Day 8: First day of field work

We began collecting data today in our first day of field work. Most groups took ground control points of their individual focus, but for Greg and I we flew the quad-copters! Our objective for the day was to collect imagery of the topographic team, who were taking Ground Control Points for us to geo-rectify or ortho-correct images from the X wing. We managed to collect imagery over 7 points in about 2 hours which is not bad considering we made it all the way back into the valley. It was an exciting experience to walk the entire valley, I don’t think many get that kind of access. It really is a beautiful valley. Tomorrow I believe we are going to used the X-100, which will produce higher resolution images over a wider range. I am definitely looking forward to it.

The groups used trimble GPS units to collect their GCPs. I’ve alwalys heard of Trimbles, but have never seen one and I was little shocked at how big it was. I guess the bigger the better.

On a side note, I was able to get my hands on some local food that I’ve been craving, spam musubi’s and Poke! It was soooo gooood, but I ate too much.

I’d like to learn a little more about Geology and Botany because after today I realized I don’t know much about either.