11-372-371   Aerial Photo Interpretation & Image Analysis                              Fall 2008

 

Class Meets: M - Th  12:35-1:55 PM    ENR 123             

CRSSA Teaching Lab Demos meet in Rm 237 ENR

 

Instructor:  Prof. Rick Lathrop (lathrop@crssa.rutgers.edu)

 

Objective: the course will introduce students to the principles of visual interpretation, taking simple measurements and mapping from aerial photographs and remotely sensed imagery for environmental applications.  The course will be a mix of lecture and hands-on labs.

Textbooks: John Jensen, 2007,  Remote Sensing of the Environment 2nd ed

                       

For course information: http://www.crssa.rutgers.edu/courses/airphoto/ 

                                    And/or https://ecompanion.rutgers.edu

 

Lecture Outline

 

Section A.  Principles of Remote Sensing

 

Sept 4              Introduction:  Overview of Remote Sensing

Reading: Chap 1

Project 1: Review/critique of Remote Sensing application Article

 

Sept 8              Lecture 2: EMR principles 

Reading: Chap 2 

Homework 1: EMR principles

 

Sept 11             Lecture 3: Basics of Imaging Systems  

Reading: Chap 4             

 

Sept 15            Lecture 4: Camera Film - Filter Systems

Reading: Chap 4              

                                    Homework 2: Camera Systems            

 

Sept 18            Lecture 5: Principles of Airphoto Interpretation

Reading: Chap 5            

                                    Homework 3: Cook Field ID

 

Sept 22            Lecture 6: Principles of Photogrammetry: scale

Reading: Chap 6

                                    Homework 4: Scale

         

Sept 25            Lecture 7: Principles of Photogrammetry: stereoscopic parallax     

Reading: Chap 6

 

 

 

11-372-371   Aerial Photo Interpretation & Image Analysis                              Fall 2008

 

Sept 29            Lecture 8: Acquisition of Aerial Photographs

Reading: Chap 3; Chap 4:116-117 

Homework 5: Flight Planning


                                    Project 1: Article Review/Critique Due

 

Section B.   Image Interpretation

 

Oct 2                           Lecture 9: Land use/land cover mapping: lecture/lab

Reading: Chap 10

 

Oct 6               CRSSA Teaching Lab Demo: On-screen interpretation of LU/LC

                                   

Oct 9              Exam I  (On material up through Sept 29)

                                   

Oct 13             CRSSA Teaching Lab Demo: On-screen digitizing

Project 2: On-screen LU/LC Mapping Project handed out

 

Oct 16             Field Trip to Helyar Woods – meet in Log Cabin Parking Lot   

                                     

Oct 20             Remote Sensing of Vegetation: lecture/lab        

 

Oct 23             Lecture 10: Remote Sensing of Water: lecture/lab

                                    Reading: Chap 11

 

Oct 27             Remote Sensing of Vegetation: Survey of World Biomes/Wetlands lab

Project 3: Impervious Surface Mapping Project handed out

           

Oct 30             Remote Sensing of Cultural Features: lecture/lab

                        Reading: Chap 12

 

Nov 3              Lecture 11: Soils/Hydrology mapping:  lecture/lab

                                    Reading: Chap 13                    

                                    Project 2: LU/LC Mapping project Due

 

Nov 6              Soils mapping: lab

           

Nov 10                        Lecture 12: Geological Features – Bedrock Landforms Part A

Reading: Chap 13

Project 4: NJ Geography Virtual Field Trip Project Handed Out

 

Nov 13            Geological Features      - Bedrock Landforms Part B

                                   

Nov 17            Lecture 13: Geological Features – Dynamic Processes Part A

 

 

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Nov 20            Geological Features      – Dynamic Processes Part B

Project 3: Impervious Surface Mapping Project Due

 

Nov 24                        Geological Features  - Survey of North American Geology

 

Nov 25                        CRSSA Teaching Lab Demo: Geology of New Jersey

 

Nov 27            Thanksgiving Holiday

 

Section C.   Introduction to Satellite Remote Sensing

 

Dec 1               Lecture 14: Space-borne Remote Sensing Systems:  VIS-NIR

Reading: Chap 7                      

Project 4: Geography Virtual Field Trip Project Due

 

Dec 4              Lecture 15: Space-borne Remote Sensing Systems:  Thermal IR

Reading: Chap 8

                       

Dec 8               Lecture 16: Space-borne Remote Sensing Systems:  Microwave

                        Reading: Chap 9

 

 

 

Dec 16             Exam II (On material from Oct 2 through Dec 8)  12-3 PM

 

 

COURSEWORK EXPECTATIONS:

 

Reading assignments are expected to be read prior to the class date that is listed in the syllabus above. Students are expected and encouraged to ask questions concerning the reading assignments and lecture material.  If you don't ask, I won't know you don't understand.

 

Homework assignments have been designed to supplement the lecture material and give the student added preparation in some of the details.  Homework will be due 1 week after it was handed out in class. Homework will be graded on a 4 point scale. Late homework will be downgraded by 2 points.  There will be one mid-term exam and one final exam.  These exams will test on the material covered in lecture, lab and the reading.  The final exam is cumulative.  There will be 4 project assignments: 1) article review/critique; 2) digital land use/land cover map using the GIS/image processing software ; 3) an impervious surface map; and 4) a virtual air photo/geography field trip.  A separate handout concerning the projects will be distributed later in the semester.

 

During scheduled lab/demo periods, students will work in groups (of 2 to 3) to complete the exercises.   The work to complete the project assignment will be done outside of normal class meeting times.  Each student is expected to complete the project independently. You can confer with other students on different approaches, techniques used, etc., but the interpretation and final map product should be your own.  Likewise, the article summary and critique should be your own work. You should not directly “cut and paste” from another source. If you do quote directly you should use standard citation procedures.

 

For course information: http://www.crssa.rutgers.edu/courses/airphoto/ 

                                   

The syllabus and copies of assignments will be posted on line at https://ecompanion.rutgers.edu

 

 

You are free to work on the ERDAS Image Processing systems during CRSSA's normal posted hours (for schedule, see

http://crssa.rutgers.edu/help/lab_sched.html).

 

GRADING:    Homework(4pt/assign) 20 points

Project I                                   45 points

Project II                                  45 points

Project III                                45 points

Project IV                                45 points

Midterm Lecture Exam         100 points

            Final Exam                            100 points

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     Total                                               400 points