Data Series 1030
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
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| Figure 1. Map showing the Winter 2016 coastal oblique survey flight path from Assateague Island, Virginia, to Montauk Point, New York, March 8–9, 2016. Click in an area box to view a detailed map of that area. |
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 the vulnerability of the Nation's coasts to extreme storms. On March 8–9, 2016, the USGS conducted an oblique aerial photographic survey from Assateague Island, Virginia, to Montauk Point, New York (fig. 1), aboard a Cessna 182 (aircraft) at an altitude of 500 feet (ft) and approximately 1,200 ft offshore. This mission was conducted to collect baseline data for assessing incremental changes in the beach and nearshore area and can be used to assess future coastal change.
The photographs in this report are Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) images. They document the state of the barrier islands and other coastal features at the time of the survey.
On March 8–9, 2016, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted an oblique aerial photographic survey from Assateague Island, Virginia, to Montauk Point, New York (fig. 1), aboard a Cessna 182 (aircraft) at an altitude of 500 feet (ft) and approximately 1,200 ft offshore (fig. 2). This mission was conducted to collect data following the winter of 2016 for assessing incremental changes in the beach and nearshore area since the last survey, flown in October 2015 (Morgan, 2016), and the data can be used to assess future coastal change.
The photographs in this report are Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) images. ExifTool was used to add the following data 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 estimates of aircraft's positions at the time each photograph was taken and do not indicate the locations of the features 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 Photographs and Maps page. Photographs can be opened directly with any JPEG-compatible image viewer by clicking on a thumbnail on the contact sheet.
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 the thumbnail or the link above the thumbnail. The KML file was created using the photographic navigation files and can be found in the kml folder.
This report is divided into eight sections: Home, Abbreviations, Contents, Photographs 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 on the Photographs and Maps page and in 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. GPS data collected during the flight are available on the Navigation Data page. The Logs page contains information on the flight and the equipment used. The Contents page contains a diagram showing 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—Assateague Island, Virginia, to Cape Henlopen, Delaware
Figure 3B. Area 2—Cape May, New Jersey, to Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey
Figure 3C. Area 3—Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, to Ocean Beach, New York
Figure 3D. Area 4—Ocean Beach, New York, to Montauk Point, New York
Figure 4. Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (NRW) inset map (Area 1)
Figure 5. Ocean City, Maryland, inset map (Area 1)
Figure 6. Seaside Heights inset map (Area 3)
Figure 7. Mantoloking inset map (Area 3)
Figure 8. Mid-Fire Island inset map (Area 4)
Figure 9. Old Inlet inset map (Area 4)
Figure 10. Cupsoque inset map (Area 4)
Figure 11. Shinnecock inset map (Area 4)
Table 1 provides detailed information about the image name, longitude, latitude, date, and time for each of the 4,740 photographs taken during this survey, along with links to each photograph and contact sheet.
Morgan, K.L.M., 2016, Post-Hurricane Joaquin coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from the South Carolina/North Carolina border to Montauk Point, New York, October 7–9, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 995, accessed May 26, 2016, at http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds995.
Morgan, K.L.M., 2017, Winter 2016, part B—Coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Assateague Island, Virginia, to Montauk Point, New York, March 8–9, 2016: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1030, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds1030.
Funding and support for this study were provided by the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP). The author wishes to thank Lee and Carol McManus for their assistance with data collection. This report also benefited from the comments and reviews of Owen Brenner and Joseph W. Long with 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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St. Petersburg, FL 33701
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kmorgan@usgs.gov