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Data release of historical aerial photograph orthomosaics of Lassen Volcanic National Park, California (1941, 1952, 1966, 1973, 1998 and 2004)

Metadata Updated: July 6, 2024

This data release publishes datasets of historical aerial photograph orthomosaics covering areas within and surrounding Lassen Volcanic National Park, California. The historical imagery provides a high-resolution, spatially contiguous record of the park’s landscape across six dates ranging from 1941-2004. A total of 990 hard-copy aerial photographs taken in 1941, 1952, 1966, 1973, 1998, and 2004 were scanned at 800 dpi with an Epson Expression 12000XL. The 1941-1966 images are in black and white and scanned in 16-bit greyscale, and 1973, 1998 and 2004 are in color and scanned as 24-bit RGB. Like many historical aerial photograph collections, most of the flight and camera parameters were missing; Structure-from-Motion (SfM) software offers an efficient solution for orthorectifying images that lack these parameters. We used a SfM software called Agisoft Metashape Professional (v.1.6) to generate the orthomosaics for each image year, which were aligned with sets of reference Ground Control Points (GCPs). Average Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) ranged from 4.07-140 cm, and average reprojection errors ranged from 0.56-0.78 meters. Each orthomosaic metadata file contains specific information on image processing, number of GCPs used and estimated error.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date September 19, 2023
Metadata Updated Date July 6, 2024

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date September 19, 2023
Metadata Updated Date July 6, 2024
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Maintainer
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Public Access Level public
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