Introduction to Remote Sensing
Type of Class
a Remote Sensing class
Course Format
hybrid of face-to-face and online
Course Duration
a full semester, 12 weeks or more
Course Structure
lecture/discussion and labs combined
Software required:
Overview
This course introduces students to the basics of remote sensing, characteristics of remote sensors, and remote sensing applications in academic disciplines and professional industries. Emphasis is placed on image acquisition and data collection in the electromagnetic spectrum and data set manipulations. This course is designed for geographic information systems (GIS) students interested in imagery analysis. We use both ArcGIS and ENVI-EX.