Fundamentals of Remote Sensing

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Last Ran: January 21 through February 25, 2009 - Monday and Wednesday evenings

Course Time: 5:35 – 6:55 PM

Next class is to be determined

Description

This course will introduce you to the art of utilizing remote images with geographic information systems.  Learn how to extract accurate data from aerial photographs and satellite data. Examine the fundamentals of digital analysis, spatial enhancements and filtering, and image rectification using the ERDAS Imagine software package.

Featured Topics

  • Recognition elements (shape, size, shadows, tone, texture, pattern, site, association)
  • Photointerpretation (texture, pattern, site, association)
  • Satellite image analysis
  • Image display, restoration, and enhancement
  • Spatial enhancements and filtering
  • Multi-image manipulation

Course Participants Appreciate

  • Electromagnetic spectrum
  • Discussions of land-use and land-cover
  • Classification
  • Wavelengths and multi-spectral images

Instructor: Richard Lathrop, Ph.D., Rutgers University, Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis

Recommended Textbook: $90
Introduction to Digital Image Processing (3rd Edition) – ISBN: 0131453610
Prentice Hall Series in Geographic Information Science

You may purchase this textbook on your own or through our office with your registration.

Fees

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