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GE2501:03

Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing

[Offered in Townsville in even-numbered years]

Townsville, Cairns

HECS Band 2

26 hours lectures, 39 hours practicals. Semester 1 (Townsville campus); Semester 2 (Cairns campus).

Staff:

Mr L Searle (Cairns campus).

Introduction to the principles of electromagnetic radiation and the physics of solar energy and earth environment interactions. Basic principles of aerial photographic interpretation, and of image analysis in a raster GIS environment. Applications of remote sensing to the mapping and monitoring of terrestrial and marine environments in North Queensland.

Learning Objectives:

to introduce participants to the use and interpretation of primary sources of geographic information; analogue and digital approaches to image analysis; and image analysis in a raster GIS environment.

Assessment by examination and test (50%); on-course assessment (50%).