10513 (v.3) Digital Remote Sensing 581

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Area:	Department of Spatial Sciences
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: to Graduate Diploma program
Scope of remote sensing. Physical base of remote sensing. Satellite and airborne sensor systems. Image statistics, display, pre-processing. Rectification of digital Land Sat imagery. Image enhancement, spectral and spatial filtering. Thematic informationextraction, classification and accuracy assessment, change detection. Hyper spectral and radar sensors. Selecting a remote sensing system for application.