|
||||||||
|
|
||||||||
|
451-312 GIS & Remote Sensing for Enviro Science | |
|---|---|
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 2 |
Coordinator | Dr J Leach & Assoc Prof G Hunter |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | Twenty-four hours of lectures and 24 hours of tutorials and practicals |
Subject Description | The objective of this subject is to develop basic skills in digital data processing and interpretation, and geographic information systems. Remote sensing component content includes principles of remote sensing; electromagnetic radiation; human vision; spaceborne and airborne sensors; and introduction to digital image processing including stretching, digital filters, arithmetic manipulations, image classification, rectification and geocoding. Geographic information systems component content includes introduction to the information society and information management; definition of GIS; the range of GIS applications; the use of GIS for decision making; integration of GIS with other technologies; geographic referencing methods; geographic data structures and models; relationships between geographic features; database definition and modelling; and introduction to the technology associated with GIS. |
Assessment | Not more than three hours of examinations at the end of the semester. Assignments and practical exercises totalling not more than 40 pages. The relative weighting of the assessment components will be provided to students at the beginning of the subject. |
Status: Official 2004 Last Modified: Monday June 21 22:12 SGML to HTML Conversion: Information Division - CWIS (SDI) Authorised by: Academic Registrar Enquiries: http://unimelb.custhelp.com/
![[Undergraduate Handbook]](http://www.unimelb.edu.au/img/sitebar/fill.gif){kind=small}
