Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Seminar
Code
711041063
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Geografia e Planeamento Regional
Credits
12
Teacher in charge
Raquel Faria de Deus
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To achieve scientific and technical skills on acquisition, integration, operation and spatial analysis using geographic information tools for visual analysis of digital image processing and GIS;
b) To achieve scientific and technical skills on modeling geographical, environmental and land development phenomena using GIS;
c) To develop project solutions on acquisition, integration and spatial analysis of geographical information, integrating Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems;
d) To develop project solutions for modeling geographic, environmental, and land development phenomena using GIS.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1)General introduction to geographic information extraction from aerial and orbitals imagery; i)Theoretical principles (resolution, scale, primitive image analysis and interpretation, interpretation keys); ii)Structuring of legend in levels of information oriented to geodatabases; iii)Coordinate systems and transformations between different coordinate systems; iv)Geo-referencing; v)Editing/vectorization; vi)Validating information; vii)Topology.2)Visual analysis of very high spatial resolution imagery data acquisition for GIS: i)Visual image analysis and editing/vectorization; ii)Validating information; iii)Topology.3)Visual analysis of medium-resolution satellite image data acquisition for GIS: i)Enhancement; ii)Methods of global transformations; iii)Filtering; iv)Image fusion; v)Visual image analysis and editing/vectorization; vi)Validating information; vii)Applying topology.4)Development of an integrated project of Remote Sensing and GIS by applying the computational content 1,2and3.
Bibliography
Lillesand, T. M., Kiefer, R. W. & Chipman, J. (2015). Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation (7ª ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 59-217; 485-697.
Longley, P. A., Goodchild, M.F., Maguire, D. J. & Rhind, D. W. (1999). Geographical Information Systems, volume 1. New York: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 371-580.
Stars, J. L., Estes, J. E. & McGwire, K. C. (2010). Integration of Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp.134-155.
Teaching method
Two methods are used: - Sessions with theoretical exposition and simultaneous practice of computer applications (exercise); - Session tracking the various stages of developing a project in Remote Sensing and GIS.
a) Sessions with theoretical exposition with simultaneous practice of intensive computational applications (exercises);
b) Session tracking the various stages of developing a project in Remote Sensing and GIS;
c) Forum on e-learning system.
Evaluation method
a) Conducting exercises directed to the project: [25% of the final grade];
b) Development of a project to solve a problem: [70% of the final grade];
c) Attempting 60% of the classes: [5% of the final grade].
[According to the assessment of FCSH rules, the proposed evaluation elements introduced to students in the first class may suffer readjustments, namely in the weight of each element].