Introduction to Image Processing and Remote Sensing

Undergraduate

This course will introduce how changes to the Earth’s surface can be examined by utilizing aerial photography and satellite imagery and the key elements of image interpretation. Discuss how different satellite sensors and platforms (LANDSAT, RADARSAT, SPOT, MODIS), and how electromagnetic radiation, in conjunction with remote sensing software, can be used to identify key spectral signatures of the Earth’s diverse environments (water, vegetation, urban). Emphasis will be placed on how remote sensing constrains and permits the derivation of useful attributes of the Earth’s surface, and how imagery is processed, classified, and interpreted. This course will involve completing application-based assignments using specialized remote sensing software. (Prerequisites: ESCI-1151.) (2 lecture, 2 laboratory hours per week)