Basic Principles of Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry

Paper Code: 
RES231
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
On completion of this course, the students will be able to learn about the fundamentals of Remote sensing, remote sensing regions and bands.To know and learn about digital image processing and get introduced with concept of stereoscopy. To learn in detail about Satellite Imagery and its uses.
18.00
Unit I: 
Fundamentals of Remote sensing:
 Remote Sensing: definition and scope;
 Electro-magnetic radiation: characteristics, interaction with Earth materials, Aerial Photograph: Type, scale, resolution, Geometric properties of single aerial photos
18.00
Unit II: 

 Remote sensing regions and bands; Types of remote sensing Data, FCC

18.00
Unit III: 

 Digital Image Processing, difference between photograph and Digital data.

18.00
Unit IV: 

 Stereoscopy; Interior and exterior elements of orientation; Stereoscopic parallax; Relief displacement

18.00
Unit V: 
Satellite Imagery:
 General characteristics of remote sensing sensors;
 Characteristics of MSS, HRV, LISS;
 Introduction to the various satellites used; Meteorological satellites and Earth resources
Essential Readings: 
 Adrados, C., Girard, I., Gendner, J., & Janeau, G. (2002). Global Positioning System (GPS) location accuracy due to selective availability removal. C. R. Biologies, 325, 165-170.
 Arvanitis, L., Ramachandran, B., Brackett, D., Rasoul, H., & Du, X. (2000).
 Multiresource inventories incorporating GIS, GPS and database management systems: A conceptual model. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 28, 89-100.
 Basudeb Bhatta, Remote sensing and GIS, Oxford University Press, Nov 2011.
 Ellis, E. A., Nair, P. K. R., Linehan, P. E., Beck, H. W. & Blance, C. A. (2000). A GIS-based database management application for agroforestry planning and tree selection. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 27, 41-55.
 Lillesand, Remote Sensing And Image Interpretation, 5Th , John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
 Walsh, A. and J. C. Ollenburger, 2000: Essential Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences: A Conceptual Approach. Prentice Hall, pp. 320. ISBN-13: 9780130193391
 
Academic Year: 
2023-2024