Now that my PhD schooling is complete, I have asked to stay on and continue the research that started at North Carolina State University back in 2009. Troy (UNL) and Mary (UNK) have positioned a much smaller target at the Kearney Outdoor Learning Center (KOLA) in Kearney, Nebraska. The idea is to investigate the stage measurement accuracy level when the octagon used for pixel to world coordinate calibration is small enough to fit on the top of a traditional USGS staff gauge. This fits into Troy’s and Mary’s research programmed aimed at reducing the conditioning (addition of objects solely to help measure) of water body images. I am in the process of porting the original code written in C++ to Python so it is easier for people in the hydrology community to use. Troy writes about it over at the GaugeCam blog: here.