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Baseline Coastal Oblique Aerial Photographs Collected from Dauphin Island, Alabama, to Breton Island, Louisiana, August 8, 2012

By Karen L.M. Morgan¹ and Karen A. Westphal²

¹U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
²Contracted by the USGS, Baton Rouge, LA 70810

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Project Summary

The images provided here are Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) images. Exiftool was used to add the following to the header of each photo: time of collection, Global Positioning System (GPS) latitude, GPS longitude, keywords, credit, artist (photographer), caption, copyright, and contact information. The photograph locations are an estimate of the position of the aircraft and do not indicate the location of any feature in the images (see the Navigation Data page). These photographs document the configuration of the barrier islands and other coastal features at the time of the survey. Pages containing thumbnail images of the photographs, referred to as contact sheets, were created in 5-minute segments of flight time. These segements can be found on the Photos and Maps page. Photographs can be opened directly with any JPEG-compatible image viewer by clicking on a thumbnail on the contact sheet.

Table 1 provides detailed information about the GPS location, name, date, and time each of the 1,241 photographs taken along with links to each photograph. The photography is organized into segments, also referred to as contact sheets, and represent approximately 5 minutes of flight time. (Also see the Photos and Maps page).

Getting Started

This report is divided into seven sections: Home, Abbreviations, Contents, Photos and Maps, Navigation Data, Logs, and Metadata. Links at the top and bottom of each page provide access to these sections. (If you are viewing this report on DVD, use a Web browser to open the file index.html.)

Report Organization

Links to the full-sized images can be found through the Photos and Maps page and through Table 1. KML files, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) files, images used to produce the Web pages, and a readme file are also included in this report. Global Positioning System (GPS) data collected during the flight are also available in Navigation Data. The Logs pages contain information on the flight and the equipment used.

The Contents contains a diagram of the location of all files and folders mentioned in the text and provides links to these files and folders.

List of Figures

Figure 1. Baseline Coastal Oblique Aerial Photographs Area Map, August 08, 2012

Figure 2. Acquisition Geometry

Figure 3a. Area 1 - Baseline Coastal Oblique Aerial Survey from Pensacola, Fla., to Breton Island, La.

Figure 3b. Area 2 - Baseline Coastal Oblique Aerial Survey from Breton Island, La., to Pensacola, Fla.

Figure 4. Northern Benchmark Inset Map

Figure 5. Breton Island Inset Map

Figure 6. Dauphin Island Inset Map

Reference Cited

Morgan, K.L.M., 2009, Coastal change during Hurricane Isabel 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009-3025, 2 p., at https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3025/.

Suggested Citation

Morgan, K.L.M., and Westphal, K.A., 2014, Baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Dauphin Island, Alabama, to Breton Island, Louisiana, August 8, 2012 : U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 860, https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds860.

Acknowledgments

Funding and (or) support for this study was provided by the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP).

The authors wish to thank pilot Phillip McMiller for his assistance in data collection. This report benefited from the comments and reviews of Chris Reich and Noreen Buster with the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC) - St. Petersburg, Fla.

Information Statement

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Contact

Karen L.M. Morgan
U.S. Geological Survey
St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
600 4th Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Ph: (727) 502-8037
FAX: (727) 502-8182
kmorgan@usgs.gov