Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture (Volume 4 page 24)
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Year 3 Forestry.
Credit points: 6.5
Coordinator: Mr R D Spencer.
Pre/Corequisite: Forest Inventory.
Contact: 18 hours of lectures and 18 hours of practical work.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject, students should have: an enhanced knowledge of the principles of digital remote sensing and the characteristics of different sensors; the ability to specify requirements for remotely sensed digital data to meet specific inventory objectives; the ability to interpret digital image data and perform simple image enhancement and classification procedures for evaluating land-cover and related resource characteristics; an understanding of the roles and methods for applying digital remotely sensed data and geographic information systems in natural resource inventories.
Content:
Thermal, microwave, and multispectral sensing; earth resources satellites; characteristics of digital image data; image registration and enhancement; supervised and unsupervised image classification; image interpretation; components and functions of geographic information systems; technical and managerial requirements for implementing digital remote sensing and geographic information systems in natural-resource inventories.
Assessment:
One 2-hour examination; written assignments and practical reports. The weighting of different assessment components will be notified at the commencement of the course.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture (Volume 4 page 24)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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