Data Series 945
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
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| Figure 1. Map showing the post-Hurricane Ivan coastal oblique survey flight path conducted September 17, 2004 from Crawfordville, Florida, to Petit Bois Island, Mississippi. |
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), as part of the National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards Project, conducts baseline and storm response photography missions to document and understand the changes in vulnerability of the Nation's coasts to extreme storms (Morgan, 2009). On September 17, 2004, the USGS conducted an oblique aerial photographic survey from Crawfordville, Florida, to Petit Bois Island, Mississippi (Figure 1), aboard a Piper Navajo Chieftain (aircraft) at an altitude of 500 feet (ft) and approximately 1,000 ft offshore (Figure 2). This mission was flown to collect post-Hurricane Ivan data for assessing incremental changesin the beach and near shore since the last survey, flown in July 2001, and can be used in the assessment of future coastal change. The flight initially surveyed westward from Crawfordville, through Dauphin Island, Alabama, and then proceeded to Gulfport, Mississippi, to refuel (Areas 1-3). The flight then departed eastward from Gulfport and transited along the gulfward side of the islands to Fort McRee, Florida. It then turned westward and surveyed along the barrier islands through Petit Bois Island (Area 4). After completing the survey the flight turned around and transited eastward along the islands, taking photographs using the then experimental Nikon D1X and shooting out the left side of the aircraft, before returning to St Petersburg, Florida (Area 5).
The photographs provided in this report 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 state 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 segments 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, image name, date, and time for each of the 3,381 photographs taken along with links to each photograph.
In addition to the photographs, a Google Earth Keyhole Markup Language (KML) file is provided and can be used to view the images by clicking on the marker and then clicking on either the thumbnail or the link above the thumbnail. The KML files were created using the photographic navigation files.
This report is divided into eight sections: Home, Abbreviations, Contents, Photos and Maps, Navigation Data, Logs, Metadata, and Index. Links at the top and bottom of each page provide access to these sections.
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 on the Navigation Data page. The Logs page contains information on the flight and the equipment used. The Contents page contains a diagram of the location of all files and folders mentioned in the text and provides links to these files and folders.
Figure 2. Acquisition Geometry
Figure 3A. Area 1 - Crawfordville, Florida, to Panama City, Florida
Figure 3B. Area 2 - Laguna Beach, Florida, to Pensacola Beach, Florida
Figure 3C. Area 3 - Fort McRee, Florida, to Gulfport, Mississippi
Figure 3D. Area 4 - Fort McRee, Florida, to Petit Bois Island, Mississippi
Figure 3E. Area 5 - Dauphin Island, Alabama, to Perdido Key, Florida, and continuing on to Panama City, Florida
Figure 4. Miramar Beach Inset Map (Area 2)
Figure 5. Fort Walton Beach Inset Map (Area 2)
Figure 6. Pensacola Beach Inset Map (Area 2)
Figure 7. Perdido Key Inset Map (Area 3)
Figure 8. Dauphin Island Inset Map (Area 3)
Figure 9. Gulf Shores Inset Map (Area 4)
Figure 10. Perdido Key (Return Transit) Inset Map (Area 5)
Morgan, K.L.M., 2009, Coastal change during Hurricane Isabel 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009-3025, 2 p., https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3025/.
Morgan, K.L.M., Krohn, M.D., Peterson, R., Thompson, P.R., and Subino, J.A., 2015, Post-Hurricane Ivan coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Crawfordville, Florida, to Petit Bois Island, Mississippi, September 17, 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 945, https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds945
Funding and (or) support for this study was provided by the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP). The authors wish to thank the pilot, Mark Frame, for his assistance in data collection. This report benefited from the comments and reviews of Bryan McCloskey and Justin Birchler of Cherokee Nation Technology Solutions contracted by the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Karen L.M. Morgan
U.S. Geological Survey
St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
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