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Remote Sensing & GIS (CE-504 (B)) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Remote Sensing Basics

  • Basic concept of Remote sensing, Data and Information, Remote sensing data collection, Remote sensing advantages & Limitations, Remote Sensing process
  • Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • Energy interactions with atmosphere and with earth surface features (soil, water, and vegetation)
  • Resolution
  • image registration and Image and False color composite, elements of visual interpretation techniques
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Unit 2

Remote Sensing Platforms and Sensors

  • Indian Satellites and Sensors characteristics, Remote Sensing Platforms, Sensors and Properties of Digital Data, Data Formats: Introduction
  • platforms- IRS, Landsat, SPOT, Cartosat, Ikonos, Envisat etc. sensors, sensor resolutions (spatial, spectral, radiometric and temporal)
  • Basics of digital image processing- introduction to digital data
  • systematic errors(Scan Skew, Mirror-Scan Velocity, Panoramic Distortion, Platform Velocity , Earth Rotation) and non-systematic [random] errors(Altitude, Attitude)
  • Image enhancements(Gray Level Thresholding, level slicing, contrast stretching),image filtering
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Unit 3

Geographic Information System

  • Introduction to GIS; components of a GIS; Geographically Referenced Data
  • Spatial Data- Attribute data-Joining Spatial and attribute data
  • GIS Operations: Spatial Data Input – Attribute data Management
  • Geographic coordinate System, Datum; Map Projections: Types of Map Projections, Projected coordinate Systems. UTM Zones
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Unit 4

Data Models

  • Vector data model: Representation of simple features – Topology and its importance; coverage and its data structure, Shape file; Relational Database
  • Raster Data Model: Elements of the Raster data model, Types of Raster Data, Raster Data Structure, Data conversion
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Unit 5

Integrated Applications of Remote sensing and GIS

  • Applications in land use land cover analysis, change detection, water resources, urban planning, environmental planning, Natural resource management and Traffic management
  • Location Based Services And Its Applications

Reference Books

  • Remote Sensing and GIS — Lillesand, Kiefer — John Willey — 2008
  • Remote Sensing and GIS — B. Bhatta — Oxford Publishers — 2015
  • Introduction to Geographic Information System — Kang-Tsung Chang — McGraw-Hill — 2015
  • Concepts & Techniques of GIS — C. P. Lo Albert, K.W. Yonng — Prentice Hall (India) Publications
  • Principals of Geo physical Information Systems — Peter A Burragh, Rachael A. Mc Donnell — Oxford Publishers — 2004
  • Basics of Remote sensing & GIS — S. Kumar — Laxmi Publications
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