Remote Sensing, GIS

Paper Code: 
GEO-423 A
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
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.

15.00
Unit II: 

Definition and scope of GIS; Components of GIS; developm ent 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: 
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Basudeb Bhatta, Remote sensing and GIS, Oxford University Press, Nov 2011
  4. 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.
  5. Lillesand, Remote Sensing And Image Interpretation, 5Th , John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
  6. 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: 
2016-2017