1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2024-006-FA

Identifier 2024-006-FA
Alternate names Darby UAS Mapping
Purpose To collect mapping data for the EPA at an old landfill inlcuding the Fish and Wildlife Service Park to the south that the landfill runs into.
Location Darby Township, Philadelphia, PA
Summary LiDAR data and thermal images were collected during drone surveys at Darby Creek superfund site and John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge from March 13-17, 2024. LiDAR point cloud data and true-color images were collected using a YellowScan Mapper+ over the Clearview Landfill and areas of the National Wildlife Refuge. A total of 23 LiDAR files were collected and a total of 6,691 true-color aerial images in JPEG format were collected. Thermal imagery were collected along the Darby Creek and connecting tributaries, as well as the small pond at Clearview Landfill using a Zenmuse XT2 thermal camera. A total of 2,355 true-color images in JPEG format, 1,780 thermal-infrared images in TIFF format, 575 radiometric images in JPEG format, and 6 video files in MOV format. Not all of this data is planned to be published.
Info derived Will be flying mutliple sensors on the M600 inlcuding a LiDAR and Thermal system borrowed from NUSO
Comments YellowScan Mapper+ was used for lidar, ZenMuse XT2 for thermal - these two systems are not in compass Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2023-020-FA.
Projects
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2025-011-FA: Project
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole MA 2024-03-13
End Woods Hole MA 2024-03-20
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -75.3028965
East -75.24890899
North 39.90721244
South 39.87435071

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Sandra M Brosnahan
Crew members
Seth Ackerman
Scientist, Staff
Jennifer M Cramer
Scientist, Staff
Jin-Si R Over
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Jennifer M Cramer
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Chris Gazoorian (NYWSC)

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Location-Elevation, Imagery, Visual Identification
Data type: LIDAR, Temperature, Navigation, Photo, Ground Truthing

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
YellowScan Mapper + Navigation, Photo, LIDAR 1
DJI Zenmuse XT2 Photo, Video (no data reported)
Aeropoint targets Navigation, Transects, Profiles 1
Spectra Precision SP80 Navigation 1
Parrot Anafi Video, Navigation, Photo (no data reported)
DJI Mavic Photo, Video, Navigation (no data reported)
Reconnaissance Ground Truthing (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2024006FA_Darby_Mar2024 YellowScan Mapper + Lidar point clouds (LPC), elevation models, GPS data, image mosaics, and aerial images from thermal infra-red (TIR) and natural color (RGB) cameras collected during UAS operations at Lower Darby Creek, Darby Township, Pennsylvania, March 13 to 17, 2024. Jennifer M Cramer
2024006FA_Darby_Mar2024 Aeropoint targets Lidar point clouds (LPC), elevation models, GPS data, image mosaics, and aerial images from thermal infra-red (TIR) and natural color (RGB) cameras collected during UAS operations at Lower Darby Creek, Darby Township, Pennsylvania, March 13 to 17, 2024. Jennifer M Cramer
2024006FA_Darby_Mar2024 Spectra Precision SP80 Lidar point clouds (LPC), elevation models, GPS data, image mosaics, and aerial images from thermal infra-red (TIR) and natural color (RGB) cameras collected during UAS operations at Lower Darby Creek, Darby Township, Pennsylvania, March 13 to 17, 2024. Jennifer M Cramer

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity

Images collected during this field activity, from the Imagery Data System

7697 images are associated with this activity.