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1. Getting Started

Welcome to this short course on LSDTopoTools. There are three collections of people who might be taking this course:

  1. Research students and staff at the University of Edinburgh.

  2. Students taking Eroding Landscapes and other taught students (BSc, MSc, MEarthSci) at the University of Edinburgh.

  3. People from outside of Edinburgh who want to learn how to use LSDTopoTools.

The main difference between these groups is that if you are at Edinburgh you can use our Linux servers. If you are working outside Edinburgh’s network you will either need to:

  • use your own Linux server or computer, in which case you can set up everything with a python script called LSDTopoToolsSetup.py.

OR

  • set up your own Linux server on your desktop computer or laptop using a clever bit of software called Vagrant. Don’t worry if that sounds a bit complex, we have instructions to walk you through the process, which works on any operating system (e.g., Windows, Linux, or MacOS) and is all based on open-source software.

The only substantive difference between taught students and research students at Edinburgh is the amount of disk storage you are allocated on our servers. If you are a taught student and are going to be using large datasets you should either install LSDTopoTools on your own computer or talk to the GeoSciences IT team about getting more storage.

1.1. Summary

At the end of this section you will have the directories and files you need to move on to the next stage of the workshop.