Computer-savvy landscape lovers have been urged to get involved in a survey on the future of the River Tay.
The Tay Landscape Partnership has appealed for public help to develop projects, activities and events that inspire residents and visitors alike.
Backers of the project to unlock the river’s potential climbed to the top of Kinnoull Hill to launch their online survey about how people use the area and what they would like the partnership to do.
The partnership formed to work with communities to improve walking and cycling access, conserve historic sites and wildlife and boost traditional skills.
It is guided by Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust and Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust, with projects, activities and events planned from autumn 2013 to 2016.
Development officer Johanna Babbs said: ”The Tay Landscape Partnership area extends over 200 square kilometres around the confluence of the rivers Tay and Earn.
”This is the landscape that inspired Patrick Geddes, who coined the phrase ”Think global, act local”, and we hope as many people as possible will help us to develop a programme of projects that will inspire local communities, visitors and future generations.”
As well as the survey, available at www.taylp.org, there will be community consultations in Perth, St Madoes, Errol, Inchture, Bridge of Earn and Abernethy in mid-June.
The partnership area includes the Carse of Gowrie, parts of the Sidlaws and the Ochils, as well as Moncreiffe Hill and lower Strathearn.
It won a £100,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help conserve historic buildings, protect fruit orchards in the Carse of Gowrie, manage reed-beds and promote the regeneration of historic settlements.
Further access improvements are proposed to enable more people to get down to the river which has the largest single area of reed-beds in the UK.
Evidence of Neolithic and Bronze Age sites have been found, as well as the earliest identified royal centre in Scotland at the Palace of Forteviot, dating to Pictish times.