Remote Sensing & Geographic Information System

Paper Code: 
GEO421
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
To make the studentsl able to understand and recognize 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. Students will learn GIS including its components, geo-referencing, datum in GIS, how raster and vector data used in GIS and applications of DEM.and understand the use of GPS R.S. platform, and use of GIS in planning, mapping and resource management. Students will learn and understand the use of GIS software, data input, how to geo-referenced maps and mosaic preparation and will get basic understanding of linking spatial and non-spatial data, data base creation, and handling of attributes of GIS.
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; Geo-referencing 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: 

 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 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
 
Academic Year: 
2023-2024