Jan 14, 2024 | MLP research
We are thrilled to announce the latest Mountain Legacy Project research article led by James Tricker: Assessing the accuracy of georeferenced landcover data derived from oblique imagery using machine learning. Published in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation,...
Nov 29, 2023 | MLP research, Notes from the Field
By Katherine Hanly, James Tricker, Graham McDowell, Nov 29th 2023 Introduction In Canada, the largest and oldest mountain guiding operations originated in the Rockies. The region remains a guiding hot spot due to its unmatched breadth of spectacular terrain, scenic...
Feb 10, 2023 | Historic photos, MLP research, Notes from the Field
By James Tricker The repeat photography undertaken at the Mountain Legacy Project (MLP) requires thorough preparation before the season starts, and long days in the field hiking to remote peaks and promontories, as Claire and Daniel recount in their climb up Mt...
Feb 26, 2022 | MLP News, MLP research
Eric Higgs, Mar 1, 2022 The Mountain Legacy Project launched a brand new Explorer tool. Building on our previous public-facing website it is a future-oriented platform for serving up images and information about the world’s largest systematic collection of mountain...
May 18, 2021 | Historic photos, MLP News, MLP research
Jill Delaney, Lead Archivist, Photography, Private Archives, Library and Archives CanadaMay18, 2021 I write this blog from the unceded traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg (Algonquin) peoples in Ottawa, Ontario. The historical photographs discussed in this post...
Apr 27, 2021 | MLP News, MLP research
Shahira Khair, Data Curation Librarian at the University of Victoria Libraries | April 27, 2021 As our lives become increasingly digital through our growing reliance on digital tools for communication, work and entertainment (which has only accelerated through the...