Syllabus
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Course Code: GP-201 Course Name: Remote Sensing & GIS |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Introduction to Remote Sensing and Aerial Photography Definition, Principle and Physical basis of Remote Sensing, Electromagnetic (EM) Spectrum, Interaction of EM radiations with earth’s surface and atmosphere, Atmospheric Windows, spectral signatures, remote sensing platforms, Concept of Photogrammetry, aerial photographs, types of aerial photographs, Information recorded on aerial photographs, stereoscopy, stereoscopic parallax, measurement of height difference, vertical exaggeration, elements of photo-interpretation, geotechnical elements, photo-characteristics of different rock types, photo-mosaic, image distortion and rectification. |
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| 2 | Sensor and Image Interpretation Remote Sensing Sensors: active and passive sensors, Satellite Imagery: Imagery vis a vis aerial photograph, MSS, LISS, CCD, Infrared and thermal scanners, IRS, SPOT and LANDSAT satellite programmes, microwave remote sensing: RADAR, LIDAR etc, remote sensing data products, resolutions in remote sensing, multispectral, super-spectral and hyper-spectral remote sensing, fundamentals of image interpretations and analysis, visual interpretation of remote sensing data; colour composites, concept of digital image and pixels, image restoration, image enhancement and information extraction, supervised and unsupervised classification; accuracy assessment in remote sensing |
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| 3 | GIS and GNSS Introduction to Geographical Information System (GIS), components of GIS, functions of GIS, data structures, Concept of raster and vector data, digitization, editing, attribute attachment etc, creation of thematic layers, Data Integration, vector to raster conversion and vice–versa. Introduction to Global Position System (GPS), various segments of GPS, Uses of GPS, GNSS. |
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| 4 | Applications Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS: image interpretation for identification of different rock types, structures, lineaments and preparation of geological map; recognition of landforms and preparation of geomorphological map; drainage pattern and its significance; ground water prospects mapping, integrated ground water resources (IGWR) mapping, landslide hazard zonation, route alignment for road/ canal, Hydrocarbon and minerals exploration, Disaster management (flood and cyclones) |
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