Guidelines changelog

News, updates, and changes to the LandScale guidelines and documentation, organized by date.

Instead of maintaining version numbers for the guidelines, all updates will now be tracked through this changelog for greater transparency and ease of reference.

20 May 2025

The LandScale team is thrilled to launch our new guidelines on GitBook.

• We've transitioned from static PDF guidelines (version 1.1) to a dynamic GitBook format for easier access and maintenance.

  • The new format includes AI-powered search functionality, the ability to export content as a PDF, and a feedback rating system to capture user satisfaction with the guidelines.

• The guidelines content has been updated to reflect the revised workflow and platform design.

• The categorizations of indicators and metrics in the assessment framework have been streamlined.

  • Previously:

    • Indicators were categorized as core, landscape-dependent, optional, or custom.

    • Metrics were categorized as required, recommended, or user-defined.

  • Now:

    • Indicators are categorized as either core or additional.

    • Metrics are categorized as either essential or complementary.

Previous guidelines documents

Before May 2025, the LandScale guidelines (version 1.1) were provided as step-specific PDF documents. All previous guideline documents are available for download below:

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Getting Started_V1.1 Assessment Guidelines

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Step 1. Preparation_V1.1 Assessment Guidelines

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Step 2. Boundary Selection_V1.1 Assessment Guidelines.pdf

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Step 3. Indicator-Metric Selection_V1.1 Assessment Guidelines.pdf

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Step 4. Data Evaluation-Metric Assessment_V1.1 Assessment Guidelines.pdf

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Step 5. Validation-Reporting Results_V1.1 Assessment Guidelines.pdf

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