DS 952 Baseline Coastal Oblique Aerial Photographs Collected from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Breton Island, Louisiana, September 1, 2014 By Karen L.M. Morgan U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Publications are available from USGS Information Services, Box 25286, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046 (telephone 1-888-ASK-USGS e-mail: infoservices@usgs.gov). Contents: Project Summary Getting Started List of Figures Reference Cited Suggested Citation Acknowledgments Information Statement System Requirements Contact Location Map Figure 1. Map showing the baseline coastal oblique survey conducted September 1, 2014 from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Breton Island, Louisiana. Click in an area box to view a detailed map of that area. Project Summary The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), as part of the National Assessment for 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 1, 2014, the USGS conducted an oblique aerial photographic survey from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Breton Island, Louisiana (Figure 1), aboard a Maule MT57 aircraft at an altitude of 500 feet (ft) and approximately 1,200 ft offshore (Figure 2). This mission was flown to collect baseline data for assessing incremental changes since the last survey, flown July 2013, and the data can be used in the assessment of future coastal change. 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 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 each of the 1,111 photographs were 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. Getting Started This report is divided into seven sections: Home, Abbreviations, Contents, Photos and Maps, Navigation Data, Logs, Metadata, and Citation Page. 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 in the nav folder. The Logs pages contain 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. List of Figures Figure 1. Map for Baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Breton Island, Louisiana, September 1, 2014 Figure 2. Acquisition Geometry Figure 3a. Area 1 - Navarre Beach, Florida, to Petit Bois Island, Mississippi. Figure 3b. Area 2 - Petit Bois Island, Mississippi, to Breton Island, Louisiana. Figure 4. Dauphin Island Inset Map (Area 1) Figure 5. Northern Benchmark Inset Map (Area 2) Reference Cited Morgan, K.L.M., 2009, Coastal change during Hurricane Isabel 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009-3025, 2 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3025/. Suggested Citation Morgan, K.L.M., 2015, Baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Breton Island, Louisiana, September 1, 2014: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 952. Acknowledgments Funding and (or) support for this study was provided by the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP). The author wishes to thank pilot, Ian McIntyre, for his assistance in data collection. This report benefited from the comments and reviews of James Flocks and Julie Bernier with the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC), St. Petersburg, Fla. Information Statement This report was prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at 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, nor shall the act of distribution imply any such warranty. The USGS shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and (or) contained herein. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. System Requirements This report is readable on any computing platform that has standard Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) driver software installed. The minimum software requirements are a Web browser, a Portable Document Format (PDF) reader, and a text editor. Additional features are provided using Google Earth software (http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/). If you cannot fully access the information on this page, please contact USGS Information Services at infoservices@usgs.gov or 1-888-ASK-USGS. NOTE: Adobe Acrobat Reader or similar software is required to view PDF documents. 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