Course Outline: GIE-201: Introduction to GIS & Remote Sensing

GIE-201: Introduction to GIS & Remote Sensing Course Outline

Course Description The objective of this course is to gain an understanding of Remote Sensing, basic cartographic issues, GIS concepts, and their use in a specific GIS and Image processing applications. This course provides an intensive introduction to digital mapping, spatial analysis and integration of remote sensing data with GIS. The students learn how to create their own maps, and how to use GIS & Image processing software to analyze geographic problems and learn spatial analysis techniques that can be applied to a wide variety of subject areas, both with Environmental Engineering and in other disciplines. The course is designed to accommodate students from a variety of research backgrounds with no previous GIS experience. The Goal is to provide students with a theoretical understanding of Remote sensing data, integration with GIS, analysis concepts and to introduce the practical tools needed to create and manage spatial data, perform spatial analysis, image processing and communicating the results into a well-designed map. Credit Hours: 3 hrs (2+1) Contact Hours: 4 hrs (2+2) per week Duration: 12 Sep 2011 13 January 2012 Requirements Attendance: Regular attendance will be appreciated and the required attendance for successful completion of the course must not be less than 75%. Grading: The final result and grades will be formulated as per NUST Statutes issued in May 2005. Evaluation: The students will be evaluated for their understanding of both conceptual and practical material offered in the course. There will be compulsory assignments, regular quizzes, mid-semester and final-semester exams. The marks allocations are as follows:
Category Quizzes Assignments One-Hour Test (2 x) End Semester Exam Lab Assignments / Exercises Lab Exam Weightage 15 % 10 % 35 % 40 % 80 % 20 % Theory 2Cr Practical 1Cr

100%

Instructors Mr. Saad Saleem Bhatti & Ms. Aliya Gul Office: RIMMS Building, IGIS-SCEE, NUST Campus, Sector H-12, Islamabad-44000 Phone: (051) 9085-4491 (051) 9085-4494 E-mail: s.bhatti@igis.nust.edu.pk, aliya.gul@igis.nust.edu.pk Lectures: Every Wednesday and Friday Labs: Every Tuesday

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Course Outline: GIE-201: Introduction to GIS & Remote Sensing

Prerequisites There is no prerequisite for this course. A basic familiarity with computers and Microsoft Operating system is assumed, a general understanding of geography is helpful but no prior courses are required. Course Schedule Week
Week 1 of 12 Sep Week 2 of 19 Sep Week 3 of 26 Sep Week 4 of 03 Oct Week 5 of 10 Oct Week 6 of 17 Oct Week 7 of 24 Oct Week 8 of 31 Oct Week 9 of 07 Nov Week 10 of 14 Nov Week 11 of 21 Nov Week 12 of 28 Nov Week 13 of 05 Dec Week 14 of 12 Dec Week 15 of 19 Dec Week 16 of 26 Dec Week 17 of 02 Jan Week 18 of 09 Jan

Topic
Understanding Geographic Information Understanding Maps Coordinate Systems & Map projections Introduction to GIS Understanding GIS Data GPS Spatial Data Sources & Capturing Techniques One-Hour Test Data collection and data management, GIS Applications in Environmental Sciences Basic Concepts of Remote Sensing, History of Remote sensing Electromagnetic Spectrum, Interaction of EM with Atmosphere Remote Sensing types One-Hour Test Remote Sensing Satellite System Introduction to Image Processing Satellite Data acquisition and standard products generation Environmental Applications of Remote sensing Environmental Applications of Remote sensing Final Exam Week Final Exam Week

Books Recommended Geographical Information Systems 1. Chang K. (2002) Introduction to Geographic Information Systems McGraw- Hill Company, New York,
USA

2. Bernhardsen, T., (2002) Geographic Introduction Systems An Introduction, John Wiley & Sons Inc.,
New York, USA 3. Robinson A., Morrison. J. (2002) Elements of Cartography John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 4. Lo. C.P, Yueng Albert K.W. (2004) Concepts and Techniques of GIS Sage Publications Ltd. 5. Burrough P. (1998) Principles of GIS, Oxford University Press

Remote Sensing
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. ITC (2000), Principles of Remote Sensing, ITC Educational Textbook Series, Enschede, The Netherlands (as main reference book) Lillesand , T. and Kieffer, R.W.(1999) Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, (4th edition), (London, John Wiley & Sons). Jensen, J.R., (2004) Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective, (Pearson Education, Inc.) Campbell, J.B.(2002) Introduction to Remote Sensing, (3 rd edition), (London, Taylor & Francis). Gibson, P.J and Power, C.H (2000). Introductory remote sensing: Digital image processing and applications. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-18962-4

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