Sur on May 19-26, 2017, in an effort to characterize mudflow hazards on the Mississippi River Delta front. As the initial field program of a research cooperative between the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and other Federal and academic partners, the primary objective of this cruise was to assess the suitability of sea-floor mapping and shallow subsurface imaging tools in the challenging environmental conditions found across delta fronts (for example, variably distributed water column stratification and widespread biogenic...

Tags: BOEM, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Gulf of Mexico, All tags... Marine Geology, Mississippi River Delta front, Pass a Loutre, Remote Sensing, South Pass, Southeast Louisiana, Southwest Pass, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, bathymetry, boomer, chirp, field activity number 2017-003-FA, marine geology, marine geophysics, multi-channel streamer, multibeam sonar, navigational data, ocean sciences, sea floor, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, seismic reflection methods, sound velocity profiles, sparker, Fewer tags

Seismic Reflection, EdgeTech SB-512i chirp profile images,USGS field activity 2017-003-FA, Mississippi River Delta front offshore of southeastern Louisiana (PNG images)

High resolution bathymetric, sea-floor backscatter, and seismic-reflection data were collected offshore of southeastern Louisiana aboard the research vessel Point Sur on May 19-26, 2017, in an effort to characterize mudflow hazards on the Mississippi River Delta front. As the initial field program of a research cooperative between the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and other Federal and academic partners, the primary objective of this cruise was to assess the suitability of sea-floor mapping and shallow subsurface imaging tools in the challenging environmental conditions found across delta fronts (for example, variably distributed water column stratification and widespread biogenic...

Tags: 512i, BOEM, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, All tags... Edgetech, Gulf of Mexico, Marine Geology, Mississippi River Delta Front, PNG, Pass a Loutre, South Pass, Southeast Louisiana, Southwest Pass, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, chirp, field activity number 2017-003-FA, geoscientificInformation, image, marine geology, marine geophysics, oceans, seismic profile, seismic reflection, seismic reflection methods, sub-bottom profiling, Fewer tags

Digital Shoreline Analysis System version 4.3 Transects with Short-Term Linear Regression Rate Calculations for southeastern Florida (FLse)

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, Boca Raton, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, All tags... Cocoa Beach, DSAS, Delray Beach, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Erosion, FL, Florida, Historic Shoreline, Hutchinson Island, Jupiter Island, Key Biscayne, Linear Regression Rate, Melbourne Beach, Miami Beach, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, North America, Orchid Island, Palm Beach, Pompano Beach, Shoreline, Short-Term Shoreline Change Rate, St Lucie Inlet, Transect, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Shorelines of the southern North Carolina (NCsouth) coastal region used in shoreline change analysis

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 Beach, Atlantic Coast, Bald Head Island, Bogue Banks, Browns Inlet, All tags... CERC, CERC map, CMGP, Cape Fear, Carolina Beach, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DSAS, Digital Shoreline Analysis System, Emerald Isle, HWL, High Water Line, Kure Beach, MHW, Mean High Water, NC, NOAA, NOS, National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, New River Inlet, North America, North Carolina, Shackleford Banks, Shoreline, Shoreline Change, Topsail Island, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wrightsville Beach, environment, geoscientificInformation, oceans, Fewer tags

Charles Point 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...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 3DR Solo quadcopter, CMGP, Charles Point, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DEM, All tags... Federal Emergency Management Agency, GeoTIFF, Great Lakes, Lake Ontario, New York, Ricoh GRII, Sodus Bay, 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

Low-altitude aerial imagery obtained with unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights over Black Beach, Falmouth, Massachusetts on 18 March 2016 (JPEG images)

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: Airborne imagery, Atlantic Ocean, Barnstable, Black Beach, Buzzards Bay, All tags... CMGP, Cape Cod, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, DJI Phantom 3, Falmouth, Great Sippewissett Inlet, Great Sippewissett Marsh, JPEG images, Massachusetts, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, USGS, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, aerial images, aerial photography, drone, field activity number 2016-010-FA, geospatial datasets, ground control point, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, targets, unmanned aerial system, Fewer tags