REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

Paper Code: 
GEO 421
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes (COs)

Learning and Teaching Strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO1: Students will able to understand and recognise the basic fundamentals of Remote sensing including Electromagnetic spectrum, scattering, absorption and emission of EMR and how EM radiation interactions vary across a limited number of substances, geometries, and temperatures; and geometric properties of photographs and imagery.

CO2: Students will learn GIS including its components, georeferencing, datum in GIS, how raster and vector data used in GIS and applications of DEM.

CO3: Students will able to understand the use of GPS R.S. platform, and use of GIS in planning, mapping and resource management.

CO4: Students will learn and understand the use of GIS software, data input, how to georeferenced maps and mosaic preparation.

CO5: This will give basic understanding of linking spatial and non-spatial data , data base creation, and handling of attributes of GIS.

Class lectures

Group discussions

Demonstration

Interactive lectures

Summative and Formative assessments

workshops

Mini video lessons

Digital modules

Software learning

Assignments

Presentations

Projects

Quiz

Class tests and semesters

Individual and group projects

 

 

 

15.00
Unit I: 

·      Introduction to Remote Sensing; Fundamental principles, Electromagnetic radiation, EMR spectrum, EMR interaction with atmosphere and earth surface features,   

·      Photogrammetry; Aerial photographs: Types Characteristics; Scale and Geometry Aerial photographs, Relief displacement and Drone photography.

 

15.00
Unit II: 

·      Definition and scope of GIS; Components of GIS; development of GIS.

·      Implications of spherical and planar coordinate systems and their transformations in GIS; Georeferencing and implications of Earth’s shape and datum in GIS;

·      Data model: Raster and Vector models for geographic data representation; GIS data standards—concepts and components;

·      Digital Elevation Model (DEM): process, derivatives and applications

 

15.00
Unit III: 

·      Introduction to GPS; GPS, Remote sensing and GIS integration; Remote Sensing Platform; Application of remote sensing, GPS and GIS in Urban planning, rural planning, water resource, environment, land use and land cover mapping.

 

15.00
Unit IV: 

·      Graphic User Interface of RS Software – GIS Software

·      Data Input: Spatial and Non-Spatial; Scanning, Digitizing and; Data Import and Export; Data Registration, Georeferencing; Mosaic preparation

 

15.00
Unit V: 

·      Topology Building, Data Editing and Cleaning; Geo-Referencing;

·      Projection and Datum; Coordinate Transformation; Linking Spatial and Non-Spatial. Data; Data Base Creation; Attribute Handling

 

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.

·      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 Edn. , 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: 978-0130193391

 

References: 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023