Photo Guide Work in Progress
MPG V2.8, January 2012

Background and Plans
March 7, 2012

This is a Web pages of the work in progress, scheduled or planned for the photo guide. Since this work is a one-person operation, it's easy to see from the list and the work associated with each item on the list, finding time is the problem, as we all know life and other matters often sneaks in front of the work we love.

That said, I usually work on some of these intermittently along with the other things, taking far less time often to take a mental break from those some of which are somewhat tedious to produce. And I am usually working on 3-5 of them at any time for the review or research or the Web work, partly for variety and partly ideas I get for one needs immediate attention or provides ideas for other things.

Photo Guide Plans

So, below is the list of on-going, scheduled or planned work on the "Things To Do" list. And you can bet I don't keep it on the refrigerator.

Routine Work

• Update the news, access and conditions Web pages for the upcoming month. This is the ever-present, on-going work of the photo guide work.


• Update Web pages for the host of obvious problems or errors as found from reviews.

Current Tasks

• Update the content navigation on selected Web pages with anchors to jump to individual sections and links to each one at the top of the content. Add section headers for longer, descriptive Web pages.


• Update the area overview and three Area Guides for the winter season (April-June) access and conditions.


• Update the hikes and (hiking) tips Web pages with seasonal conditions and recommendations section. This will go just after the "Preparation" section of each Web page.


• Update the lookouts Web pages for the seasonal and recent conditions.


• Update the photo tips Web page with separate sections for camera, film/digital, equipment/gear and black & white photography.


• Update the snow data, snowfall, snowpack and snowmelt information Web pages for the 2011-12 winter.


• Add description Web page for snow forecast and avalanche assessment and warning work.


• Update the information and resources Web page and the book Web page for links and new stuff.


• Add section and subsection headers for Web pages with no sections or with long descriptions.


• Fix broken external links (404 errors), see printout of links from Integrity app.


• Add line for the route of the 1896 expedition the map of the locations during the expedition.
• Add location coordinates (latitude, longitude and elevation) in NAD 1983 and NGVD 1988 to information.

Current Projects

• Add Web pages for the description and location of photo opportunities for the three seasons.


• Produce the two area guides for the Northeast (White River) and southeast (Ohanapecosh) areas.


• Produce the Web pages for the names and description of the glaciers on the NP with a map.


• Produce the Web pages for the description and location (map) of the trailheads in the NP.


• Produce off-trail trails (scrambles) in the NP with description, list and maps, see book.


• Update wildflowers Web pages for new books and descriptions of each area (map).

New Projects

• Produce the science in the NP Web pages for the work of the USGS, NPS, etal.


• Produce the rest of the early history (1880-1920) Web pages.


• Produce the rest of the 1896 expedition Web pages.


• Produce the NP designation effort (1890-1899) Web pages, see early history.


• Produce the early photography (1890-1900) description after the introduction of sheet film (Kodak) in 1890.


• Produce Web versions of the Bailey Willis letter during the 1896 expedition and his 1888 essay.


• Add descriptions, maps and pamphlets of the visitor's guide for 1914, 1918, 1925, 1932 and 1940.


• Produce the Web pages for the placenames in the NP.


• Produce the forest communities and trees Web pages.


• Produce Web page for historical hiking trips for each area to get a sense of the history of the NP.


• Probuce Web pages for the description and maps for easy access photographic locations.


• Produce photo stops along north and south routes across the NP, see Photo Rovers.


• Probuce Web pages for the brief description of the post-WW II history of the NP.


• And the proverbial catch-all for everything new that happens along.

Ok, enough said of what's there on the list and ahead of me. Only the first one is on a schedule to do, which in this case is every month. Everything else is at time and life permits.

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