Airborne Geotagged Imagery from NASA LVIS Campaigns

NASA airborne campaigns collected this set of geotagged images using Digital Mapping Cameras mounted alongside the Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS) lidar altimeter. The data is provided by the NSIDC_CPRD organization. The exact temporal coverage, geographic scope, and volume of images are not specified in the provided metadata.

Use Cases

• Co-registering geotagged images with LVIS lidar point clouds to create textured 3D models of terrain and vegetation.
• Performing visual validation and interpretation of lidar-derived products like canopy height models using the corresponding optical imagery.
• Training computer vision models for land cover classification using the geotagged images as labeled input data.

Strengths

• Data is collected by NASA instruments, ensuring high calibration and positional accuracy standards.
• Images are directly geotagged, providing precise latitude/longitude coordinates for each frame.

Limitations

• The total number of images, spatial coverage, and temporal range are unknown, making suitability for specific projects difficult to assess.
• Image quality parameters (resolution, spectral bands) are not specified.

Provenance

Source

NASA Digital Mapping Cameras operated by NSIDC_CPRD.

Collection Method

Captured from aircraft alongside the LVIS lidar instrument during dedicated airborne campaigns.