Course Overview
Examines current satellite image acquisition systems, image display and enhancement, image geocoding and image classification and remote sensing applications in GIS. Digital image processing and analysis techniques are studied in theory and in practice using digital image processing software. Students will use both supervised and unsupervised classification to create thematic maps related to sustainable resource management topics.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
2.0
- Retired
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Describe how remote sensing can be use for sustainable resource management tasks
- Describe various scanning systems used in remote sensing
- Describe the electromagnetic spectrum and understand the various ways electromagnetic radiation interactions with matter
- Interpret remotely sensed images by using image analysis software for visual display and image enhancement
- Communicate the difference between spatial, spectral, temporal and radiometric resolution and determine optimal resolutions for particular applications and/or problems to be addressed
- Work with histograms and look up tables effectively
- Classify images using supervised and unsupervised classification
- Perform basic image pre-processing and processing techniques
Effective as of Fall 2011
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