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Structure-from-Motion point clouds from unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) operations in Ludington, MI, on July 11, 2019, and July 14, 2021

Metadata Updated: December 11, 2025

Structure-from-Motion (SfM) point clouds were created from images collected using a remotely piloted unoccupied aerial system (UAS) over the bluffs of the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in Ludington, MI, a rural natural area to assess land changes. The digital imagery was collected with the internal camera of a DJI Phantom 3 PRO for the July 11, 2019, data and DJI Phantom 4 PRO for the July 14, 2021, data that was operated by the University of Toledo. The images cover an extent between north of Chauvez Rd. to the south and north of W. Bradshaw Rd. to the north. The images were collected in .jpg format and include default Exif metadata with GPS date, time, latitude and longitude, and other fields. Point clouds were created from the collected images using Agisoft Metashape 1.7.6 SfM photogrammetry software and are provided in the open source compressed lidar data exchange LAZ format. The point clouds were classified into the following: never classified (class 0), ground (class 2), medium vegetation (class4), and water (class 9).

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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 14, 2025
Metadata Updated Date December 11, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date September 14, 2025
Metadata Updated Date December 11, 2025
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Maintainer
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Data Last Modified 2022-10-26T00:00:00Z
Category geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 010:12
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Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/usgs-data.json
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Metadata Type geospatial
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 2c2167a90849d34b82e4b2a11090052efb2bd18a51596d6d5962b6e5bd1ccabd
Source Schema Version 1.1

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