CountryMapper Sensor Validation Survey Data

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists conducted field data collection efforts during the weeks of September 9-13 and November 18-22, 2019, using a combination of technologies to map and validate topography, vegetation, and features in two areas of interest (AOI's) in north central Colorado. The western AOI included land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service. The eastern AOI included agricultural and urban areas. The work was initiated as an effort to test and evaluate the Leica Geosystems CountryMapper sensor. The CountryMapper is a hybrid sensor that collects imagery and light detection and ranging (lidar) data simultaneously. The CountryMapper has the potential to collect data...

Tags: 3D Elevation Program, 3DEP, AIM, Arapahoe National Forest, Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring Plot, All tags... BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Chimney Park, DJI, EROS, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, Eastman Park, Fort Collins, GBL, GNSS, Geography, Global Navigational Satellite System, Granby, Ground Based Lidar, Headwaters Extensive Recreation Management Area, Lidar, Light Detection and Ranging, Main Park, NGP Elevation Applied Research - Calibration/Validation, NUPO, National Geospatial Program, National UAS Project Office, Remote Sensing, SfM, State of Colorado, Structure from Motion, TLS, Terrestrial Laser Scanner, Total Station, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey, UAS, UAV, USFS, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Unmanned Aerial System, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Windsor, Windy Gap Wildlife Viewing Area, Yellowscan, biota, elevation, geoscientificInformation, location, Fewer tags