Operating Procedures
Over the last ten years, we have developed a variety of
standard operating procedures for the Landscape Change Program.
Below, we provide current versions of these procedures as PDF files for downloading.
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Operating Procedures (pdf downloads)
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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), 1.4MB.
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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.
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Managing the Archive:
Outlines the web interface management tools we developed
(pdf),
the bulk processing (pdf)
procedures we created for uploading and
processing images, the image clean-up (pdf) protocols we follow
and instructions for hiring interns to populate the archive (pdf).
Download the entire Managing the Archive Chapter
(pdf), xxMB.
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Using the Archive:
Outlines the public web interface we developed for users to
search the archive and sort results (pdf),
all the features and functions of the website
(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; K-12 Educators (pdf),
Native American storytellers (pdf)
and the general public of all ages (pdf).
Download the entire Using the Archive Chapter (pdf),
xxMB.
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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 (read a summary of the unit
here),
tutorials developed by
University professors and other experts on local geology, human-landscape interactions, describing images,
and dating images (read a summary of the tutorials here),
thematic
scrapbooks (pdf, 112MB) developed by undergraduates, thematic
PowerPoints developed by
outreach staff (read a summary of the PowerPoints here), stand-alone web
modules developed by graduate
students (read a summary of the modules here), a University
on-line course
on Landscape Interpretation, and
"Learning Landscapes", a web-based geomorphology
unit for teaching about rivers and slopes (read a summary of the unit
here).
Download the entire Learning Tools Chapter (pdf),
xxMB.
