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2019
UAS MODELING OF DINOSAUR RIDGE, CO - ROCKFALL HAZARD SURVEY
Date: April 2019
Size: 34" x 24"
USGS Poster
UAS MODELING OF CORRAL BLUFFS, CO - PALEONTOLOGICAL SURVEY
Date: March 2019
Size: 34" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, Denver Museum of Nature & Science
UAS MODELING OF PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK, AZ - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Date: March 2019
Size: 34" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, National Park Service
UAS MODELING & BATHYMETRIC SENSOR TESTING OF DOWNING RESERVOIR, CO
Date: March 2019
Size: 34" x 24"
USGS Poster
USGS Tests New Drone Technology to Measure Floodwaters
Date: March 27, 2019
USGS Video
2018
Hovering Above - UAS' Role in the 2018 Kīlauea Volcano Eruption Response
Date: December 31, 2018
USGS Video
Stinking Water Gulch Watershed, Colorado
Date: January 2018
Size: 24" x 26"
Drone As Art Poster
QCam - UAS-mounted Doppler Radar for Measuring River Velocity
Date: January 2018
Size: 18" x 24"
USGS Poster
2017
Radiometric Calibration of MicaSense RedEdge® Multispectral UAS Imagery
Date: November 2017
Size: 18" x 24"
USGS Poster
Animation of various LiDAR derived 3D products
Bald earth digital terrain modeling with UAS collected LiDAR, Fort Laramie National Historic Site in Wyoming
Date: October 2017
Video Format: mp4
Rapid Response Data Collection Using An Unmanned Aerial System During the February 2017 Flood of the Pemigewasset River, Plymouth, New Hampshire
Date: February 2017
Size: 36" x 50"
USGS Poster
UAS Modeling of Devils Tower National Monument, WY
Date: February 2017
Size: 34" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, National Park Service
LiDAR Acquired from Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Date: January 2017
Size: 34" x 24"
USGS Poster
2016
Bird-nados during 3DR Solo launches and landings
Utilizing UAS for Data Collection at Remote Sites, Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Date: November 2016
Video Format: mp4
Overview of Palmyra Atoll taken by a GoPro Hero 4 mounted on the 3DR Solo
Utilizing UAS for Data Collection at Remote Sites, Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Date: November 2016
Video Format: mp4
Video Of Devils Tower from the GoPro Hero mounted on the 3DR Solo
3D Modeling, Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming
Date: October 2016
Video Format: mp4
Animation of the Devils Tower Photogrammetric 3D Model
3D Modeling, Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming
Date: October 2016
Video Format: mp4
Joe Adams landing the 3DR Solo
Evaluate land use impacts on sediment, salinity, and selenium distribution, Stinking Water Gulch near Rangely, Colorado
Date: September 2016
Video Format: mp4
The New Eyes in the Sky: Putting Drones to work for scientific research
USGS Monthly Public Lecture Series, Jeff Sloan presenter (1 hour and 19 minutes)
Date: August 2016
Video Format: YouTube
Video credit: Mitch Adelson and William Seelig, USGS
Joe Adams using the bungee method to launch the Falcon Fixed Wing
Earthquake Fault Surveys, Borah Peak in Idaho
Date: May 2016
Video Format: mp4
Utilization of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Acquiring High-Resolution Elevation Data
Date: April 2016
Size: 34" x 24"
USGS Poster
Cape Cod Coastal Salt Marshlands, MA
Coastal salt marshes can be distinguished from terrestrial habitats by the daily tidal flow that occurs and continuously floods the area. It is an important process in delivering sediments, nutrients and plant water supply to the marsh.
Date: March 2016
Size: 28" x 28"
USGS Poster
2015
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Applications in the Department of the Interior
Date: August 2015
Size: 15" x 10.5"
USGS Poster
Census of Ground-nesting American White Pelicans at Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge, NV
3D model of Anaho Island utilizing imagery collected by RQ-11A Raven UAS platform. Mission Cooperators: USGS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Humboldt State University
Date: May 2015
Video Format: YouTube
American White Pelican Survey of Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge, NV
USGS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, conduct population surveys of nesting American White Pelicans at the Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada.
Date: May 2015
Size: 18" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Humboldt State University, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
Unmanned Aerial Systems use at the Department of the Interior
How the Department of Interior is applying UAS technology in support of science research. Presenter: Bruce Quirk, Ph.D
Date: January 2015
Video Format: YouTube
Video Credit: C-SPAN
2014
Unmanned Bureau of Land Management Drones at the Horning Seed Orchard, OR
Date: October 2014
Video Format: YouTube
Video Credit: Bureau of Land Management
Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge Pelican Survey
The USGS in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife (USFWS) conducted sUAS flights to test conducting groundnesting colonial waterbird surveys.
Date: June 2014
Size: 35" x 28"
Poster Credits: USGS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Western Washington University Track Elk Herds with UAVs in Skagit Valley
Cooperators: USGS, BLM, BIA, WWU.
Date: April 2014
Video Format: YouTube
Video Credit: Rhys Logan, WWU Comm and Marketing
USGS National Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office
Presentation by Jeff Sloan at the 2014 Tamarisk Coalition's Research and Management Conference.
Date: February 2014
Video Format: YouTube
Video Credit: Tamarisk Coalition
Using Unmanned Aerial Systems for Pleistocene Trackway Surveys
Proof-of-concept sUAS surveys to document the presence of exposed dinosaur tracks at the paleontological track site at White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.
Date: January 2014
Size: 18" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service
2013
DeBeque Canyon Landslide, Colorado
Collaboration between the USGS, Colorado State Geological Survey, BLM, and the Mesa County Sheriffs office using imagery collected from UAV to map ground movement at the DeBeque Canyon landslide in western Colorado.
Date: October 2013
Size: 58" x 42"
Poster Credits: USGS, Colorado Geological Survey, BLM
THawk RQ-16A
The RQ-16A T-Hawk, is a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Air Vehicle (AV) capable of manual and autonomous flight that employs a gasoline engine to power a lift-augmented ducted fan and uses the global positioning system (GPS) for guidance.
Date: September 2013
Size: 34" x 24"
USGS Poster
Using Unmanned Aerial Systems for Fluvial Mapping
Pilot study using sUAS equipped with a high-resolution digital camara to map the spatial extent and elevation of emergent sandbars along two reaches of the Platte River in Central Nebraska.
Date: July 2013
Size: 18" x 24"
USGS Poster
Studying Birds, With a Drone's Help
Drone technology, developed for warfare, is now being used to study the natural world.
Date: May 2013
Video Format: New York Times Video - Embed Player
Video Credit: Sean Patrick Farrell, New York Times
Raven RQ-11A
The Raven small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (sUAV) is a hand launched reconnaissance and surveillance tool. The system transmits live airborne video images, compass headings and location information to a ground control unit (GCU) and remote video terminal (RVT).
Date: April 2013
Size: 34" x 24"
USGS Poster
Evaluating the Raven RQ-11A small Unmanned Aircraft System for Monitoring Breeding Greater Sage-Grouse in Grand County, Colorado
This proof of concept study assessed the ability of the RQ-11A Raven small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) to detect greater sage-grouse utilizing leks (breeding areas).
Date: April 2013
Size: 18" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Identifying Abandoned Materials Using Unmanned Aerial Systems
Proof of concept sUAS missions to locate and survey abandoned solid waste for historical assessment potential and cleanup in Mojave National Preserve, California.
Date: April 2013
Size: 18" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, National Park Service
Investigating Bird Surveys Using Small Unmanned Aerial Systems
Date: April 2013
Size: 34" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Geospatial Product Creation with Data Acquired from sUAS
Date: January 2013
Size: 34" x 24"
USGS Poster
2012
Inspecting Coal Mining Permits using Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) and USGS use sUAS technology to help with permitted inspections of dangerous mines and mines with difficult areas of access.
Date: November 2012
Size: 18" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement
Inspecting AML Features Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Prototype mission using video from sUAS to identify and map Abandoned Mine Land (AML) features such as portals and other dangerous openings, from a safe distance in Pitkin County, Colorado.
Date: September 2012
Size: 18" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, Office of Surface Mining, Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology
DOI sUAS Missions
Multi-agency team utilizes small UAS (sUAS) for post fire research. Mission Cooperators: BLM, Office of Wildland Fire, DOI Office of Aviation Services, USDA Forest Service
Date: August 2012
Video Format: YouTube
Video Credit: DOI Office of Aviation Services (OAS)
USGS UAS Supporting Elwha River Restoration in Olympic National Park, WA
Exploring the potential of UAS technology for monitoring river sediment changes during one of the largest controlled releases of sediment in North American history. Mission Cooperators: USGS, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service
Date: June 2012
Video Format: YouTube
Monitoring River Impacts of Elwha and Glines Canyon Dam Removal in Olympic National Park
Aerial flights utilizing sUAS were performed along the Elwha River as a collaborative effort between the USGS, the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), and the National Park Service (NPS). The focus of these flights, which occurred in June and September 2012, was the use of repeated sUAS surveys to acquire data that, once orthorectified, would provide information about the rates and patterns of change that occur during this large scale river restoration.
Date: June 2012
Size: 18" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service
Assessing Remote Boundary Fences and Invasive Plants and Animals in Haleakala National Park, Hawaii
Feasibility study using sUAS for safe real-time monitoring of fencelines and vegetation health in extreme landscape conditions in Haleakala National Park, Hawaii.
Date: May 2012
Size: 18" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, National Park Service
2011
Inspecting Coal Mining Permits using Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Survey surface mine sediment ditches for inadequacies using sUAS technology at the Powellton Surface Mine in West Virginia.
Date: November 2011
Size: 18" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, Office of Surface Mining
Lower Brule Reservation, SD - Monitoring Soil Bank Erosion using Unmanned Aerial Systems
The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe (LBST) Environmental Protection Office and USGS monitor erosion of the Missouri River shoreline on the Lower Brule Reservation. It is estimated, the Reservation is losing shoreline at a rate of approximately 8 feet per year in some locations.
Date: August 2011
Size: 18" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
Identifying Groundwater Discharge using Unmanned Aerial Systems
Locate known and unknown areas of groundwater and a collection of rectified images for time-series studies at Red Rocks Lake Wildlife Refuge, Montana.
Date: August 2011
Size: 18" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Utilizing sUAS to Study the Landscape Habitat of Pygmy Rabbits
Using low-altitude sUAS imagery to analyze pygmy rabbit habitats at Magic Reservoir, Idaho.
Date: June/July 2011
Size: 18" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, Bureau of Land Management, University of Idaho, Boise State University, Washington State University
Sandhill Cranes Population Estimates Using Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
USGS and U.S. Fish and Wildlife (USFWS) Service study the feasibility of using sensors on sUAS to survey Sandhill cranes populations at Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado.
Date: March 2011
Size: 18" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Real Time Wildfire Management Using Small Unmanned Aerial Systems
USGS and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducted sUAS flight operations during a prescribed burn event at Eglin Airforce Base, Florida.
Date: February 2011
Size: 18" x 24"
Poster Credits: USGS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2009
USGS Leveraging Excess Department of Defense UAS Equipment for the DOI UAS Technology Investigation
Date: November 2009
Video Format: YouTube
USGS Raven A Exercises at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah
The USGS National UAS Project Office conducted UAS exercises at U.S. Army's Dugway Proving ground in Utah. This video explains the operation of the Raven A used during those exercises.
Date: November 2009
Video Format: YouTube