Baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Ponte Vedra, Florida, to the South Carolina/North Carolina border, August 24, 2011

• Main Author: Karen L.M. Morgan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2017
• Subjects: U.S. Geological Survey; National Assessment for Coastal Change Hazards; photographs; coastline; beach erosion; coastal aerial photography; baseline survey; environment; imageryBaseMapsEarthCover; structure; oceans; marine geology; geomorphology; image collections; photography; ocean characteristics; ocean processes; erosion; coastal processes; Florida; Georgia; South Carolina; Saint Augustine; Matanzas Inlet; Myrtle Beach; Ponte Vedra; Saint Catherines Island; Morris Island; Ossabaw Island; Barrier Islands; Saint-Augustine
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/e5fc5fd3-e1c9-4fe0-ae52-29820813e1ba

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 August 24, 2011, the USGS conducted an oblique aerial photographic survey from Ponte Vedra, Florida, to the South Carolina/North Carolina border, aboard a Piper Navajo Chieftain 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 since the last survey, which was flown in September 1996 (https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=96ACH05) (unpublished), and the data can be used to assess future coastal change.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 feature 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 by clicking on a thumbnail on the contact sheet. All image times are recorded in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).