Syllabus
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Course Code: MES-302 Course Name: Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Physical basis of remote sensing (Plank’s law, Stefan- Boltzmann law, Wien’s Displacement law, blackbody concept and scattering); electromagnetic spectrum; interaction of earth surface features with EMR; spectral reflectance; spectral signature and atmospheric windows; basic principle of Global Positioning System (GPS). | |
| 2 | Basic concepts of remote sensing and its types, resolutions, scanning technologies, optical and microwave remote sensing; ground truth surveys; georeferencing. Visual image interpretation; digital image processing, supervised and unsupervised classification. Basic concepts of aerial photography and photogrammetry. |
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| 3 | Components and indexing of topographic sheets; Basic concept GIS; vector and raster data; GIS spatial and analytical modeling, attribute data management, processes and steps in GIS; GIS project management, architecture design, implementation strategy and, evaluation. Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and its application. |
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| 4 | Role of Remote Sensing and GIS in Environmental Management: natural resource management (water, forests and soil), biodiversity monitoring, vegetation analysis, biomass and productivity estimation, coastal zone management, land use/land cover evaluation, wetland management, disaster management and Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Vocational aspects geospatial domain. | |
