Class Calendar
 Advanced Aerial Photos and Remote Sensing
 FOR 420/520
 Fall 2006
 Monday & Wednesday 3:00 - 4:20 pm; Peavy 240

 

Please be on time to all classes and keep your monitors off during the lecture. Thanks.

                                                                      

Date Topic Lab Reading 

Black = 5th edition\ Red = 4th edition
Monday -- Sept. 25 Introduction, Types of Resolution, Project Outline;

Lab 1: Introduction to Imagine

 L & K p. 1-26

 L & K p. 1 - 26        
Wednesday - Sept. 27 Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) Lab 2: Digital and Spectral Numbers L & K p. 1 - 26

L & K p. 1 - 26       
Monday -- Oct. 2     Digital Image Processing: Radiometric Enhancements Lab 3: Contrast Enhancements and Dark Object Subtraction L & K p. 499-517

L & K p. 477-489, 492-499
Wednesday -- Oct. 4

(Lab 2 Due!)

 Digital Image Processing: Geometric Enhancements Lab 4: Geometric Enhancements - Reprojection, Ground Control Points, Rubber Sheeting L & K p. 494-499

L & K p. 473-477
Monday -- Oct. 9  Digital Image Processing: Spatial Enhancements and Filters Lab 5: Spatial Enhancements - convolution filters, image merge, density slicing, fourier L & K p. 517-531                    

L & K p. 499-512  
Wednesday -- Oct. 11  

(Lab 3 & 4 Due!)

Digital Image Processing: Spectral Enhancements and Indices Lab 6: Spectral Indices, Principle Components Analysis (PCA), Tassled Cap L & K p. 531-550

L & K p. 513-532 
Monday -- Oct. 16  Unsupervised Classification Lab 7: Unsupervised Classification L & K Ch. p. 550-586

L & K  Ch. p. 532-568    
Wednesday -- Oct. 18 (Lab 5 & 6 Due!) Digital Aerial Photos & Supervised Classification  Lab 8: Digital Aerial Photos & Supervised Classification L & K p. 550-586

L & K p. 532-568 
Monday -- Oct. 23

 

 Accuracy Assessment Lab 9: Accuracy Assessment L & K p. 586-593

L & K p. 568-575 
Wednesday -- Oct. 25 Change Detection & Spatial Modeling Lab 10: Change Detection & Using Spatial Modeler in Imagine  
Monday -- Oct. 30

(Project Phase I Due!)

 Matt Gregory, OSU Dept. Forest Science, "Integrating remote sensing and field plot data" Project Time  
Wednesday -- Nov. 1(Labs 7, & 8 Due!) Anne Nolin, OSU Dept. of Geosciences --  “Principles of multi-angle remote sensing and applications for measuring snow and ice.” Project Time  
Monday -- Nov. 6 Scott Powell, USFS PNW Research Station -- "Mapping Forest Disturbances" Project Time  
Wednesday -- Nov. 8 Project Time Project Time  
Monday -- Nov. 13 (Labs 9 & 10 Due!) Project Time Project Time  
Wednesday -- Nov. 15 Project Time Project Time  
Monday -- Nov. 20 Project Time Project Time  
Wednesday -- Nov. 22 Project Time Project Time  
Monday -- Nov. 27 Student Presentations    
Wednesday -- Nov. 29  (FINAL PAPER DUE!) Student Presentations    

Text: 

Lillesand, T.M. and R.W. Kiefer. 2004.  Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation,
Fifth edition.  Wiley.

Lillesand, T.M. and R.W. Kiefer. 2000.  Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation,
Fourth edition.  Wiley.

Lillesand, T.M. and R.W. Kiefer. 1994.  Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation,
Third edition.  Wiley.