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Low-altitude aerial imagery collected from a Helikite at Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro on March 10, 2022

These data map the beach and nearshore environment at Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, MA, providing updated regional context for the 2019 CoastCam installation. CoastCam CACO-01 are two video cameras aimed at the beach that view the coast shared by beachgoers, shorebirds, seals, and sharks. These data were collected as part of field activity 2022-015-FA and a collaboration with the National Park Service at Cape Cod National Seashore to monitor the region. In March 2022, U.S. Geological Survey and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) scientists conducted field surveys to re-map the field of view of the CoastCam. Aerial images of the beach for use in structure from motion were taken with a camera (Sony a6000) and a post-processed kinematic (PPK) system attached to a helium filled balloon-kite (Helikite). High-precision GPS targets (AeroPoints) and numbered black and white tarps were used as ground control points. Bathymetry was collected in the nearshore using a single-beam echosounder mounted on a surf capable self-righting electric autonomous surface vehicle. Agisoft Metashape (v. 1.8.1) was used to create a digital surface model with the collected imagery, which was merged with the bathymetry in MATLAB (v. 2020b) to create a continuous topobathy product.

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Author(s) Jin-Si R Over orcid, Christopher R Sherwood orcid, Peter A Traykovski orcid
Publication Date 2022-09-19
Beginning Date of Data 2022-03-10
Ending Date of Data 2022-03-10
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GEVWG1
Citation Over, J.R., Sherwood, C.R., and Traykovski, P.A., 2022, Low-altitude aerial imagery collected from a Helikite at Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro on March 10, 2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GEVWG1.
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Metadata Date 2022-09-19
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Harvest Date: 2025-01-22T04:21:20.072Z