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    • Structure-from-motion point clouds of an approximately 13 km long section of the Big Sur coast, California for 33 flights between 2017-01-25 and 2023-06-08

    Metadata Updated: September 13, 2025

    Presented here are point clouds derived from aerial photography collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) using an oblique plane-mounted camera system, covering approximately 13 km of the coastline near Big Sur, California. These point clouds are referenced to previously published lidar data and contain RGB information as well as XYZ. Point cloud coordinates are in NAD83 UTM Zone 10 meters. Imagery was collected with a Nikon D800 camera in RAW format and processed using structure-from-motion photogrammetry with Agisoft PhotoScan version 1.7 through 2.0. Point clouds were clipped to an area of interest (AOI) using LASTools. The AOI was created in ArcGIS Pro 3.3.1.

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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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    Metadata Created Date September 13, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 13, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 13, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 13, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
    Maintainer
    Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/usgs-d06ce0f9-85d8-47fe-9efd-a27d1461fd58
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-03T00:00:00Z
    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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    Harvest Source Id 2b80d118-ab3a-48ba-bd93-996bbacefac2
    Harvest Source Title DOI USGS DCAT-US
    Metadata Type geospatial
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