Collect lidar data of eroding cliffs to track change, as well as multispectral data that will be used to map stratigraphy.
Location
Aquinnah Cliffs, Martha's Vineyard
Summary
2025-09-05: A. Millo, J. Cramer, and J. Over collectively flew the Wingtra for a reconnaissance lidar flight and took ground control check points along the beach.
2025-09-08: A. Millo, J. Cramer, and R. Bales put out AeroPoints, flew the Wingtra with the MAP61 RGB camera, and did two flights with the Altum-PT on small section of the bluffs.
2025-09-09: A. Millo, J. Cramer, and J. Over put out AeroPoints and vinyl targets, flew the Wingtra with the lidar sensor, flew two flights with the Altum-PT on same section of bluffs, and took ground control check shots.
In total: Emlid Base station and GCP check shots on two days (478 MB), four flights for 368 GB (49,000 photos) from Altum-PT, five lidar flights (14.6 GB), two MAP61 flights (82 GB, 3,654 photos), and 10 AeroPoints deployed twice (<1MB).
Info derived
Reflectance spectrum of mineralogically distinct units, DEMs of cliffs structure, GPS data, orthoimages
