• Fundamentals of Remote Sensing/
  Digital Image Processing ( ITM 531 )
• Advanced Image Processing ( ITM 532 )

Fundamentals of Remote Sensing/Digital Image Processing ( ITM 531 )

A. History and development of remote sensing

B. Introduction to the electromagnetic spectrum

C. Passive Remote Sensing

D. Active Remote Sensing

E. Other and future remote sensing

F. Introduction to Digital Image Processing of Remote Sensing data

G. Digital Image data collection and handling

H. Overview of image processing systems

I. Digital scientific visualization

J. Image preprocessing : radiometric & geometric correction

K. Image enhancement

L. Image classification

M. Ground truthing of images

Lectures/Assistants : Royal Roads, COGS, IPB

Advanced Image Processing ( ITM 532 )

A. Map projection and principle of projection transformation

B. Ortho image and Integration of imagery with DEM

C. Image mosaic

D. Ground truthing of images & acoustic data

E. Image transformation

1. Arithmetic method
2. PCA, color space manipulation
3. Texture transformation
4. Data fusion

F. Digital change detection

1. General steps required to perform change detection
2. Major change detection algorithm
3. Image deviation, image differencing, cross-classification,
4. Time series analysis using standardized PCA

G. Integration of RS & GIS

1. Representation and data models
2. GIS inputs and update
3. Value of Remote Sensing
   Methods of updating GIS database
4. Image correction
5. Integrated analysis
6. Integrated Computing environment
7. Application examples

Lectures/Assistants : Royal Roads, COGS, IPB