Module 2
Module 2
Module 2
Course Introduction:
This course introduces the theory and techniques of remote sensing and their application in
geographic variables. It emphasizes on computer algorithms and digital image processing
techniques. It gives basic concepts and definitions of remote sensing, and its applications. It deals
with the description of electromagnetic energy and their interaction to the atmosphere and the
surface of the earth. This course also explains the platforms in aerial and space borne imagery,
Visual image interpretation, image enhancement, image classification methods and the technology
of global positioning system.
Course Objectives:
Graded Assessment
Group Work: Lab report on Land use land and cover map preparation (Submitted on
January 01, 2023… 20%)
Quiz one. (December 28, 2023…out of 10%)
Quiz two ( February 10, 2024……out of 10%
Class Activities (No time limit… 10%)
Home Works (No time limit… 10%)
Comprehensive Final exam (held on April 4, 2024… 40%)
Course Policy
1. Class attendance is mandatory.
2. The late submission of assignments would cause a punishment of five marks.
3. Copying others’ works without citing the original providers would result in a total
termination of a student’s result, in the name of Plagiarism.
The Course Schedule
No Unit Contents Time Duration
1 Unit 1. Concepts and definition of remote sensing.
Uses and applications December, 2023 2hr
Spatial data acquisition
2 Unit 2. Electromagnetic energy and remote sensing.
Electromagnetic radiation December, 2023 3hr
Energy interaction in the atmosphere
Energy interaction with the earth’s surface
3 Unit 3. Aerial imagery, Satellite imagery, and Platforms.
Platform January, 2024 4hr
Ground based platform
Airborne remote sensing
Space borne remote sensing
4 Unit 4. Image enhancement, visualization and
classification.
♥ Visualization of image data January, 2024 8hr
♥ Image classification
♥ Image classification processes
♥ Problems in image classification
5 Unit 5. Visual image interpretation.
@ Image understanding and interpretation
@ Human vision and image interpretation February, 2024 5hr
@ Interpretation elements
@ Application of visual image interpretation
@ Land use land cover mapping
@ Soil mapping
6 Unit 6. GPS and remote sensing March, 2024
Satellite based positioning 2hr
Absolute positioning
Relative positioning
7 Final Exam (40%) April, 2024