Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS

Paper Code: 
GEO 143
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes (COs) 

Learning and teaching strategies 

Assessment strategies 

CO1:  Students will able to understand the basic concept and significance of remote sensing and aerial photography from geographical point of view. 

CO2: Students will able to understand GIS and use of  data model like raster and vector and DEM. 

CO3: Students will able to enhance their knowledge about uses of GPS, RS and GIS software, data input, geo-referencing and data handling. 

CO4: They will able to understand the use of GIS and RS in urban planning, water resources, soil identification and agriculture. 

Class lectures 

Group discussions 

Demonstration 

Interactive lectures 

Summative and Formative assessments workshops 

Mini video lessons 

Digital modules 

Assignments 

Presentations 

Projects 

Seminars 

Presentation skills 

Practical assignments 

Class tests and semesters 

Individual and group projects 

Viva voce 

 

 

 

15.00
 
• 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
 
• Definition and scope of GIS; Components of GIS; development of GIS.
• Map Projection
• 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
 
• Introduction to GPS; GPS, Remote sensing and GIS integration;
• Mobile GIS and its application
• Open source Portal : Importance & Uses
• Graphic User Interface of RS Software – GIS Software
 
• Data Input: Spatial and Non-Spatial; Scanning, Digitizing; Data Import and Export; 
Data Registration, Georeferencing; Mosaic preparation
• Topology Building, Data Editing and Cleaning; Geo-Referencing
• Projection and Datum; Coordinate Transformation; Linking Spatial and Non-Spatial. 
Data 
• Data Base Creation; Attribute Handling
15.00
 
• GPS and GIS in Urban planning, rural planning, water resource, environment, land 
use and land cover mapping.
• Remote Sensing in Agriculture – An Overview, Principles of crop identification and 
Crop inventory, Soil morphology and classification
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.
• BasudebBhatta, Remote sensing and GIS, Oxford University Press, Nov 2011
• David L.Verbyla - Practical GIS Analysis
• 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: 978-
0130193391
Academic Year: 
2022-2023