|
Geog/Geol 755 |
Geog/Geol
755
Advanced Remote Sensing
Note: Prior to spring 2002, this class was
numbered Geog/Geol 455.
Go to Course Overivew
Instructor: Dr. Tim Warner
Office: 341 Brooks Hall
Office Hours: W, 11:30 to 1, or by appointment
Telephone: 293-4725
E-mail: tim.warner@mail.wvu.edu
Class meeting time: Mondays 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Class meets: 302 Brooks Hall
Schedule
Draft Schedule:
|
Week |
Date |
|
Subject |
Text* |
Laboratory |
Other |
|
1 |
Jan |
14 |
Scales,
image statistics |
Ch
1 & Ch 4, 101-103 |
Band
selection |
|
|
2 |
|
21 |
(MLK
Day) |
|
|
Paper
review |
|
3 |
|
28 |
Digital
orthophotos |
Field
Guide Ch 8 |
Imagine
Orthobase |
Paper
review |
|
4 |
Feb |
4 |
Spectral
transformations |
274-276,296-310 |
Transformations/Homepage |
Paper
review |
|
5 |
|
11 |
Change
detection |
Chap
12 |
Las
Vegas growth |
Paper
review |
|
6 |
|
18 |
Spatial
analysis |
276-296,322-329 |
Texture |
Paper
review |
|
7 |
|
25 |
Image classification
|
Chap
9 & Chap 10 |
Expert
System |
|
|
8 |
Mrch |
3 |
Exam 1
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
10 |
Accuracy
Assessment |
|
Imagine
Map Composer |
Project
topic |
|
10 |
|
17 |
Radiometric
normalization |
|
Scene
normalization |
|
|
|
|
24 |
Spring Break |
198-222 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
31 |
Thermal
imagery |
|
|
Proj.
progress rpt |
|
12 |
April |
7 |
Radar |
|
Ship
identification |
Proj.
progress rpt |
|
13 |
|
14 |
Hyperspectral
imagery |
Chap
11 |
|
Draft
project rpt. |
|
14 |
|
21 |
Reflectance
measurements& field work |
191-194 |
ASD
field data collection |
|
|
15 |
|
28 |
Project
presentations |
|
|
Final
project rpt |
|
16 |
May |
9 |
Final Exam (Friday: 3-5) |
|
|
|
*
Format
Class meetings will vary in format between formal lectures, seminars and
laboratory exercises.
Laboratory
Digital image analysis using ERDAS Imagine (Brooks Hall Room 425).
Recommended Supplemental Texts
Jensen, J. R., 2005. Digital
Image Processing. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 526 pp.
Lillesand, T. W., R. W. Kiefer, and J. W. Chipman, 2004. Remote
Sensing and Image Interpretation, Fifth Edition. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 763pp.
Term project
Each student is required to undertake an independent short project. Examples of
past projects include image processing, writing a short computer program, or
carrying out a photo interpretation.
Policies
All material is to be handed in before class on the due date. (For laboratory
exercises this will normally be one week after you receive the material.) You
may hand in ONE item up to one week late. Any other late material will receive
only 50% of the credit earned.
Grading:
|
Exam
1 |
|
20% |
|
Exam
2 (Comprehensive) |
|
20% |
|
Project
and presentation |
|
20% |
|
Topic |
2% |
|
|
Progress
Report 1 |
2% |
|
|
Progress
Report 2 |
2% |
|
|
Draft
Report |
2% |
|
|
Final
Report |
10% |
|
|
Oral
Presentation |
2% |
|
|
Laboratory
exercises |
|
10% |
|
Class
participation |
|
5% |
|
Paper
reviews |
|
5% |
|
Total |
|
100% |
|
Bonus Points: All material handed in on time |
|
5% |
Course Overview & Philosophy
This course is designed to give you an overview of the current state of
remote sensing. It assumes a basic knowledge of remote sensing from Geog 455, or an equivalent course. At the end of the
course you should have the knowledge to pursue independently the remote sensing
literature or a project of your interest. The course schedule as listed here
will be reviewed at the first class meeting, and adapted to meet the needs of
the students enrolled in the class.
Ideas will be introduced through lectures and readings. The laboratory
exercises will be an opportunity to investigate concepts in greater depth. Each
student will also pursue an individualized project, based on some aspect of
remote sensing which the student finds interesting. This project is important,
because it facilitates a better understanding of the material, and also
provides a mechanism to ensure the greatest relevancy of the course for each
student.
Social Justice Statement
West Virginia University is committed to social justice. I support that commitment
and expect to maintain a positive learning environment based upon open
communication, mutual respect, and non-discrimination. Our University does not
discriminate on the basis of race, sex, age, disability, veteran status,
religion, sexual orientation, color or national origin. Any suggestions as to
how to further such a positive and open environment in this class will be
appreciated and given serious consideration.
If you are a person with a disability and anticipate
needing any type of accommodation in order to participate in this class, please
advise me and make appropriate arrangements with Disability Services
(293-6700).