Colored Shaded-Relief Bathymetric Map and Orthomosaic from Structure-from-Motion Quantitative Underwater Imaging Device with Five Cameras of the Lake Tahoe Floor, California

Scientific Investigations Map 3501
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Abstract

This two-sheet publication displays a high-resolution colored shaded-relief bathymetric map (sheet 1) and orthomosaic (sheet 2) of part of the Lake Tahoe floor in California generated from a U.S. Geological Survey towed surface vehicle with multiple downward-looking underwater cameras. The system is named the Structure-from-Motion Quantitative Underwater Imaging Device with Five Cameras (SQUID-5). The cameras were synchronized with each other and with a survey-grade Global Navigation Satellite System. A total of 42,939 photographs were collected with nearly complete overlapping coverage of an area approximately 250 meters by 250 meters. A digital terrain model and an orthomosaic were generated from the overlapping photographs using Structure-from-Motion and photogrammetry techniques. Gaps are present in the bathymetry data owing to data-collection or -processing artifacts. These two sheets display the very fine details of the lake floor mapped using SQUID-5.

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Hatcher, G.A., Warrick, J.A., and Dartnell, P., 2022, Colored shaded-relief bathymetric map and orthomosaic from structure-from-motion quantitative underwater imaging device with five cameras of the Lake Tahoe floor, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3501, 2 sheets, scale 1:700, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3501.

ISSN: 2329-132X (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Colored shaded-relief bathymetric map and orthomosaic from structure-from-motion quantitative underwater imaging device with five cameras of the Lake Tahoe floor, California
Series title Scientific Investigations Map
Series number 3501
DOI 10.3133/sim3501
Year Published 2023
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Description 2 Sheets: 35.00 × 34.00 inches; 2 Data Releases
Country United States
State California
Other Geospatial Lake Tahoe
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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