- Shipwrecks hold significant historical, archaeological, and ecological value. In this dataset, we present two high-resolution orthomosaics and associated data capturing the so-called “Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay”, a prominent shipwreck assemblage near the eastern banks of the Potomac River, Maryland. Using small unoccupied aircraft systems (sUAS), we conducted aerial surveys at regional and individual wreck scales, imaging all 147 wrecks in the bay. Through structure-from-motion photogrammetric processing, we generated the highest-resolution georeferenced mosaics currently available for Mallows Bay. We used the regional orthomosaic to vectorize individual wrecks, with the resulting polygons linked to archaeological records from the Maryland Historic Trust. These data establish a baseline for ... [Read More]
- Total Size
- 12 files (4.06 GB)
- Data Citation
- White, E. C., Seymour, A., Dale, J., Newton, E., & Johnston, D. W. (2024). Mapping the Ghost Fleet: Orthomosaics and ship locations from drone-based imagery of Mallows Bay, Maryland. Duke Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7924/r4p273j8w
- DOI
- 10.7924/r4p273j8w
- Publication Date
- October 17, 2024
- ARK
- ark:/87924/r4p273j8w
- Publisher
- Collection Dates
- September 20, 2016
- Location
- Mallows Bay, Maryland, United States
- Type
- Related Materials
- Funding Agency
- Syracuse University
- Maryland Historic Trust
- National Geographic Society
- Grant Number
- National Geographic - Grant #283-0591
- Contact
- David Johnston: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2424-036X, david.johnston@duke.edu
- Title
- Mapping the “Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay”: Orthomosaics and ship locations from drone imagery in the Potomac River, Maryland
- Repository
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README.txt | 2024-10-17 | Download | |
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Ship_Specific_Info.csv | 2024-10-17 | Download | |
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Wreck_Profile_Videos.zip | 2024-10-17 | Download | |
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Regional | 2024-10-17 |