In support of the San Francisco Bay Demonstration Project the Remote Sensing Division of the National Geodetic Survey was tasked in 1996 to conduct field operations consisting of acquiring GPS controlled 1:24,000 scale natural color photography for the whole San Francisco Bay area. In addition, three docking facilities  (Oakland Ports, Richmond Long Wharf, and Benecia) used for deep draft commercial vessels within the Bay area were targeted for the purpose of developing large scale docking charts. Natural color imagery at the scale of 1:6,000 were acquired at these three port areas.

 
Comparison analyses were performed on these three port areas between the 1:24,000 and the 1:6,000 scale imagery. First, analytical aerotriangulation, the method of measuring points on overlapping photography for the purpose of extending control from using stereo comparators, was evaluated on the two different scale images. The results can be viewed here

Furthermore, geographic features were then identified and extracted from both sets of images using the Integrated Digital Photogrammetric Facility (IDPF) a configuration of analytical Stereo plotters, computer hardware and software components, and other associated peripheral devices. The collected vectors from both data sets were then plotted on manuscripts with identical scales in order to display the differences between the two. Click here to view the images.

In June 1999, field survey operations were conducted at Richmond Wharf. Surveyors measured precise ground positions of the outer perimeter wharf corners by using both GPS and conventional methods.  These survey ground positions will be compared with the 1:24,000 and the 1:6,000 scale positions giving us a better assessment of the accuracies involved between the two data sets. For additional information on the survey operations and the results, click here.

GPS Surveying at Richmond Wharf



 
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This page updated on April 3, 2000