Geospatial Science: Remote Sensing

Week 1: The Concepts of Aerial Remote Sensing

Week one will introduce you to the main content and format of this course. The following items will be addressed:

• Introduction to course
• Aerial images and aerial photogrammetry of the earth’s surface
• Measuring size and spatial analysis from high-resolution images
• 3D information from single images

Verified Track: Various exercises on measuring shape, size and height from single remote sensing data sets and aerial photography

Week 2: Multispectral Remote Sensing

Concepts of multispectral imaging including spectral reflectances and various multispectral composites:

• The concepts of multispectral imaging
• Multispectral color composites and their applications
• Spectral reflectance signatures of various surface types

Verified Track: Various interactive activities on composite creating and reflectance signatures

Week 3: 3D Mapping from images of the earth

This section focuses on the concepts of stereo-photogrammetry, including modern technologies such as structure-from-motion:

• Foundational concepts such as height reference frames and geodetic datums and data collection
• Spatial data
• Learn the concepts of stereo-photogrammetry
• Understand the concepts of modern stereo technology such as structure-from-motion

Verified Track: Assess height information derived using structure-from-motion processing and analyze their capabilities and limitations.

Week 4: Advanced Imaging Techniques – SAR & Hyperspectral Sensing

This part of the course introduced more advanced imaging concepts such as hyperspectral sensing and SAR:

• Learn the principles of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) remote sensing and remote sensing technologies
• Understand how SAR sensors see the world
• Dive into the concepts and applications of hyperspectral remote sensing

Verified Track: Analyze data from advanced imaging techniques for Arctic applications