May 17 2024


This site was the first implementation of the NGS near real-time coastal monitoring effort. We have used a commercial spaceborne image (SPIN-2) to evaluate the accuracy of existing shorelinemanuscripts in the Tampa area. The image was georeferenced against the NOS T-sheet data compiled photogrammetrically in 1991. Although this procedure is certain to introduce some distortions in the imagery, it may still be possible to conduct shoreline mensuration from the resulting imagery. We are presently conducting experiments to evaluate the accuracy of shoreline compiled from this imagery.

                     SPIN-2 Image of Tampa, Florida