GEOG 413: Remote Sensing -- Image Interpretation
(Landsat 7 ETM+ Image Courtesy of NASA and USGS)
Course Syllabus:
Fall 2009 Syllabus
Textbook:
Either the 5th or 6th edition of the textbook will
be acceptable for this course.
- Lillesand, Kiefer, and Chipman. 2004. Remote Sensing and
Image Interpretation, 5th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York.
ISBN: 0471152277
- Lillesand, Kiefer, and Chipman. 2008. Remote Sensing and
Image Interpretation, 6th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York.
ISBN13: 978-0-470-05245-7
Web Resources -- there are many from which
to choose, but here is a small sample of useful sites.
- ASPRS -- American
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
- Cambridge In
Colour -- A site dedicated to the art, science, and technical mastery
of photography. Created by Sean T. McHugh.
- Far
Above the Clouds -- An eclectic collection of aerial photographs
from around Plymouth England, late 1970s. Created by Stephen Johnson.
- Canada Centre for
Remote Sensing -- This site contains excellent
reference materials and instructive tutorials about remote sensing, as well
as access to sample imagery.
- USGS Landsat Project
-- The home page of Landsat, one of the most successful civilian satellite
remote sensing programs ever initiated.
- Landsat
7 Compositor -- A nifty tutorial with information about the basics
of Earth Imaging with Landsat
- USGS Land Cover Institute
(LCI) -- Learn about some of the operational remote sensing work
conducted by the US Geological Survey.
- Geomorphology
From Space -- A classic NASA resource authored by Nicholas M. Short
and Robert W. Blair, Jr.
- Remote
Sensing Glossary -- Remote sensing can involve a head-spinning
array of technical jargon and terminology. This site was created in an effort
to catalog it!
- Remote Sensing Tutorial
-- An excellent reference site for all things related to remote sensing. Created
by Dr. Nicholas M. Short and maintained by NASA.
- Imaging Notes
-- A trade magazine pertaining to all things related to earth observation
with remote sensing.
- Earth Imaging Journal
-- Another remote sensing / earth observation trade magazine.
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