Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Karen L.M. Morgan Publication_Date: 20180516 Title: Post-Hurricane Gustav coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, to Isles Dernieres Barrier Islands Refuge, Louisiana, September 4, 2008 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Raster and tabular digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/P95I5JXR Publication_Information: Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P95I5JXR Description: Abstract: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 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 September 4, 2008, the USGS conducted an oblique aerial photographic survey from the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, to Isles Dernieres Barrier Islands Refuge, Louisiana, aboard a Beechcraft Super King Air 200 aircraft at an altitude of 500 feet (ft) and approximately 1,200 ft offshore. This mission was conducted to collect data for assessing incremental changes in the beach and nearshore area since the last survey, which was flown in September 2005 (https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=05CCH03), and the data can be used to assess future coastal change. The photographs provided are Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) images. The photograph locations are an estimate of the aircraft's position and do not indicate the location of the features in the images. These photographs document the configuration of the barrier islands and other coastal features at the time of the survey. ExifTool (version 4.0) was used to add the following to the header of each photograph: time of collection, GPS latitude, GPS longitude, keywords, credit, artist (photographer), caption, copyright, and contact information. Photographs can be opened with any JPEG-compatible image viewer. All image times are recorded in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Purpose: To provide access to digital photographs taken as part of the September 4, 2008, post-Hurricane Gustav oblique aerial survey collected along the coast from the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, to Isles Dernieres Barrier Islands Refuge, Louisiana, and to provide access to attribute data that documents the time and location where each photograph was taken. Supplemental_Information: For a summary of field activity 08ACH04 please see http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=08ACH04. Bounding coordinates for the oblique aerial survey are derived from the overall flight path found in the GPS data. Ancillary files included in this publication are: 08ACH04-LocationMaps.zip, 08ACH04-ProcessedNav.zip, 08ACH04-SupplementalFiles.zip, and 08ACH04-RawGPSNav.zip; in addition to the digital oblique aerial image zip files. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20080904 Beginning_Time: 134133 Ending_Date: 20080904 Ending_Time: 173631 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: as needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.798760 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.806333 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.480180 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.029535 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: National Assessment for Coastal Change Hazards Theme_Keyword: photographs Theme_Keyword: coastline Theme_Keyword: barrier islands Theme_Keyword: mangrove survey Theme_Keyword: oblique aerial photography Theme_Keyword: coastline Theme_Keyword: beach erosion Theme_Keyword: coastal aerial photography Theme_Keyword: post-storm survey Theme_Keyword: Hurricane Gustav Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover Theme_Keyword: structure Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: marine geology Theme_Keyword: geomorphology Theme_Keyword: image collections Theme_Keyword: photography Theme_Keyword: erosion Theme_Keyword: coastal processes Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Place_Keyword: Louisiana Place_Keyword: Chandeleur Islands Place_Keyword: Breton Island Place_Keyword: Sandy Point Place_Keyword: Grand Isle Place_Keyword: Timbalier Island Place_Keyword: Isle Dernieres Place_Keyword: Mouth of the Mississippi River Place_Keyword: Mississippi River Delta Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Temporal_Keyword: 2008 Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of the dataset. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Karen L.M. Morgan Contact_Organization: USGS Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Physical and Mailing Address: 600 4th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8000 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmorgan@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: https://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-P95I5JXR/data/08ACH04-LocationMaps.zip (08ACH04-Survey-Map.jpg) Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Map of survey area during USGS field activity 08ACH04. Red line shows the Hurricane Gustav storm track (provided by Unisys Weather). Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: https://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-P95I5JXR/data/08ACH04-LocationMaps.zip Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Maps showing the extent of each area and 5-minute segment can be found in the 08ACH04-LocationMaps.zip file. The maps in this survey are: 08ACH04-Map-Area01.jpg, Area 1 from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Isles Dernieres Barrier Islands Refuge, Louisiana; and 08ACH04-Map-Area02.jpg, Area 2 from the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, and inset map for and Timbalier Island (08ACH04-Map-Inset01_Timbalier.jpg). The flight path, divided into 5-minute segments, is represented by the alternating purple and yellow lines. The red line shows the storm track (provided by Unisys Weather). Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG Data_Set_Credit: Funding and support for this study were provided by the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP). The authors wish to thank pilot Robert Kent for his assistance with data collection. This report benefited from the comments and review of Rangley Mickey with the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC), St. Petersburg, FL. Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Best attempts were made to set the camera to UTC time on the GPS receivers at the beginning of each flight. Latitude, longitude, and time were collected at an interval of approximately once per second. Note: Latitude and longitude positions in this data release refer to the position of the aircraft, not the position of the landmarks photographed. Refer to the Process Steps below for more detail. Logical_Consistency_Report: Data presented here include the digitally collected photographs in JPEG format with the Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) header embedded with the individual photograph's location along the flight path of the post-Hurricane Gustav coastal oblique aerial photographic survey of the coast, taken from the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, to Isles Dernieres Barrier Islands Refuge, Louisiana. This mission was flown on September 4, 2008, aboard a Beechcraft Super King Air 200 aircraft, tail number N924AC. Crew members of the USGS in St. Petersburg, FL, included Karen L.M. Morgan, Asbury H. Sallenger, M. Dennis Krohn, and Kristy A. Guy, and pilot Robert Kent of Bay Air Charters, Inc. Also included on the flight were Cain Burdeau and Eric Gay (Associated Press reporters). Still photography was collected along the coast during this survey. GPS Data Collection—Instrument: Garmin GPS 18 PC, WAAS Enabled. Data Collection Interval: 1 Second. Data File Format: Native Fugawi and Text; Number of files created: 2. Computer/Software: Computer: Panasonic Toughbook CF-51. Software: Fugawi Marine ENC, Ver. 4 GPS Navigation Software. The GPS unit was used to record navigation fixes of the aircraft, not the position of the features imaged. Completeness_Report: This dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract section. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: An attempt was made to keep the same relative distance between the aircraft and the beach in order to maintain a constant field of view. Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 15 meters (m) Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Garmin GPS 18 PC accuracy is based on manufacturer specifications when available. During post-processing, the camera time was matched to the GPS time/position to determine camera location at the time of image collection. Latitude and longitude positions in this data release refer to the position of the aircraft, not the position of the landmarks photographed. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Image Acquisition: Images were taken with a Nikon D1X digital camera and written to the hard drive of a computer in Nikon Electronic Format (NEF). Image size is approximately 6MP. Images in NEF format were saved using the filename format yyyy_mmdd_hhmmssd.jpg (where the "d" signifies digital acquisition using the D1X). The names provide information about the photograph's year, month, day, hour, minute, and second. For example, image 2008_0904_133636d.jpg was taken September 4, 2008, at 13:36:36 UTC. Best attempts were made to set the D1X's internal clock to within 1 second of UTC at the beginning of the flight. Process_Date: 20080904 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Karen L.M. Morgan Contact_Organization: USGS Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Physical and Mailing Address: 600 4th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmorgan@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Image Processing: Images were converted to JPEG format using Nikon Capture Camera Editor Ver 4.4.2. Images in JPEG format were saved using the filename format yyyy_mmdd_hhmmssd.jpg (where the "d" signifies acquisition using the digital camera). The names provide information about the photograph's year, month, day, hour, minute, and second. For example, image 2008_0904_133636d.jpg was taken September 04, 2008, at 13:36:36 UTC. Best attempts were made to set the camera's internal clock to within 1 second of UTC at the beginning of the flight. Process_Date: 20080910 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Karen L.M. Morgan Contact_Organization: USGS Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Physical and Mailing Address: 600 4th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmorgan@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Navigation processing: Using a custom Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (Perl) script written by Karen Morgan, USGS, GPS data and image files were used to generate CSV file containing a latitude, longitude, and time record for each image. Process_Date: 20080910 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Karen L.M. Morgan Contact_Organization: USGS Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Physical and Mailing Address: 600 4th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmorgan@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Survey map creation: The survey maps provided in this archive were created with Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) ArcGIS 10.3 software and saved as Adobe Illustrator (*.ai) files. Survey maps were edited using Adobe Illustrator CC and exported in JPEG format. Process_Date: 20180405 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Karen L.M. Morgan Contact_Organization: USGS Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Physical and Mailing Address: 600 4th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmorgan@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: The imagery in this release were divided into manageable sized (< 266 MB) zip files for ease of download and review. Process_Date: 20180405 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Karen L.M. Morgan Contact_Organization: USGS Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Physical and Mailing Address: 600 4th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmorgan@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: EXIF headers: Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) and International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) headers were populated from the command prompt using ExifTool (http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool) ExifTool was executed from a directory containing all photographs to be edited and a CSV file with information for each of the photographs. The metadata values for photograph creation including time, GPS latitude, GPS longitude, GPS position (latitude and longitude), keywords, credit, artist (photographer), caption, copyright, and contact were added to each photograph's EXIF header using a Perl script called met_add.pl. Process_Date: 20080910 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Karen L.M. Morgan Contact_Organization: USGS Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Physical and Mailing Address: 600 4th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmorgan@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 841 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.0197895364 Longitude_Resolution: 0.02276679388 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 1980 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: 08ACH04-Flightpath.csv, 08ACH04-Photolocation.csv Entity_Type_Definition: The "*Flightpath.csv" file contains the processed GPS information collected during the flight, while the "*Photolocations.csv" file contains a latitude position, longitude position, time, and image name for each image. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHOTO_ID Attribute_Definition: Photograph identification number, using the filename format yyyy_mmdd_hhmmssd.jpg Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Oblique Images Attribute: Attribute_Label: URL Attribute_Definition: Path to low resolution version of the image. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: URL path defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: ZIPFILENAME Attribute_Definition: Name of zip file containing the image. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Zipfile name. Attribute: Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE Attribute_Definition: Longitude of photograph location, in decimal degrees (NAD83). Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: LATITUDE Attribute_Definition: Latitude of photograph location, in decimal degrees (NAD83). Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: DATE_FLOWN Attribute_Definition: Date images were captured, in yyyymmdd format. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Date defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: TIME_UTC Attribute_Definition: Time photograph was collected, in xxhxxmxxs format. Times were recorded in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), where "xx" is the number and "h" is hours, "m" is minutes, and "s" is seconds at the time of capture. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Time defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: GEO_AREA Attribute_Definition: The geographic area of the mission. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: States partially covered in the oblique photographic mission. Attribute: Attribute_Label: STATES Attribute_Definition: The states included in the survey area of the mission. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: States or regions partially covered in the oblique photographic mission. Attribute: Attribute_Label: SURVEY Attribute_Definition: USGS mission tracking number; also known as a field activity number. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Mission number utilized by the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology program’s data catalog, Compass, to track survey details and associated data. Attribute: Attribute_Label: PRE_POST Attribute_Definition: Identifies the flight as being pre-storm or post-storm. Baseline or post-storm status. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pre Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Flight was prior to a storm. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Post Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Flight was after a storm. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute: Attribute_Label: STORM Attribute_Definition: If the flight was conducted due to a storm, the name of the storm is listed. Name of Storm (or Baseline). Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: The storm name is listed, if the flight was conducted pre- or post-storm, otherwise "Baseline" is entered. Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Navigation files: The flightline navigation file is 08ACH04-Flightpath.csv, the photo locations are in 08ACH04-Photolocations.csv, and are contained within the 08ACH04-ProcessedNav.zip file. The raw GPS is in 08ACH04-RawGPSNav.TXT, which is contained within the 08ACH04-RawGPSNav.zip file. These zip files can be found in the data download table. The files (.csv and .txt) are comma-delimited CSV text files. Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Graphic Image Files: The index map is a JPEG image. The index map shows the post-Hurricane Gustav coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, to Isles Dernieres Barrier Islands Refuge, Louisiana, September 4, 2008. The index map also shows two areas, which link to more detailed maps and indicate how the full-size photographs are divided into each area. Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Navigation files: These files (*.csv) are comma-delimited. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Karen L.M. Morgan Contact_Organization: USGS Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Physical and Mailing Address: 600 4th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmorgan@usgs.gov Distribution_Liability: This publication was prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Although these data were processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, 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 U.S. Geological Survey 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. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: CSV, JPEG, TXT, XML Format_Information_Content: CSV: Comma-separated values files representing table information collected during the flight. JPEG: Images can be opened directly with any JPEG-compatible image viewer. TXT: ASCII formatted metadata files. XML: Extensible Markup Language formatted metadata files. Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-P95I5JXR Access_Instructions: Available Online Fees: None. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20180517 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Karen L.M. Morgan Contact_Organization: USGS Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Physical and Mailing Address: 600 4th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmorgan@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998