High-precision, high-accuracy elevation data acquisition and geospatial mapping to inform climate change adaptation planning: Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston National Historical Park

Heavren SR. 2025. High-precision, high-accuracy elevation data acquisition and geospatial mapping to inform climate change adaptation planning: Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston National Historical Park. Science Report. NPS/SR—2025/279. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/2309953

Climate change-induced sea level rise and storm surge pose a threat to the cultural resources and facilities located at the Charlestown Navy Yard, which is part of Boston National Historical Park within National Parks of Boston. In response to initiatives at the presidential, departmental, and agency level to collect scientific data, especially geospatial data, to make science-backed adaptation and response decisions, National Parks of Boston launched a novel geospatial mapping project to create point clouds of the facilities and cultural resources at the Charlestown Navy Yard. The scanning was completed using a Trimble R12i GNSS receiver and a Trimble SX12 scanning total station, and the data were analyzed using Trimble Business Center. Critical elevation data for potential flood entryways, such as basement windows and doorways, were extracted and compared to sea level rise projections for the 2030s, 2050s, and 2070s and will be used to inform climate change adaptation planning. The methods and applications will ideally serve as a model for other National Park Service units in informing their climate change adaptation strategies.

Type
Published Report
Authors
Heavren, Sarah
Date of Issue
2025-05
Publisher
National Park Service
DOI
10.36967/2309953
Units
BOST , NER , NRSS

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