5700 Digital Geodata.
The course will show how remote sensing systems are used in many areas with data from satellites and aerial sensors. It will also examine the methods and theory, analysis and presentation of image data, with applications from nature and resource management, agriculture, civil defence and area planning.
The course will provide a description of active and passive sensors, including microwaves (radar) and will examine the methods for the comparison of model-data from digital maps, aerial photographs, satellite imagery and other instruments of measurement. Automatic classification and visual interpretation of image information will be emphasised.
6 - 7 hours of lectures/exercises per week in the spring semester.
An obligatory assignment and a written 4-hour examination. The obligatory assignments must be approved before students will be permitted to sit the final examination.
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