• The Nature Conservancy
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • Box Tree Farm Mapping

Box Tree Farm / The Nature Conservancy Service Learning Project

Location: Box Tree Farm, Eastern Shore, Virginia

Partners: The Nature Conservancy, Thomas Nelson Community College, Eastern Shore Community College

Dates: November 2017

This 570 acre property is owned by TNC and habitats are largely saltmarsh and pine forest, with some agriculture of the western side. The site is located about two miles southwest of Weirwood, Virginia on the Eastern Shore. GeoTEd-UAS service learning activities at the site have included high resolution mapping and testing of our thermal sensor UAS. Service learning participants were GeoTEd-UAS team members, cohort faculty from TNCC and ESCC.

Box Tree Farm Mapping
Box Tree Farm Mapping

Resources

Flight Plan: (above)

Raw Images (Sample): Click here to view files.

Maps (Orthomosaic):  Click here and here.

Thermal Camera: Click here.

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