So far for 2024, LPL's Space Imagery Center has conducted three workshops that train planetary scientists in how to create topography from planetary images. Workshop attendees have spanned all career stages from undergraduates to senior scientists. These workshops introduce the fundamental principles of stereophotogrammetry and structure-from-motion techniques. Thanks to investment from the Technology and Research Initiative Fund (TRIF), the Space Imagery Center possesses specialized hardware to see and edit these products in three dimensions. 

These workshops were made possible by funding from NASA’s Topical Workshops, Symposia, and Conferences program. As part of this proposal, organizers collaborate with colleagues at Arizona State University, the U.S. Geological Survey, and Cornell University in offering no-cost training in a wide range of topics related to Planetary Science data. We hope to continue offering these to the community next year – a follow-up proposal is currently under consideration at NASA. 

Professor Shane Byrne is director of the Space Imagery Center and Research Scientist Dr. Michael Phillips is the Center’s manager.