Natural Colour Orthophotography captured via a LiDAR survey commissioned by Fugro in March 2022. The survey covers soft sedimentary coastlines at Curran Strand, Portrush East Strand, Portstewart Strand, and Downhill Beach to Magilligan. Data was collected to assess changes caused by Storm Dudley, Storm Eunice, and Storm Franklin relative to a 2021 baseline survey.
Use Cases
- Monitor coastal erosion and sediment change based on post-storm imagery.
- Compare pre- and post-storm coastline conditions based on the 2021 baseline survey.
- Assess storm damage to specific beaches mentioned in the description.
- Conduct change detection analysis using the provided orthophotography format.
Strengths
- Data is temporally specific, captured in March 2022 following major storm events.
- Geographic coverage is explicitly defined for four named coastal areas in Northern Ireland.
- Data format is consistent with a prior 2021 survey, enabling direct change analysis.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific surveyed coastlines.
Provenance
- Source
- OpenDataNI
- Collection Method
- Post-storm LiDAR and orthophotography survey commissioned by Fugro.
- Time Range
- March 2022
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-18 11:22:34.676865; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- North coast of Northern Ireland (Curran Strand, Portrush East Strand, Portstewart Strand, Downhill Beach to Magilligan)