About the Landscape Change Program

• About the Archive
• Mission
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• Contributors
• Publicity and Publications
• LCP History
• Staff
• Operating Procedures
• Contact Us
• GSA Short Course Materials

Operating Procedures (pdf downloads)

• Introduction: Includes our mission statement (pdf), the history of the Landscape Change Program (pdf), and the marketing images we use for branding (pdf). Download the entire Introduction Chapter (pdf), 11MB.

• Building the Archive: Documents the webware (pdf) we developed in SQL and php formats, the hardware (pdf) we use for server storage and scanning images, the types of personnel (pdf) we have used for all aspects of the project, and our procedures for image and data acquisition (pdf), writing descriptions (pdf) and keywording (pdf). Download the entire Building the Archive Chapter (pdf), xxMB.

• Managing the Archive: Outlines the web interface mangagment tools we developed (pdf), the bulk processing (pdf) procedures we created for uploading and processing images, and the image clean-up (pdf) protocols we follow. Download the entire Managing the Archive Chapter (pdf), xxMB.

• Using the Archive: Outlines the public web interface we developed for users to search the archive and sort results (pdf), the community up-load procedures (pdf) we created for public additions to the archive, procedures for reshooting images (pdf), the copyright protocols (pdf) we follow, and our outreach efforts with local users (pdf). Download the entire Using the Archive Chapter (pdf), xxMB.

• Learning Tools: Showcases the educational products we created using images from the Landscape Change Program archive, and includes K-12 curricula developed by local teachers, tutorials developed by University professors and other experts on local geology, human-landscape interactions, describing images, and dating images, thematic scrapbooks (pdf, 116MB) developed by undergraduates, thematic PowerPoints develped by outreach staff, stand-alone web modules developed by graduate students, a University on-line course on Landscape Interpretation, and "Learning Landscapes", a web-based geomorphology unit for teaching about rivers and slopes. Download the entire Learning Tools Chapter (pdf), xxMB.

• Download entire Operating Manual (pdf, xxMB).