Jin-Si R Over
Jennifer M Cramer
Christopher R Sherwood
Amy Farris
20250430
Topographic data, imagery, and GPS data collected during uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) operations at Town Neck Beach, Sandwich, Massachusetts
digital data
https://doi.org/10.5066/P1UBZZFA
Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (sUAS) were used to collect aerial remote sensing data over Town Neck Beach, a highly trafficked local beach in Sandwich Massachusetts with parking lot, boardwalk, and state maintained sand and vegetation placement. USGS personnel collected natural (RGB) color images, LiDAR, and ground control points starting in December 2023 to support multiple science projects. These data were processed to produce a high resolution point cloud, digital elevation models (surface and terrain), and a natural-color orthomosaic. Data support observations of coastal change.
The elevation and imagery products were produced to help the sites conservation partnership evaluate the baseline conditions of the site, with future data collections planned to monitor landscape change from remediation efforts and potential storm impacts.
20231219
20241008
ground condition
None planned
-70.4883921
-70.47266159
41.77198992
41.76130878
USGS Thesaurus
digital elevation models
geospatial datasets
image collections
image mosaics
remote sensing
structure from motion
None
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
CMHRP
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
WHCMSC
Yellowscan Mapper Plus
DJI Matrice 600
Bare Earth
Point Cloud
UAS
AeroPoints
orthomosaics
Aerial Imaging and Mapping Group
remote sensing
digital elevation models
structure from motion
image mosaics
geospatial datasets
image collections
topographic mapping
Physical Habitats and Geomorphology
geoscientificInformation
elevation
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:67213855d34ed0f827eaae83
None
Atlantic Ocean
Massachusetts
Sandwich
Town Beach
Town Neck
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Jin-Si R. Over
U.S. Geological Survey, Northeast Region, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2297
jover@usgs.gov
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Denver
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CSV,GeoTIFF,JPEG,LAZ
https://doi.org/10.5066/P1UBZZFA
None
20260421
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
mailing and physical
Denver Federal Center
Building 810
Mail Stop 302
Denver
CO
80225
1-888-275-8747
sciencebase@usgs.gov
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998