Instructions: The objective of the course project is twofold. First, students will interpret remotely sensed imagery. Second, students will apply image interpretation, remote sensing technology, and data analysis to complex problems in environmental management and/or land use planning.
Students will select a geographic area of interest (AOI) for this assignment, choosing an area you are familiar with or any area in which you have an interest. Note that imagery of the lower 48 states may be the easiest to acquire, though students interested in imagery of Alaska, Hawaii, or international areas are encouraged to seek out appropriate materials. Select a feature or AOI that is identifiable from the satellite imagery such as we have been viewing on the homework assignments throughout the term, since you will be acquiring the imagery from those sites among others on the web.
Within the geographic AOI, students must select a minimum of three ground control points (GCPs). See our course for further details on acceptable GCPs. Next, students should acquire a minimum of six different remotely sensed images for their selected geographic AOI. Appropriate images may include, but are not limited to, aerial photography, LANDSAT imagery, radar images, and/or lidar images. Some images may be available from the same data source (<link is hidden> LANDSAT) showing different portions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Listed below are suggested websites for image acquisition. Also refer to the GIS viewers we
used throughout the homework assignments, including GLOVIS, Wetlands Mapper, GIS Direct,
and Radarsat-2.
NASA – <link is hidden> /> MODIS – <link is hidden> /> European Space Agency – <link is hidden> /> Weather Channel – <link is hidden> /> Weather Underground – <link is hidden> /> Remote Sensing Data and Information – <link is hidden> /> Satellite Meteorology – <link is hidden> /> /<link is hidden> /> USGS Earthshots – <link is hidden> />
Note that some of the sites listed above present both remotely sensed images and GIS layers. Students may present GIS layers of the geographic AOI, but these will not count toward the minimum of six remotely sensed images. Students are also encouraged to explore city, county, state, or federal environmental resource management websites that cover their selected
geographic AOI, as these organizations, as well as private and non-profit conservations groups, often have imagery available. The list above is in no way comprehensive or all-inclusive. Our course textbook also provides websites for image acquisition throughout the text and the course syllabus lists other possible resources.
Students must properly document from where they acquire each image. Note that it is not the intent of this project that students purchase remotely sensed imagery, as students will find free remotely sensed imagery on the web, given sufficient exploration. In addition, because this course format does not support GIS software, students should seek out JPG, GIF, TIF, or similar format images that can be viewed using standard software already available to them on the computer they are using.
In a 15 slide presentation (<link is hidden> Microsoft PowerPoint, <link is hidden> Impress), students will present their finding. A sample project outline is presented below. Each number represents a section that should be included in the presentation
Images are a requirement in this presentation. Note that sometimes images will be rather large and the APUS system limits file upload sizes. Students can compress images within PowerPoint or if need be convert the final presentation to a pdf file format for submission (if their computer has that capability), which often decreases file size.
Be sure to properly cite the sources used in preparing the presentation in a final references slide and use appropriate citations throughout the presentation for each image, fact, or figure shown. Be sure to edit your final presentation for typos, and to maintain a scientific and professional tone throughout.
Textbook:
Campbell, J., Wynne, R. (2011). Introduction to remote sensing, fifth edition.
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