451-332 Imaging in the Geosciences

620-142 Mathematics B or 620-161 Introductory Mathematics A and 620-141 Mathematics A

Upon completion of this subject students should have an understanding of the techniques and applications of imaging systems in the geosciences, geomatics, and planetary and natural sciences, and an introductory knowledge of photogrammetry.

Content includes imaging requirements for topographic mapping, meteorology, planetary mapping, remote sensing, oceanography and the earth sciences; digital imaging systems; data visualisation; applications and case studies; geometry of a metric image, sensor interior orientation, perspective distortion and imaging scale; introduction to rectification and orthorectification; and the concept of parallax, stereo restitution, digital mapping, project planning and film scanners.

One 3-hour written examination, plus assignments and practical exercise reports totalling not more than 40 pages. The relative weighting of the assessment components will be provided to students at the beginning of the subject