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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

remote sensing, image collections, geospatial datasets, aerial photography

ISO 19115 Topic Category

geoscientificInformation, location

Other Subject Keywords

3dr solo quadcopter, uas, aerial images, drone, photos, ricoh grii, low-altitude aerial imagery, unmanned aerial system, jpeg images, targets, photographs, rgb, usgs, ground control point, airborne imagery, u.s. geological survey

Place Keywords

Shepherdstown, Potomac River, West Virginia, USA

True color aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights: Potomac River in Shepherdstown, West Virginia on October 21, 2019

These digital images were taken over an area of the Potomac River in Shepherdstown, West Virginia using 3DR Solo unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) on October 21, 2019. These images were collected for the purpose of evaluating UAS assessment of river habitat data such as water depth, substrate type, and water clarity. Each UAS was equipped with a Ricoh GRII digital camera for natural color photos, used to produce digital elevation models and ortho images. Some photographs contain black and white targets used as ground control points (GCPs), which were surveyed by a field crew with a high-precision (GNSS) Global Navigation Satellite System and/or containing internal post processing kinematic (PPK) GPS system. This data release includes the original true color images from the Ricoh GRII digital camera of the Potomac River in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

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Author(s) Matthew J Cashman orcid, Sandra M Brosnahan orcid, Samuel H Caldwell, Jessica D Dewitt orcid, John A Young orcid, Leah E Staub, James M Duda, Andrew J Greise
Publication Date 2020-07-31
Beginning Date of Data 2019-10-21
Ending Date of Data 2019-10-21
Data Contact
Matthew J Cashman
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P970EQ7D
Citation Cashman, M.J., Brosnahan, S.M., Caldwell, S.H., Dewitt, J.D., Young, J.A., Staub, L.E., Duda, J.M., and Greise, A.J., 2020, True color aerial imagery from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights: Potomac River in Shepherdstown, West Virginia on October 21, 2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P970EQ7D.
Metadata Contact
Matthew J Cashman
Metadata Date 2020-08-21
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Harvest Date: 2021-11-19T04:42:53.907Z