Geomorphic Change Detection Examples

Welcome to the US Army Corps of Engineers' Geomorphic Change Detection  Workshop  website. This page is the hub of information for participants of the workshop held in Kansas City on May 30 - June 1, 2012.

This website will remain accessible as a resource for workshop participants and their colleagues.


Workshop Funding

Funding for this workshop was provided by the Kansas City District of the US Army Corps of Engineers. USACE Engineer Dr. John Shelley spearheaded the organization of the workshop and secured funding from the USACE.



Software Funding

Current funding for the Geomorphic Change Detection Software development(GCD 5) is being provided by the USGS's Grand Canyon Monitoring & Research Center.


Previous funding for GCD Software Development was provided by the Intermountain Center for River Restoration and Rehabilitation at Utah State University:


Software Development

The GCD Software was originally developed by Joe Wheaton (Utah State University Department of Watershed Sciences), Chris Garrard (Utah State University RSGIS Lab), and James Brasington (University of Canterbury). The newest version of the GCD is currently under development by ESSA Technologies & North Arrow Research.



The current development team consists of Philip Bailey (North Arrow Research), Nick Ochoski (ESSA), Frank Poulsen (ESSA), and Joe Wheaton (USU).