Andrew C. Strassman Aaron C. Murphy Jamie Schoen 20260213 raster digital data ScienceBase USGS https://doi.org/10.5066/P13YWVKC Andrew C. Strassman Aaron C. Murphy Jamie Schoen Larry R. Robinson 2024 publication The US Geological Survey's Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, in coordination with the US Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) Branch of Migratory Bird Surveys, worked to develop, survey, and deploy an advanced aerial photography boresight in the town of Bassville Park, Florida. The intention of this boresight is to provide an extensive array of high-accuracy ground control points, to supplement an existing lidar boresight at the site, for the development of camera metrics on novel camera systems managed and deployed by the USFWS. This metadata record details the collection of ground-level photos collected at each ground control point at the time of collection in Bassville Park, Florida. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. 20250114 20250116 ground condition Complete None planned Bassville Park, Florida Boresight Ground Control Points -81.79790 -81.76670 28.85190 28.82480 ISO 19115 Topic Category boundaries society None Boresight Ground Control Point Camera Calibration Aerial Imagery System USGS Thesaurus ecology USGS Metadata Identifier USGS:698c7e76b66b01469f9d0e56 None Florida Bassville Park, Florida None. None. Andrew C Strassman U.S. Geological Survey, MIDCONTINENT REGION Biologist mailing

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La Crosse WI 54603 US 608-781-6386 608-783-6066 astrassman@usgs.gov This project was funded through a collaborative agreement with the US Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) Branch of Migratory Bird Surveys. No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted. A visual inspection of the data set values was performed and found to be accurate. No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted. A visual inspection of the data set values was performed and found to be logically accurate. Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. A formal accuracy assessment of the horizontal positional information in the data set has not been conducted. A formal accuracy assessment of the vertical positional information in the data set has either not been conducted or is not applicable. Paul H. Rydlund, Jr. Brenda K. Densmore 2012 publication https://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/11d1/ Digital and/or Hardcopy 20210921 publication date Rydlund and Densmore 2012 Methods for site-level data collection The area of Bassville Park, Florida was reviewed for an area of 2-mile x 2-miles that coincided with developed areas with sufficient, permanent ground infrastructure for selecting and surveying up to 10 ground control points per quadrant and maximum coincidence with an existing lidar boresight in the area. A cardinal direction aligned square was selected centered on 28.8384173 degrees north and 81.7821316 degrees west. This square was divided into 16 1/2-mile by 1/2-mile squares with these squares named FA1 - FD4 with east-west rows designated 1-4 (north to south) and north-south columns designated FA-FD (west to east) such that the northwest quadrant is FA1 and the southeast quadrant is FD4. 20241113 Each quadrant was reviewed for potential ground control point (GCP) locations using the available Esri ArcGIS Pro basemap aerial imagery and other ground level imagery from Google Maps and Google Earth. 10-15 GCP sites were chosen in each quadrant, labeled, and prioritized. Sites were selected based upon a clear signature in the available imagery, a clear overhead space (lacking trees and buildings), and potential for long-term feature stability (e.g. permanent manmade infrastructure). Prioritization was based upon potential number of overlaps of the site during a hypothetical boresight imagery collection by the US Fish and Wildlife camera system with priority given to sites with the maximum number of independent collections of images of the GCP. Additionally, sites with the highest priority were designated for collection at level 2 accuracy with the remaining sites designated for collection at level 4 accuracy (per Rydlund and Densmore 2012). Rydlund and Densmore 2012 20241115 The prioritized list of ground control points (GCP) was provided to a USGS field crew composed of Aaron Murphy and Jamie Schoen. The field team, using a Trimble R10 GPS receiver, collected field data in Bassville Park, Florida between 20250114 to 20250116 per Rydlund and Densmore 2012. GCP data were collected in NAD 1983 (2011), Florida East Zone state plane meters/NVAD88 with GEOID18. Ground-level photos of each ground control point were also collected to document GCP condition at the time of collection. Rydlund and Densmore 2012 20250116 Ground control point (GCP) photos were renamed in the lab to the format SITENAME_DIRECTION_DATE.jpg. SITENAME is based upon the quadrant and point location of the GCP collection such that FB2_07 denotes column FB, row 2, point 07. DIRECTION denotes the cardinal direction the camera was facing at the time a photo was taken such that N = north, E = east, S = south, W = west, and B = “best view.” DATE denotes date of collection in YYYYMMDD format such that 20250115 is January 15, 2025. 20250128 GS ScienceBase U.S. Geological Survey mailing address

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Denver CO 80225 United States 1-888-275-8747 sciencebase@usgs.gov Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Digital Data https://doi.org/10.5066/P13YWVKC None 20260213 Andrew C Strassman U.S. Geological Survey, MIDCONTINENT REGION Biologist mailing

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