Syllabus
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Course Code: M-GEO-305 (core) Course Name: Introduction to Remote Sensing (Theory) |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Aerial Photographs: History, definition and advantages and limitations. Types of aerial photographs and resolution. Mirror Stereoscope, stereoscopic parallax, relief displacement. Elements of aerial photo interpretation. 2. Remote Sensing, definition and scope, EMR and spectrum. Blackbody Radiation and Kirchhoff’s Law. Interaction of EMR with atmosphere and earth surface features. Atmospheric window. Remote Sensing Platforms and Sensors. Orbits, Resolution and types of remote sensing. |
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| 2 | 3. Concept of Multispectral, Thermal and Hyper spectral remote sensing. Major earth resource Satellites: LANDSAT, SPOT and IKONOS. Indian Space Program and characteristics of Indian remote sensing satellite and data. 4. Digital Image processing and application: image restoration and correction. Image classification: supervised and unsupervised. Applications in resource mapping and monitoring. |
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