Syllabus

for
M. Sc. Course in Remote
Sensing & Geographic
Information System
REVISED IN SEPTEMBER 2022: TO BE EFFECTIVE FROM THE ACADEMIC SESSION 2022-23

Department of Remote Sensing & GIS

Vidyasagar University,
West Medinipur, West Bengal
PIN – 721 102

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 Programmes Outcomes

The major objective of the course is to train the students on fundamental principles and

components of remote sensing, platforms and sensors, data capturing, storing and

transmission processes, advanced remote sensing techniques i.e., Hyperspectral, LiDAR,

Thermal and Microwave data capturing, processing, analysis and their applications in various

fields of earth science, environment and agriculture, forestry, water resource management,

urban planning, climate change etc. This course also imparts knowledge on fundamentals and

advanced GIS techniques, photogrammetry, geostatistics, digital surveying techniques and

navigational systems. Furthermore, the students will learn the available tools, data accessing,

processing, analysing and storing processes using the sophisticated commercial as well as

open sources software or tools. The course contains compulsory field study with the objective

to train the students on ground data collection, validation as well as outreach to the society

and environment. Another major objective of this course is to provide the students hands on

experience on executing research project, resource mapping and monitoring during their end

semester.

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 DIVISION OF MARKS

Total Marks : 1200

SEM I Marks : 300
SEM II Marks : 300
SEM III Marks : 300
SEM IV Marks : 300

Theoretical Marks : 600 (SEM I: 200, SEM II: 200, SEM III: 200)
Practical Marks : 300(SEM I: 100, SEM II: 100, SEM III: 100)
Dissertation : 200 marks (SEM IV)
Grand Viva : 100 marks (SEM IV)

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 M. Sc in RS & GIS

SEMESTER COURSE COURSE TITLES Full Credit

NO. Marks
RSG 101 FUNDAMENTALS OF REMOTE SENSING 50 4
RSG 101.1 FUNDAMENTALS & PHYSICS OF REMOTE SENSING
RSG 101.2 PLATFORMS AND SENSORS
RSG 102 FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS AND DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHY 50 4
RSG 102.1 FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
RSG 102.2 DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHY
RSG 103 PHOTOGRAMMETRY, GEODESY, SURVEYING AND NAVIGATIONAL 50 4
SATELLITE SYSTEM
RSG 103.1 PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND GEODESY
I RSG 103.2 SURVEYING AND NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEM
RSG 104 COMPUTER BASICS AND PROGRAMMING 50 4
RSG 104.1 COMPUTER BASICS
RSG 104.2 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
RSG 195 PHOTOGRAMETRY, GEODESY AND IMAGE INTERPRETATION (practical) 25 4
RSG 196 FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS (practical) 25 4
RSG 197 COMPULSORY FIELD SURVEY (practical) 25 4
RSG 198 COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS AND PROGRAMMING (practical) 25 4
TOTAL 300 24
RSG 201 DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING AND INFORMATION EXTRACTION 50 4
RSG 201.1 DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING
RSG 201.2 INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM SATELLITE IMAGES
RSG 202 ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING 50 4
RSG 202.1 THERMAL AND MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING
RSG 202.2 HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING AND LIDAR
RSG 203 ADVANCED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM 50 4
RSG 203.1 GIS DATA ANALYSIS
RSG 203.2 MODELING SPATIAL DATABASE AND ANALYSIS
C-RSG 204 FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY(CBCS) 50 4
II C-RSG 204.1 FUNDAMENTALS OF REMOTE SENSING AND
PHOTOGRAMMETRY
C-RSG 204.2 FUNDAMENTS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
SYSTEM AND NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEM
RSG 295 DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING (practical)
RSG 296 ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING: DATA PROCESSING AND APPLICATION
(practical)
RSG 297 ADVANCED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (practical)
RSG 298 MODELING SPATIAL DATABASE AND ANALYSIS (practical)
TOTAL 300 24
RSG 301 APPLICATION OF GEO-INFORMATICS, SPATIAL DATA SCIENCE AND 50 4
SDSS
RSG 301.1 APPLICATION OF GEO-INFORMATICS
RSG 301.2 SPATIAL DATA SCIENCE AND SDSS
III RSG 302 FUNDAMENTAL OF RESEARCH AND GEOSTATISTICS 50 4
RSG 302.1 FUNDAMENTAL OF RESEARCH AND GEOSPATIAL PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
RSG 302.2 GEOSTATISTICS
SPECIAL PAPER

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SEMESTER COURSE COURSE TITLES Full Credit
NO. Marks
SPECIAL PAPER
RSG 303A GEO-INFORMATICS IN COASTAL MANAGEMENT 50 4
RSG 303A. 1 THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS
RSG 303A.2 POTENTIAL APPLICATION AREAS OF RS /GIS
RSG 303B GEO-INFORMATICS IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
RSG 303B.1 WATER RESOURCES AND WATERSHED
MANAGEMENT
RSG 303B.2 REMOTE SENSING IN WATER RESOURCE
EVALUATION
RSG 303C GEO-INFORMATICS IN EARTH SCIENCES
RSG 303C.1 FUNDAMENTALS OF EARTH SYSTEM
RSG 303C.2 APPLICATION OF GEO-INFORMATICS IN
EARTH SCIENCE
RSG 303D GEO-INFORMATICS IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT
RSG 303D.1 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF HAZARDS AND
DISASTERS
RSG 303D.2 APPLICATION OF GEO-INFORMATICS IN
HAZARDS AND DISASTERS MANAGEMENT
RSG 303E GEO-INFORMATICS IN SOIL AND AGRICULTURE
RSG 303E.1 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF SOIL AND
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
RSG 303E.2 APPLICATION OF GEO-INFORMATICS IN SOIL
RSG 303 AND AGRICULTURE
RSG 303F GEO-INFORMATICS IN URBAN, RURAL DEVELOPMENT &
REGIONAL PLANNING
RSG 303F.1 THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS
RSG303F.2 POTENTIAL APPLICATION AREAS OF RS / GIS
RSG 303G GEO-INFORMATICS IN EVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND
MANAGEMENT
RSG 303G.1 THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS
RSG 303G.2 APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS
RSG 303H GEO-INFORMATICS IN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
RSG 303H.1 CONCEPTS IN RESOURCES
RSG 303H.2 APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS
IN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
RSG 303I GEO-INFORMATICS IN TRANSPORT NETWORK ANALYSIS
RSG 303I.1 CONCEPTS IN TRANSPORTATION
RSG 303I.2 APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS
IN TRANSPORTATION
RSG 303J GEO-INFORMATICS IN UTILITY MANAGEMENT
RSG 303J.1 CONCEPTS OF UTILITY MANAGEMENT
RSG 303J.2 APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS
IN UTILITY MANAGEMENT
C-RSG 304 ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING AND AREAS OF APPLICATIONS(CBCS) 50 4
C-RSG 304.2 ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES
C-RSG 304.2 APPLICATIONS OF GEO-INFORMATICS
RSG 395 APPLICATION OF GEO-INFORMATICS AND SPATIAL DECISSION SUPPORT 25 2
SYSTEM
RSG 396 GENERATION OF CASE STUDIES 25 2
RSG 397 GEOSTATISTICS 25 2
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 RSG 398 PRACTICAL (based on Spl. Paper) (RSG 398A, RSG 398B, RSG 398C, RSG 398D, 25 2
RSG 398E, RSG 398F, RSG 398G, RSG 398H, RSG 398I, RSG 398J)
TOTAL 300 24
RSG 401 DISSERTATION AND VIVA
RSG 401.1 DISSERTATION EXAMINATION 100 8
IV RSG 401.2 DISSERTATION-VIVA 100 8
RSG 402 GRAND -VIVA 100 8
TOTAL 300 24
GRAND TOTAL 1200 96

STRUCTURE OF THE SYLLABUS (SEM-I)

Type Name of Paper /Module No. Subject Marks Credits Exam

Paper Time
RSG 101.1
FUNDAMENTALS

RSG Fundamentals & Physics of Remote Sensing 20 4 2 hrs

OF REMOTE

101
SENSING

RSG 101.2
Platforms and Sensors 20

Internal Assessment 10
RSG 102.1 2 hrs
FUNDAMENTALS OF

RSG Fundamentals of Geographic Information 20 4

CARTOGRAPHY
GIS &DIGITAL

102 System
RSG 102.2
Digital Cartography 20
THEORETICAL

Internal Assessment 10
RSG 103.1 2 hrs
GEODESY, SURVEYING
PHOTOGRAMMETRY,

AND NAVIGATIONAL

RSG Photogrammetry and Geodesy 20 4

SATELLITE SYSTEM

103
RSG 103.2
Surveying and Navigational Satellite 20
System

Internal Assessment 10
COMPUTER BASICS

RSG RSG 104.1 2 hrs

Computer Basics 20 4
PROGRAMMING

104
AND

RSG 104.2 Programming languages 20

Internal Assessment 10

RSG 195 Photogrammetry, Geodesy and Image 25 2 4 hrs

Interpretation
PRACTICAL

RSG 196 Fundamentals of GIS 25 2 4 hrs

RSG 197 Compulsory Field Survey 25 2 4 hrs

RSG 198 Computer Programming and Statistics 25 2 4 hrs

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 STRUCTURE OF THE SYLLABUS (SEM-II)

Type Name of Paper /Module No. Subject Marks Credits Exam

Paper Time

RSG 201.1
RSG 201 Digital Image Processing 20 4 2 hrs
PROCESSING AND
DIGITAL IMAGE

INFORMATION
EXTRACTION

RSG 201.2
Information Extraction from 20
Satellite Images

Internal Assessment 10
RSG 202.1
RSG 202 Thermal and Microwave Remote 20 4 2 hrs
ADVANCED REMOTE

Sensing
SENSING

RSG 202.2
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing 20
and LIDAR
THEORETICAL

Internal Assessment 10
RSG 203.1
RSG 203 GIS Data Analysis 20 4 2hrs
INFORMATION
GEOGRAPHIC
ADVANCED

RSG 203.2
SYSTEM

Modeling Spatial Database and 20

Analysis

Internal Assessment 10

C-RSG 204.1
C-RSG 204 Fundamentals of Remote 20 4 2 hrs
FUNDAMENTALS OF

Sensing & Photogrammetry

TECHNOLOGY
GEOSPATIAL
CBCS I:

C-RSG 204.2 Fundamentals of Geographic 20

Information System &
Navigational Satellite System
Internal Assessment 10

RSG 295 Digital Image Processing 25 2 4 hrs

RSG 296 Advanced Remote Sensing: Data 25 2 4 hrs

PRACTICAL

Processing & Applications

RSG 297 Advanced Geographic 25 2 4 hrs
Information System
RSG 298 Modeling Spatial Database and 25 2 4 hrs
Analysis

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 STRUCTURE OF THE SYLLABUS (SEM-III)

Type Name of Paper /Module No. Subject Marks Credits Exam

Paper Time
RSG 301.1
GEOINFORMATICS

RSG 301 Application of Geo-informatics 20 4 2 hrs

APPLICATION OF

SCIENCE & SDSS

, SPATIAL DATA

RSG 301.2
Spatial Data Science and SDSS 20

Internal Assessment 10
RSG 302.1
RSG 302 Fundamental of Research and 20 4 2 hrs
FUNDAMENTAL OF

&GEOSTATISTICS

Geospatial Project Management

RESEARCH

RSG 302.2
Geostatistics 20
THEORETICAL

Internal Assessment 10

RSG 303.1
RSG 303 4 2 hrs
ELECTIVE PAPER

Elective Special paper

20
RSG 303.2
Elective Special paper 20

Internal Assessment 10
RSG 304.1 Advanced Remote Sensing
C-RSG 304 20 4 2 hrs
REMOTE SENSING

OFAPPLICATIONS

Techniques
AND AREAS
ADVANCED
CBCS II:

RSG 304.2 Application of Geo- 20

Informatics
Internal Assessment 10

RSG 395 Application of Geo-Informatics 25 2 4 hrs

and Spatial Decision Support
System
PRACTICAL

RSG 396 Generation of Case Studies 25 2 4 hrs

(Compulsory Field study)
RSG 397 Geostatistics 25 2 4 hrs

RSG 398 Elective Special paper 25 2 4 hrs

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 STRUCTURE OF THE SYLLABUS (SEM-IV)

Type Name of Paper /Module No. Subject Marks Credit Exam

Paper Time
THEORETIC

RSG 401 RSG 401.1 Dissertation (Examination) 100 8

DISSERTATI
AL

RSG 401.2 Dissertation (Viva) 100 8

ON

RSG 402 Grand Viva 100 8

The students have to select any one of the following subjects,

likely to be offered as elective special papers:
RSG 303A: Geoinformatics in Coastal Management
RSG 303B: Geoinformatics in Watershed Management
RSG 303C: Geo-informatics in Earth Sciences
RSG 303D: Geo-informatics in Disaster Management
RSG 303E: Geoinformatics in Soil and Agriculture
RSG 303F: Geoinformatics in Urban, Rural Development & Regional Planning
RSG 303G: Geoinformatics in Environmental Science & Management
RSG 303H: Geoinformatics in Resource Management
RSG 303I: Geoinformatics in Transport Management
RSG 303J: Geoinformatics in Utility Management

Important Note:

❖ Total intake capacity of the Department (SEM-I) every year is 45 candidates at

present.
❖ The intake capacity of each special paper (SEM-III) will be decided by the
Departmental Committee before commencement of SEM-III classes.
❖ First class 60 %, Second Class 50 %, No third class. Min marks for passing
Theory 20, Practical 13.
❖ Field work is compulsory for Students of semester – I and III
❖ Internal assessment will be based on seminar presentation, class tests, quiz and
assignments.
❖ Students will get maximum 5 months to complete his/her dissertation work in
semester-IV.
❖ Students may visit their field of study during dissertation work at their own
expenses.
❖ Students may have to carry out Dissertation works in an outstation institution
at their own expenses.
❖ Grand viva will be based on the overall understanding of the subject.

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 S E M I PA P E R S
SEM -I THEORY
RSG 101: (Examination Time: 2 hours)
FUNDAMENTALS OF REMOTE SENSING (50marks)
Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

Course Outcome: Students will understand the various sources of energy, their properties,
interaction mechanisms, and use in remote sensing studies. They will be able to discuss the
broad application areas of remote sensing technology. They will understand the forces
involved in maintaining the satellite orbits. They will able to solve related numeric problems.
They will understand the differences in satellite types, payloads/ sensors, their working
principles, data capturing, storing and transmission processes. They will understand the
properties and use of different satellite data.

RSG 101.1:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 35
Fundamentals & Physics of Remote Sensing:
i. Concept and Scope of Remote Sensing: Definitions, Process and Characteristics of Remote
Sensing System, Advantages and limitations.
ii. Concept of Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR): Wavelength-frequency-energy relationship of
EMR, EMR Spectrum and its properties, EMR wavelength regions and their applications,
Atmospheric windows, Interaction of EMR with matter, Spectral signatures.
iii. Fundamental laws governing the science: Sources of Energy, Radiation laws: Stefan-
Boltzman law, Wien’s law, Kirchhoff’s law etc., Black body and Real body, Radiant
temperature & Kinetic temperature (Numerical problems of all above)
iv. Energy Interaction in the atmosphere: Scattering, absorption, transmission, atmospheric
windows
v. Energy Interactions with Earth Surface Features: Spectral Reflectance Curve, Concept of
signatures

RSG 101.2:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 35
Platforms and Sensors:
i. Introduction: Sensor materials, Sensor System - Framing and Scanning System, Whiskbroom
scanners, Push-broom scanners, Side Looking scanner
ii. Types and Characteristics of Sensor: Imaging and non-imaging sensors, Active and passive
sensors, Resolution of Sensors - Spectral, Spatial, Radiometric & Temporal, Scale, Mapping
unit, multi-band concepts and False Colour Composites
iii. Remote Sensor Platforms and Satellite Orbits: Ground, Airborne and Space borne Platforms,
Orbital Characteristics – Coverage, Passes, Pointing Accuracy, Geostationary, sun
synchronous, shuttle orbit. Semi synchronous orbit (Molniya orbit) and Quasi-zenith satellite
orbit
iv. Satellite Basics: Kepler’s laws, Major-Semimajor axis & Eccentricity, Velocity, Period
(Numerical problems), Historical development, Launch Vehicle, Escape Velocity Payload.
v. Space Imaging Satellites: Early history of space imaging; Multispectral and Hyperspectral
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 sensors, Radar, Lidar; Specification of some popular satellites – IRS, Landsat and SPOT
series; High resolution satellites – IKONOS, Cartosat, Quickbird, OrbView, GeoEye,
Pléiades, WorldView; Other latest earth resource satellites.
Internal Assessment (10)

RSG 102: (Examination Time: 2 hours)

FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS & DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHY (50 marks)
Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

Course Outcome: Students will be able to differentiate the spatial and non-spatial data, data
format and types, data capturing, storing and processing steps, application, advantages and
disadvantages of GIS. They will be able to explain the digital cartography system, application
and components, projection systems, digital mapping units; and generate digital surface.

RSG 102.1:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30
Fundamentals of Geographic Information System:
i. Basic Concepts: definition of GIS, Components of GIS, Areas of GIS application, Advantage
and Limitation of GIS
ii. GIS Data: Spatial and Attribute Data, Analog vs. Digital data, Spatial/Graphical elements of
GIS
iii. Information Organization and Data Structures: Raster and Vector data structures, advantages
and disadvantages
iv. Nature and Source of data in GIS: Spatial and Attribute data capture and linking
v. Creating GIS Database: GIS Software, file organization and formats, Rectification; Methods
of Data Input: Keyboard entry, Manual digitizing, Semi-automatic digitizing, Automatic
digitizing, Geocoding, Map Composition
vi. Data Editing: Detecting and correcting errors, Re-projection, Transformation and
Generalization, Edge matching and Rubber sheeting, Topology
vii. Modern Trends in GIS: 3D GIS, Web GIS and Mobile GIS

RSG 102.2:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30
Digital Cartography:
i. GIS and Digital Cartography: Concept of Digital Cartography, Advantages and
Disadvantages of Digital Cartography
ii. Concept of Map: Defining Map, Classification of maps, Map Scales, Coordinate System and
Projections, Lambert Conformal Conic (LCC) and Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
projection
iii. Measurement of Geographic Variables: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio Scales
iv. Types of data: Qualitative vs. Quantitative data, Discrete vs. Continuous data, Absolute vs.
Derived data
v. Digital Mapping: Cartographic Design, Concept of Visual Variables (Shape, Size,
Orientation, Hue, Value, Chroma, Pattern), RGB colour model, Symbols, Map Lettering, Map
Compilation, Map Generalization (Classification, Simplification, Exaggeration,
Symbolization, Induction)
vi. Mapping Statistical Surface: Dot map, Choroplethic and Isarithmic Mapping, Dasymetric
Mapping, Multivariate and Dynamic Mapping
Internal Assessment (10)

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RSG 103: (Examination Time: 2 hours)
PHOTOGRAMMETRY, GEODESY, SURVEYING AND GPS: (50marks)
Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

Course Outcome: Students will understand the basics of old and modern photographic
systems, aerial photography, the principles and measurement procedures, 3-D mapping,
height estimation, flight planning etc. They will be able to generate traditional, modern
digital, and Satellite Navigational System surveying data using high end equipment and
devices; and they will be able to analyse such data using powerful computer systems. They
will also learn the uses and limitations of such systems.

RSG 103.1:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30
Photogrammetry and Geodesy:
i. Introduction: Historical Development and Fundamentals of aerial photography, Scale,
Geometry and Ground Coverage of Aerial Photographs, Area calculation & Flight Planning.
ii. Binocular and Stereoscopic vision, Conditions for Stereovision, Photographic overlap Image
Parallax, Height determination from stereo pairs - Parallax Equation.
iii. Rectification, Ortho Rectification, Digital Elevation Model (DEM), Digital orthophotos.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
iv. The Planet Earth, Geoids, Concept of Spherical Geometry and Geodesy, Reference Spheroid
and Mean Sea Level, Introduction to different spheroid / ellipsoid systems with special
reference to Everest and WGS-84 - Geometric Constants
v. Modern Views on determination of figure of the Earth: Gravimetric Methods, Astrogeodetic
methods

RSG 103.2:
Full Marks: 20 Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Surveying and Navigational Satellite System:
i. Validation of Data: Importance of Field Survey, Collection of Ground Truth.
ii. Introduction to conventional field survey techniques: Plane and Geodetic Surveying
(Traversing, Triangulation and Levelling), Topographic, Cadastral.
iii. Surveying Instruments: Total Station
iv. Global Navigational Satellite System: Introduction, Satellite constellation, GPS signals
and data, Geopositioning-Basic Concepts. GPS, NAVSTAR, GLONASS, Indian Regional
Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS), Control Segment, Space Segments, User Segment,
GPS Positioning Types- Absolute Positioning, Differential positioning
v. GPS Surveying Methods and Accuracy: Methods, DGPS-GPS Data Processing and Accuracy,
Factors Affecting GPS Accuracy
vi. Reference Station: Selection of Reference Station, Reference Station Equipment: GPS
receiver, GPS antenna. Radio and its types, Radio Antenna.
Internal Assessment (10)

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RSG 104: (Examination Time: 2 hours)
COMPUTER BASICS AND PROGRAMMING (50marks)
Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for thispaper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

Course Outcome: Students will learn the basics traditional, modern digital surveying
methods, and satellite navigational system using high end equipment, devices and powerful
computer systems. They will also learn the uses and limitations of such systems. They will be
able to analyse the data using basic and advanced statistical methods, distribution functions.
They will be able to apply the mathematical functions in geospatial data, and to derive
important information from it.

RSG 104.1:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30
Computer Basics:
i. Introduction to Computers, Data representation, Conversion of data. Memory organization,
Different secondary storage devices and media devices
ii. Data Representation: Representation of Characters in Computers, Representation of Integers,
Fractions, Hexadecimal Representation of Numbers, Decimal to Binary and vice-versa
conversion.
iii. Information Technology and Operating System: Information Technology Infrastructure
Hardware, software, Systems Application software, Enterprise software, Operating System
Concepts, Files, Directories, Process and Memory management.

RSG 104.2:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Programming Language:
i. Introduction to Programming: Basic concepts, program constructions – flowcharts,
algorithms, pseudo codes, data structures – array, stacks, queues, etc., approaches to
programming – top-down, bottom-up approach, divide & conquer, modular programming.
ii. Object oriented programming: Concept of objects and class, functions, Constants & Variables
iii. Programming in Python: Introduction to Python programming language, basic functions and
keywords of Python, arithmetic operations using Python, Input-Output statements, Data types
in Python, convert between different data types. Variables, reference to variables. Functions
in detail, definition, passing parameters, and return information. Concepts of code reuse, code
style, and refactoring complex code, effectively using code comments. Equality and logical
operators, complex branching scripts using if statements. Loops in programming.
iv. Advanced data types: lists, tuples, and dictionaries. Storing, referencing, and manipulating
data in these structures, combining them to store complex data structures.
v. Using libraries in Python, Formatting input and output, plotting, Reading and writing text and
image files, accessing Spatial Databases available for natural resources and Terrain.

Internal Assessment (10)

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 SEM -I PRACTICAL
RSG 195 (Practical)
PHOTOGRAMETRY AND IMAGE INTERPRETATION (25 marks)
Full Marks: 25. At least even number of periods to be assigned (preferably in batches).Examination Time:
2hours. Pattern of setting questions: 20 marks compulsory questions are to be set. 5 marks are to be allocated
for Evaluation of Practical Notebook and Viva-voce. Right hand side parentheses indicate lecture /
demonstration hours.

Course Outcome: Students will be able to process satellite image, aerial photographs, basic
GIS data, and digital survey data using multiple image processing and GIS software. They
will be able to solve the problems applying statistics in advance statistical and programming
platform in the modern computer systems.

i. Scale measurement of aerial photographs, Distance and area measurement of themes, Aerial-
photo Interpretation for Terrain Evaluation and thematic mapping, Object height measurements
by Parallax bar, Aerial photo mosaicking. (5)
ii. Familiarization with hard copy and soft copy images, Introduction to different GIS and RS
software, Concept of bands and channels, True colour, false colour and standard false colour
composite, Physical and cultural features identification from imageries, Ground based observation
equipment -Radiometer, Spectrophotometer, Use of spectro-radiometer for ground truth.

Topic to be covered
File export import/ translation, Conversion of file formats
False colour composite and visual identification
Image registration / Geo coding, Projection, Creating Region of Interest Available Software’s
File sub setting /clipping Mosaic Air photo and Images
Feature identification and signature curve generation
Image Statistics, Histogram
(15)

Practical Notebook and Viva Voce (5)

RSG 196 (Practical)

FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS (25 marks)
Full Marks: 25. At least even number of periods to be assigned (preferably in batches).Examination Time:
2hours. Pattern of setting questions: 20 marks compulsory questions are to be set. 5 marks are to be allocated
for Evaluation of Practical Notebook and Viva-voce. Right hand side parentheses indicate lecture /
demonstration hours.
Topic to be covered
Visualization Tools Blend, Swipe, Flicker, Conversion: Raster ↔ Vector ↔
ASCII and others
Managing Geo-Database, Geo-referencing & Changing Projection
Available Software’s
Digitization: Point, Line, Polygon
Managing attribute table and thematic mapping
Map composition and representation
(20)
Practical Notebook and Viva Voce (5)

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RSG 197 (Practical)
COMPULSORY FIELD SURVEY (25 marks)
Full Marks: 25. Compulsory field survey
Field survey and field report preparation (compulsory) using following methods

i. Preparation of Base map from Survey of India Toposheets, Use of India topographical
sheets for delineation of different features.
ii. LAI Plant Canopy Analyser, GPR Survey
iii. Introduction to a GPS and initial setting, creating codes and attribute table for GPS
receiver, Point Data collection using GPS with different datum, Line data collection using
GPS and measurements, GPS data collection for area calculation, Post processing of the
GPS data, Creating attribute table in GPS pro software and Export functions, GPS and
GIS integrations output preparation
iv. Field validation of satellite imagery. (20)
v. Viva voce and Report presentation
(5)

RSG 198 (Practical)

COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS & PROGRAMMING (25 marks)
Full Marks: 25. At least even number of periods to be assigned (preferably in batches). Examination Time: 2
hours. Pattern of setting questions: 20 marks compulsory questions are to be set. 5 marks are to be allocated
for Evaluation of Practical Notebook and Viva-voce. Right hand side parentheses indicate lecture /
demonstration hours.
i. Operating System: MSDOS Commands, Windows 7
ii. Office Application: Word, Spreadsheet and Slides
iii. Image Management: Scanning, Image format, Export and Import
iv. Python: Basics, Statements, Data types, logical operator, branching, Looping,
functions, plotting, reading and writing files.
(20)

Practical Notebook and Viva Voce (5)

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 S E M I I PA P E R S
SEM -II THEORY

RSG 201: (Examination Time: 2 hours)

DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING & INFORMATION EXTRACTION (50marks)
Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.
Course Outcome: Students will be able to access the satellite image data, can apply
preprocessing tools. They will learn the background algorithms, applications of such
algorithms in data processing, and image analysis. They will be able to access and analyse the
satellite and ground data. They will be able to apply basic and advance image classification
algorithm to generate various information from the satellite data.

RSG 201.1:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30
Digital Image Processing:
i. Introduction: Definition of digital image, Source of Data, Data loading, Image Restoration,
Image Reduction and Magnification
ii. Image Pre-processing: Sources of Error in image data, Image Rectification and Registration,
Resampling Techniques, Radiometric corrections
iii. Contrast Manipulation: Gray Level Thresholding, Level Slicing; Contrast Stretching – Linear
and Non-linear
iv. Spatial Texture Manipulation: Spatial filtering – Linear, High Boost, Directional and
Gradient Filters; Edge Enhancement and Fourier Analysis
v. Multi-image Manipulation: Band Ratioing and Differencing, Principal and Canonical
Components, Vegetation Components, Image Fusion; Initial Statistics Extraction:
Univariate& Multivariate Image Statistics, Band Correlation, Statistical Evaluation of Image
Quality Parameters

RSG 201.2:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Information Extraction from Satellite Images:
i. Ground Truthing: Ground Truth Collection for Image Classification, Spectral Signature, Data
Calibration, Interpretation of target Properties, Training, Verification.
ii. Thematic Image Classification: Spectral Pattern Recognition, Spatial Pattern Recognition,
Temporal Pattern Recognition, Parametric and Non-Parametric classifiers, Hard and Soft
Classification System, Advantage and Disadvantages of Different Classifiers
iii. Unsupervised Classification: Isodata, K-mean
iv. Supervised Classification System: Minimum Distance to Mean, Parallelepiped, Maximum
Likelihood, Mahalanobis Distance
v. Advanced Classification Techniques: Hybrid Classification, ANN, Spectral Mixture Analysis,
Fuzzy Classifiers, Spectral Angle Mapper, Decision Tree, Support Vector Machine, Object
Based Classification. Accuracy Assessment: Reference Data, Sampling techniques, Error of
Commission and Omission, Error Matrix, Kappa Statistics and Change Detection Analysis
Internal Assessment (10)
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RSG 202: (Examination Time: 2 hours)
ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING (50marks)
Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

Course Outcome: Students will be able to explain the energy-matter interaction mechanisms
in thermal and microwave region of the EM spectrum, the information acquires using such
imaging systems, the properties of such image data, and their data processing methodology.
They will be able to differentiate the multispectral from hyperspectral imaging systems, their
advance capability of information generation, the methods and tools for analysing the
hyperspectral data, their application areas and limitations.

RSG 202.1:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Thermal and Microwave Remote Sensing:
i. Thermal Remote Sensing: Basic Principles, Physical Laws, Blackbodies and Emissivity,
Thermal Infrared Radiation Properties, Thermal Infrared Atmospheric Windows, Interaction
of Thermal Radiation with Terrain Elements
ii. Thermal Data Processing: Thermal Energy Detectors, Thermal Radiometers, Thermal
Scanners, Interpreting Thermal Scanner imaginary, Geometric Characteristics of Thermal
Scanner Imaginary, Geometric and Radiometric Calibration of Thermal data, Applications
iii. Microwave Remote Sensing: Basic Principles, Microwave Remote Sensing and its
advantages, Active and Passive Microwave Systems
iv. Attenuation of Microwave, Surface Scattering, Volume Scattering, Types of Antenna,
Platforms and sensors, RADAR Environmental Considerations: Surface Roughness
Characteristics, Electrical Characteristics, Vegetation and Water response to Microwave
energy
v. Radar Operation, Polarization, Spatial Resolution, Radar Image Geometry, Relief
Displacement, Shadows and Speckle effect, Side Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR) Operation,
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Differential Interferometry, Applications

RSG 202.2:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing and LIDAR:
i. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Basic Concept, Advantages and Disadvantages, Multispectral
vs. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Basic principles of Spectroscopy, Hyperspectral sensors
and platforms, Sensor specifications
ii. Hyperspectral Data Processing: Atmospheric Corrections-Empirical and Physics based
Approaches, Bad band and Bad line removal
iii. Information extraction: Endmember collection, Minimum Noise Fraction, Pixel Purity Index,
N-D visualizer, ground truthing through Spectro-radiometer, Image Classification techniques
iv. Application of Hyperspectral Data: Application in Agriculture, Water, Soil and Mining
v. LIDAR: Basic Principles and advantages, Laser and Scanning System, Laser Location,
LIDAR Antenna Attitude, Types of LIDAR returns, LIDAR post processing of multiple
returns, Accuracy of LIDAR measurements, The Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor
vi. Applications of LIDAR Data: Areas of Applications with special reference to Vegetation and
Urban Infrastructure

Internal Assessment (10)

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RSG 203: (Examination Time: 2 hours)
ADVANCED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (50marks)
Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions o f
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

Course Outcome: Students will be familiar with advance GIS data analysis, identifying
the sources of errors in such data, and various approaches to minimize the data
shortcoming. They will be able to understand the concept of spatial database management,
spatial analysis and overlay operations in GIS.

RSG 203.1:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30
GIS Data Analysis:
i. Data Storage: Spaghetti Model, Topological Model, Quadtree
ii. Database Modelling: Hierarchical Model, Network Model, Relational Model
iii. Data Organization: Chain Coding, Run-length Coding, Block Coding
iv. Data Quality in GIS: Uncertainty in GIS data, Positional and Attribute Accuracy, Logical
consistency, Completeness Lineage,
v. Errors in GIS: Sources of Errors in GIS data base: Obvious sources from natural variations &
original measurements, Errors through processing, errors associated with overlaying of
polygons, Data Quality parameters

RSG 203.2:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
MODELING SPATIAL DATABASE AND ANALYSIS
i. Role of databases in GIS, Methods of GIS analysis, Selection of GIS applications, Basics of
the Geodatabase Model Geodatabase concepts. Types of Geo-database used in GIS.
ii. Spatial Database Management: Concept of Spatial Database, Database Management System,
Basic Concepts of Entity, Relationship and Primary Key, Database Structure
iii. Spatial Analysis: Types of Spatial Analysis, Measurement in GIS, Query – Query by
Attributes, Spatial Queries, Attribute Based Operation, Neighbourhood Analysis,
Connectivity Analysis, Overlay and Coverage Rebuilding
iv. Data Manipulation Techniques, Overlay Operations and Buffering, Neighbourhood functions,
Interpolation methods, Factors and Weights, Methods of Spatial analysis.
v. Introduction to Modeling & Flowcharting, Map Algebra - Operators & Operations, Functional
Operations, Modeling Essentials

Internal Assessment (10)

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RSG 204: (Examination Time: 2 hours)
CBCS- I: FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY (50marks)
Full Marks: 50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B

Course Outcome: Students will have the concept of satellite data collection, use of such
system in mapping and monitoring of various earth surface processes, uses in planning,
management and policy making processes. They will be able to understand the variables
used in GIS, their sources, their processing or analysing and representation methods. They
will also learn the principles, uses, and limitations of satellite navigational system.

RSG 204.1:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Fundamentals of Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry:
i. Concept and Scope of Remote Sensing: Definitions, Process and Characteristics of
Remote Sensing System, Advantages and limitations. Concept of Electromagnetic
Radiation (EMR)
ii. Sensor System - Framing and Scanning System, Whiskbroom scanners, Push-broom
scanners, Platforms and Sensors, Concept of False Colour Composites. Orbits and
Orbital Characteristics
iii. Introduction: Historical Development and Fundamentals of aerial photography, Scale,
Geometry and Ground Coverage of Aerial Photographs, Area calculation & Flight
Planning.
iv. Binocular and Stereoscopic vision, Conditions for Stereovision, Photographic overlap
Image, Ortho Rectification

RSG 204.2:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Fundamentals of Geographic Information System &Navigational Satellite System:
i. Basic Concepts: Definition and Components of GIS, application, Advantages and
Limitations of GIS
ii. GIS Data: Spatial and Attribute Data, Raster and Vector data structures
iii. Creating GIS Database: Sources of Data in GIS, GIS Data Input, Rectification, Methods
of Digitization, Map Composition
iv. Global Navigational Satellite System: Introduction, Satellite constellation, GPS signals
and data, Basic Concepts of NAVSTAR, GLONASS, IRNSS)
v. Applications: Mobile Mapping basic concepts and Applications, GNSS Application in
Surveying and Mapping

Internal Assessment (10)

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 SEM -II PRACTICAL

Course Outcome: Students will be able to analyse the advanced satellite and other
geospatial data. They will be also able to solve various problems in a geospatial
environment using various data processing platforms in modern computer systems.

RSG 295 (Practical)

DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING (25 marks)
Full Marks: 25.At least even number of periods to be assigned (preferably in batches).Examination Time: 2
hours. Pattern of setting questions: 20 marks compulsory questions are to be set. 5marks are to be allocated for
Evaluation of Practical Notebook and Viva-voce. Right hand side parentheses indicate lecture /
demonstration hours.
Topic to be covered
Geometric and Atmospheric Correction
Image enhancement and filtering
Available
Advanced classification techniques Software’s
Accuracy assessment, ground truthing with spectroradiometer
Algorithm Liberation, Raster calculation, Modeling.
(20)
Practical Notebook and Viva Voce (5)

RSG 296 (Practical)

ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING: DATA PROCESSING & APPLICATIONS (25
marks)
Full Marks: 25.At least even number of periods to be assigned (preferably in batches).Examination Time: 2
hours. Pattern of setting questions: 20 marks compulsory questions are to be set. 5 marks are to be allocated
for Evaluation of Practical Notebook and Viva-voce. Right hand side parentheses indicate lecture /
demonstration hours.
Topic to be covered
Atmospheric and Radiometric Correction, Image enhancement and filtering of
multispectral optical data
Hyperspectral data processing, Bad band and bad line removal, FLAASH model, Available
Endmember collection, MNF, PPI Software’s
Image classification (Unsupervised, Supervised and advanced)
Accuracy assessment, Class separability& contingency matrix
Stereo-SAR DEM generation, Rader image interpretation: Speckle suppression,
Interferogram generation, Texture analysis, Texture& Object based classification.
(20)
Practical Notebook and Viva-Voce (5)

RSG 297 (Practical)

ADVANCED GIS (25 marks)
Full Marks: 25.At least even number of periods to be assigned (preferably in batches).Examination Time: 2
hours. Pattern of setting questions: 20marks compulsory questions are to be set. 5 marks are to be allocated for
Evaluation of Practical Notebook and Viva-voce. Right hand side parentheses indicate lecture /
demonstration hours.
Topic to be covered
Vector data Export, Vector Editing, Managing Attribute Table, Thematic Maps
Charts and Diagrams generation Select and Query in vector layers, Use of SQL,
Available
Network, Neighbourhood, Buffer, Proximity [Thiessen polygon]

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Topographic & Morphometric analysis: Contours & Isopleths generation. Software’s
(20)
Practical Notebook and Viva Voce (5)

RSG 298 (Practical)

MODELING SPATIAL DATABASE AND ANALYSIS (25 marks)
Full Marks: 25. At least even number of periods to be assigned (preferably in batches). Examination Time: 2
hours. Pattern of setting questions: 20marks compulsory questions are to be set. 5 marks are to be allocated for
Evaluation of Practical Notebook and Viva-voce. Right hand side parentheses indicate lecture /
demonstration hours.
Topic to be covered
Image to Image Geo-referencing, Creation of Different types of Geo-Data base, Topology
building
Available
Errors Inspections, Corrections of errors in spatial database, Data manipulation techniques
Software’s
GIS based models: DEM, DTM, TIN etc.
Different environmental modelling: NDVI, NDBI, SAVI, NDWI, TWI etc.

(20)
Practical Notebook and Viva-Voce (5)

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 S E M I I I PA P E R S
SEM -III THEORY
RSG 301: (Examination Time: 2 hours)
APPLICATION OF GEO-INFORMATICS AND SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT
SYSTEM (50marks)
Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

Course Outcome: Students will be able to access various geospatial data, and they will learn
the integration of various data for their meaningful analysis to solve various spatial problems
or to generate various information layers. They will be able to analyse and interpret the
obtained results and to prescribe important inputs in management and policy making
processes. The students will also learn suitability analysis and recent trends in spatial data
science.

RSG 301.1:
Group A
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Application of Geo-Informatics:
i. Introduction: Emergence of Geoinformatics technology in different application areas, Indian
satellite missions with focused applications,
ii. Geo-technical Engineering & Environmental Management, Digital terrain models for
selection of dam site, road, and canal construction
iii. GNSS in plate tectonic studies in Himalayas, Predicting seismicity in peninsular region
through lineament studies
iv. Areas of Applications: Application in Disaster Management, Water, Soil, Urban Planning,
Landuse/ Landcover, Environmental Management
v. Remote Sensing in Water resource evaluation and Watershed Management, Runoff & Soil
Loss estimation based on empirical models, Remote Sensing in hydro-geomorphological
studies for ground water targeting

RSG 301.2:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Spatial Data Science and SDSS:
i. Introduction to Spatial Data Science: Basic concept and application areas, Key Elements
and types of Machine Learning (ML) techniques, predictive analysis through ML, Deep
Learning (DL) methods and application areas, Challenges in ML and DL
ii. Advanced Trends in Spatial Data Science: Geospatial Artificial Intelligence, concept of
Big Data, Potentialities of Big Data in GIS
iii. GIS and Spatial Decision Support Systems: Concept and characteristics of Spatial
Decision Support Systems (SDSS), Types of Decision Problems, Phases of Decision-
Making Process, Spatial Decision Support Systems (SDSS) and GIS, Elements and
Structure of Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA)
iv. Analytic Hierarchy Process: Standardization of Criterion Maps, Criterion Weighting

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method
Internal Assessment (10)

RSG 302: (Examination Time: 2 hours)

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, PROJECT MANAGEMENT & GEOSTATISTICS
(50marks)
Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

Course Outcome: Students will be able to identify the research problems in the field of
geoinformatics. They will learn to develop or prescribe a research approach or project
management structure starting from input data, techniques, with expected outcome. They will
be able to perform statistical analysis of the geospatial problems. They will be able
demonstrate the working principles of various data interpolation methods.

RSG 302.1:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Fundamental of Research and Geospatial Project Management
i. Research Problem: Identification and Techniques of defining a research problem,
significance of literature review
ii. Statistical Inference for Research: Concepts and Procedure concerning testing of Hypothesis,
Model Calibration and Validation
iii. Sampling Design: Steps in Sampling Design, Types of Sampling and their applications in
research, Collection of Spatial and Temporal data.
iv. Project Management: Definition and elements of Project management, Techniques of Project
Management, Roles and attributes for project manager

RSG 302.2:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Geostatistics
i. Mean centre of population & settlement and their temporal shift, Neighbourhood Analysis, Z-
Score
ii. Scatter Diagram, Bi-variate& Multiple correlation, Linear regression & Residual mapping
iii. Standard Error of Estimate, Significance Test, RMSE.
iv. Surface Modelling: Spatial autocorrelation, Variogram and its use for Interpolation
v. Role of Interpolation, Methods of Interpolation – Global and Local Deterministic Methods,
Moving Averages, Inverse Distance Interpolation, Optimal Interpolation using Geostatistics
vi. Interpolation by Kriging – different types of Kriging
vii. R programming: regression analysis

Internal Assessment (10)

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RSG 303: (EXAMINATION TIME: 2 HOURS)
ELECTIVE SPECIAL PAPER THEORY: (Any One)
Course Outcome: Students will be able to analyse various tasks to solve the problems in a
specified domain.
RSG 303A: Geoinformatics in Coastal Management
RSG 303B: Geoinformatics in Watershed Management
RSG 303C: Geo-informatics in Earth Sciences
RSG 303D: Geo-informatics in Disaster Management
RSG 303E: Geoinformatics in Soil and Agriculture
RSG 303F: Geoinformatics in Urban, Rural Development & Regional Planning
RSG 303G: Geoinformatics in Environmental Science & Management
RSG 303H: Geoinformatics in Resource Management
RSG 303I: Geoinformatics in Transport Management
RSG 303J: Geoinformatics in Utility Management

RSG 303A: GEOINFORMATICS IN COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to b e set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

RSG 303A.1
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Theoretical Considerations
i. Coastal morpho dynamics: Micro, macro and biogenic forms. Systems of change in
coasts: cyclical and progressive. Classification of coasts based on processes and
sediment characteristics.
ii. Coastal biogeography with special reference to sea weeds, mangroves, dune vegetation
and corals, Coastal pollution: Sources, impacts and management, Integrated Coastal
Management: Concepts, techniques and applications.
iii. Natural coastal hazards and their management: Sea level rise, erosion, sedimentation and
tropical cyclones, Coastal engineering and its impacts: Ports and harbours, measures for
prevention of erosion and sedimentation.
iv. Techniques of monitoring changes in coastal processes and landforms.
v. Human utilisation of coasts, environmental impacts and management: Navigation,
mining, fishing and fish-processing, off-shore oil exploitation, reclamation and tourism.
RSG 303A.2
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Potential Application areas of RS /GIS
i. Indian coast: Major environmental issues, problems and their management
ii. Application of Remote Sensing with special reference to Coastal Zone Management
iii. Monitoring Surface waters in Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ)
iv. Study of Suspended mineral in water
v. Study of Chlorophyll in water
vi. Measurement of Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
Internal Assessment (10)

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RSG 303B: GEOINFORMATICS IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

RSG 303B.1
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Water Resources and Watershed Management:
i. Surface water-ground water, water deciphering
ii. Quality inventory and monitoring, quantity assessment – Parametric watershed modeling –
dimensional consideration of basic dynamics – evaluation of hydrologic parameters
iii. Concept of watershed, Morphometric Analysis
iv. Hydro-morphogeologic interpretation techniques for targeting ground water potential zones in
alluvial, sedimentary and hard rock areas, location of aquifer
v. Watershed management, techniques of soil and water conservation.

RSG 303B.2
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Remote Sensing in Water resource Evaluation:
i. Drought & flood Assessment, flood plain mapping, soil moisture, water quality, snow &
cloud mapping.
ii. Estimation of Aquatic biodiversity, Runoff and soil loss estimation.
iii. Site location for storage and diversion projects, dam site selection, tunnel and canal alignment
iv. Case Studies.

Internal Assessment (10)

RSG 303C: GEOINFORMATICS IN EARTH SCIENCES

Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 70. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

RSG 303C.1
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 35.
Fundamentals of Earth System:
i. The Earth System: Concept of Earth System, lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere &
atmosphere, plate tectonic theory and its relationship to earthquakes, and volcanic activity.
ii. Rock Types: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, their characteristics, types and
forms, delineation on satellite images.
iii. Rock Structures: Folds, faults, joints and lineaments, field characteristics, delineation on
satellite images and analysis.
iv. Geomorphology: Fundamental concepts, geomorphic agents and processes, drainage patterns,
classification of landforms. Image characteristics of major landforms.
RSG 303C.2
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 35.
Application of Geo-informatics in Earth Science:
i. Visual/ Digital Satellite Image Interpretation: Elements of image interpretation, Digital image

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 enhancement techniques for lithological discrimination. Application of Remote Sensing in
Geological Mapping (both Lithological and Structural)
ii. Geo-technical Engineering & Environmental Management, Digital terrain models for
selection of dam site, road, and canal construction.
iii. Multivariate data modelling: Concept and application in geosciences: Disaster Management,
Landslide hazard zonation, mineral targeting. Rock Information System. GIS based
multivariate analysis in mineral targeting.
iv. Case Studies: GPS in plate tectonic studies in Himalayas, Predicting seismicity in peninsular
region through lineament studies, Study of hydro-geomorphology in West Bengal

Internal Assessment (10)

RSG 303D: GEOINFORMATICS IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

RSG 303D.1:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Fundamental concepts of hazards and disasters:
i. Introduction: Types of hazards and disasters, characterization, zonation of hazards, natural
and human induced disasters.
ii. Disaster and National losses, historical perspective of disasters in India.
iii. Disaster Management: Fundamental concept of Disaster Management, government, NGOs
and people’s participation disaster management. Existing organization structure for managing
disasters in India.
iv. Geoinformatics in disaster mitigation.

RSG 303D.2:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 35.
Application of Geo-informatics in Hazards and Disasters Management:
i. Geological Hazards: Landslide, Earthquake, Mining hazards (subsidence, flooding etc.),
Volcanic hazards, Groundwater hazards, Glacial hazards
ii. Hydro meteorological Hazards: Flash floods, River floods, Dam burst, Cloud burst,
Cyclones, Coastal hazards and Drought
iii. Environmental hazards: Forest hazards (Deforestation, Degradation and Forest fire), Land,
soil degradation, desertification and Pollution (Water, air and soil)
iv. Geospatial Applications: Monitoring and hazard zonation mapping, early warning of natural
hazard

Internal Assessment (10)

RSG 303E: GEOINFORMATICS IN SOIL AND AGRICULTURE

Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answe red. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

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RSG 303E.1:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Fundamental concepts of Soil and Agricultural Science:
i. Crops, Introduction – Yield parameters- spectral properties of crops- identification of crops
and acreage estimation
ii. Vegetation indices production forecasting through digital analysis monitoring and condition
assessment – case studies.
iii. Soils, Introduction –Soil Survey methods- soil Classification – land Evaluation- Saline,
alkaline soils- mapping using RS data

RSG 303E.2:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Application of Geo-informatics in Soil and Agriculture:
i. Problems soil identification and mapping – Soil sedimentation and erosion- Soil conservation
case studies.
ii. Damage assessment, Detection of pest and diseases- damages due to droughts and floods –
water-logging and salinity- stress detection.
iii. Integrated surveys, Integrated surveys for sustainable development – watershed approach –
Agriculture and forest development,
iv. GIS for drawing out action plans- case studies and recent development in Agro- climatic
modelling –watershed planning.

Internal Assessment (10)

RSG 303F: Option-6GEOINFORMATICS IN URBAN, RURAL DEVELOPMENT &

REGIONAL PLANNING

Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

RSG 303F.1:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Theoretical Considerations:
i. Concepts and definitions: urban, urbanization and urbanism,
ii. Origin & growth of urban settlements; bases & process of urbanisation
iii. Urbanization in India: a historical perspective
iv. Features of metropolitan development (with special reference to India), Urban Environmental
Problems in West Bengal
v. Theoretical framework of rural development and geographical perspective: Rural economy
under different production systems – experiences of developed and developing world with
examples.
vi. Growth Pole theories and the developing world, Regional Environmental Issues.
RSG 303F.2
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Potential Application areas of RS / GIS:

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 i. Analysis of rural settlement: Cause and effect associations, distribution of rural settlement
with special reference to size and spacing; Rural service centres – Nodal settlement of market
centres and growth centres – Studies on rural urban continuum.
ii. Brief introduction of Remote Sensing applications on Urban landscape
iii. Population estimates, housing quality studies, site selection processes, traffic and parking
studies,
iv. Urban & rural change detection studies, Remote sensing applications in Biological systems.

Internal Assessment (10)

RSG 303G: GEOINFORMATICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & MANAGEMENT

Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

RSG 303G.1:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Theoretical Considerations:
i. Water and the environment, R.S. of fluorescence- water quality- water pollution- pollution
sources- water runoff, Remote Sensing and Water quality management –snow surface cover-
flood prediction
ii. Soils and land forms- insects and disease- soil erosion- salinity- flood damage- soil limitation
–soil degradation using Remote Sensing and GIS.
iii. Urban environment, General consideration rural structure- urban areas- Impact of industrial
pollution- chemical effluents, land reclamation- disposal of solid waste- mining pollution

RSG 303G.2:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Application of Remote Sensing and GIS:
i. Ecology and ecosystem, Conservation and resource management – spectral reflectance from
vegetated surface- Stress monitoring- forest conservation- wild life studies- GIS for
monitoring non print source pollution.
ii. Marine environment, Sensors for environmental monitoring sensors – visible and outside
visible wave length – absorption spectrometers – selection of ground truth sites- sea truth
observations –Radar techniques for sensing ocean surfaces- thermal measurements –
application of sensing, mapping oil slicks – Chlorophyll detection- Fisheries resources-
Coastal marine studies- determination of temperature and sea state.
iii. Air pollution and global climatology, R.S. technique for Air quality monitoring- case studies-
weather forecasting and climatology- emissivity characteristics.
iv. Measurement of atmospheric temperature- composition- constituent distribution and
concentration- composition- constituent distribution and concentration- wind flows and air
circulation- Hurricane tracking – meteorological satellite systems.

Internal Assessment (10)

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RSG 303H: GEOINFORMATICS IN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

RSG 303H.1:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Concepts in Resources:
i. Resources classification systems, natural and cultural resources, renewable and non-
renewable resources.
ii. Resource Conservation: Remote sensing based Land use- Land cover mapping for resource
monitoring and management Sustainable development of natural resources.
iii. Land Resources: Introduction to soil, mineral resources, remote sensing in mapping soil
degradation, impact of surface mining on land resources,

RSG 303H.2:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Resource Management:
i. Bio-Resources: Remote sensing application in agriculture, forest resources and wildlife
habitat assessment. Mapping of forest density and type, issues in forest management.
ii. Water Resources: Remote sensing application in surface and sub-surface water resources
evaluation, water mining and pollution, issues in water resources management.
iii. Energy Resources: Coal, oil and nuclear energy, non-conventional energy resources, future
potential and requirement of energy resources. GIS in energy resources management.
iv. Geoinformatics Models in Resource Management: Forest Fire Modeling, Wild Life Habitat
Assessment Modeling, Soil Erosion Modeling, Land Resources Development Prioritization
Modeling.

Internal Assessment (10)

RSG 303I: Option-9 GEOINFORMATICS IN TRANSPORT NETWORK ANALYSIS

Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

RSG 303I.1
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Concepts in Transportation:
i. Introduction to Transportation Planning, Behavioural Issues in Transportation Studies, Public
Transportation Operations and Technology
ii. Transportation Systems: Mass Transportation Systems, Traffic Studies and Capacity,
Transportation Economics and Finance, Traffic Safety and Control
iii. Network Analysis and Transportation: Concept of networks and Network models, Network
analysis, Important applications, utilities and transportation, using network model in GIS,
Multi-modal Freight Transportation Systems Analysis

RSG 303I.2:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
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Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Transportation:
i. Transportation Modelling: Transportation Models, Simulation Analysis, Discrete Choice
Modeling for Travel Demand Forecasting
ii. Intelligent Transportation Systems: Urban Transportation Networks, Geometric Design of
Transportation Facilities, Transportation Design
iii. Planning and Execution: Airport Design and Planning, Port Design and Planning, Urban
Transport planning
iv. Applications and case studies

Internal Assessment (10)

RSG 303J: GEOINFORMATICS IN UTILITY MANAGEMENT

Full Marks50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B.

RSG 303J.1:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Concepts of Utility Management:
i. Utility, Description of all essential services and utilities, Database development and Data
Acquisition, Acquiring and integrating geospatial data, Spatial Data Bases
ii. Spatial Data Manipulation and Analysis, Geospatial system analysis and design, Geospatial
technology project, management ,Query Processor and Visualization
iii. Applications and Problem solving with GIS Electricity, Gas, Water supply, Sewerage system

RSG 303J.2:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Utility Management:
i. Solid waste disposal, Telecommunication, Public health and safety, Crime analysis
ii. Modelling in utility applications, Infrastructure aims and objectives, Environmental law and
regulations governing infrastructure utilities, Modern infrastructure tools
iii. Case study

Internal Assessment (10)

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RSG 304 :(EXAMINATION TIME: 2 HOURS)
CBCS- II: ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING AND AREAS OF APPLICATIONS (50
Marks)
Full Marks: 50. Number of lectures to be delivered for this paper is 60. Pattern of setting questions: Four
questions of 10 marks (Group A) and four questions of 10 marks (Group B) are to be set. Two questions of
10 marks and two questions of 10 marks from each of the module are to be answered. Each question is to
have at least two parts in Group A& Group B

Course Outcome: Students will have the concept of advance satellite sensors, working
principles, data acquisition and processing techniques. They will be able to demonstrate or
develop research methodology in solving geospatial problems.

RSG 304.1:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques
i. Introduction: Definition of digital image, Source of Data, Data Formats, Ground
Truthing: Ground Truth Collection for Image Classification, Image Classification
techniques, Spectral Signature
ii. Thermal Remote Sensing: Basic Principles and Applications
iii. Microwave Remote Sensing: Basic Principles, Radar Operation, Polarization, Spatial
Resolution, Radar Image Geometry, Relief Displacement, Shadows and Speckle effect,
Side Looking Radar System (SLAR) Operation, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
iv. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Basic Concept, Advantages and Disadvantages,
Multispectral vs. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Hyperspectral sensors and platforms,
Hyperspectral Data Processing, Applications of Hyperspectral Data
v. LIDAR: Basic Principles, DSM and DTM, Areas of Applications

RSG 304.2:
Full Marks: 20. Number of lectures to be delivered for each module is 30.
Application of Geo-Informatics:
i. The Earth System: Concept of Earth System, lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere &
atmosphere, Relationships in seismic wave, earthquakes and volcanic activity. Rock types
and rock Structures
ii. Geomorphology: Fundamental concepts, geomorphic agents and processes, drainage
patterns, classification of landforms
iii. Visual/ Digital Satellite Image Interpretation: Elements of image interpretation, Digital
image enhancement techniques for different environmental modelling
iv. Areas of Applications: Application in Disaster Management, Water, Soil, Urban Planning,
Environmental Management, Remote Sensing in Watershed Management, ground water
targeting

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 SEM -III PRACTICAL
Course Outcome: Students will be able perform integration of various data sources. They
became capable to performing geostatistical analysis using various commercial or open
source software or platform. The students will be able to solve numbers of problems in few
particular domains. In addition, few live-projects are assigned to students to make them more
research oriented. With the faculty advisors, they visit the field to study available natural
resources, environmental issues, societal problems through collecting several datasets,
calibration and validation of the models, and to compare with the satellite based observations.

RSG 395 (Practical)

APPLICATION OF GEO-INFORMATICS AND SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT
SYSTEM (25 marks)
Full Marks: 25. At least even number of periods to be assigned (preferably in batches).Examination Time: 2
hours. Pattern of setting questions: 20marks compulsory questions are to be set. 5 marks are to be allocated for
Evaluation of Practical Notebook and Viva-voce. Right hand side parentheses indicate lecture /
demonstration hours.

i. Application of Geo-informatics in Environmental issues, Measurement of Canopy Cover

through Leaf Area Index (LAI) Meter
ii. Morphometric analysis of terrain, satellite image-based hydro-geomorphological
interpretation for ground water targeting.
iii. Runoff & Soil Loss estimation based on empirical models.
iv. Digital terrain models for selection of dam site, road, and canal construction, Cut & Fill
analysis using DEM
v. Generating Criterion Maps, Linear Transformation Methods for Standardization of Criterion
Maps
vi. Estimation of Weights: Ranking, Rating, Pairwise Comparison and Trade-off analysis
method; Decision Rules-Simple Additive Weighting method
vii. Application of Spatial Decision Support System in Site Suitability Analysis
(20)

Practical Notebook Viva-voce (5)

RSG 396 (Practical)

GENERATION OF CASE STUDIES (COMPULSARY FIELD STUDY) (25 marks)
Full Marks: 25. At least even number of periods to be assigned (preferably in batches).Examination Time: 2
hours. Pattern of setting questions: 20marks compulsory questions are to be set. 5 marks are to be allocated for
Evaluation of Practical Notebook and Viva-voce. Right hand side parentheses indicate lecture /
demonstration hours.

i. Generation of pre-field theme maps using multi-seasonal image of an area – ground truthing
and field data collection -- Validation of the output based on post field data
ii. Output generation – finalization of Field Report and Viva-Voce
(25)

RSG 397 (Practical)

Geostatistics (25 marks)
Full Marks: 25. At least even number of periods to be assigned (preferably in batches).Examination Time: 2
hours. Pattern of setting questions: 20marks compulsory questions are to be set. 5 marks are to be allocated for
Evaluation of Practical Notebook and Viva-voce. Right hand side parentheses indicate lecture /
demonstration hours.

iii. Introduction of Statistical Software: Time series, Charts, Scatter plot with regression line, Bi-
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 variate and Multiple Correlation, Significance test, Mean Centre of Population, Z-Score
iv. Principal Component analysis
v. IDW and Krigging through GIS softwares
vi. Extraction of image statistics and regression analysis using R
(20)
Practical Notebook and Viva-Voce (5)

RSG 398 (Practical)

ELECTIVE SPECIAL PAPER THEORY: (Any One)
RSG 398A: Geoinformatics in Coastal Management
RSG 398B: Geoinformatics in Watershed Management
RSG 398C: Geo-informatics in Earth Sciences
RSG 398D: Geo-informatics in Disaster Management
RSG 398E: Geoinformatics in Soil and Agriculture
RSG 398F: Geoinformatics in Urban, Rural Development & Regional Planning
RSG 398G: Geoinformatics in Environmental Science & Management
RSG 398H: Geoinformatics in Resource Management
RSG 398I: Geoinformatics in Transport Management
RSG 398J: Geoinformatics in Utility Management

Full Marks: 25. At least even number of periods to be assigned (preferably in batches).Examination Time: 2
hours. Pattern of setting questions: 20marks compulsory questions are to be set. 5 marks are to be allocated for
Evaluation of Practical Notebook and Viva-voce. Right hand side parentheses indicate lecture /
demonstration hours.
Generation of Case Studies
Based on primary or secondary data case studies to be generated on respective themes, Validation of
the output based on post field data, Output generation – finalization
(20)
Practical Notebook and Viva-Voce (5)

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 SEM IV
RSG 401: RESEARCH DISSERTATION (200marks)

Course Outcome: The individual student will be able to identify a small research problem,
and try to generate a geospatial solution of the problem.

RSG 401 (GROUP A & B)

RSG 401.1: Dissertation Examination 100 + RSG 401.2: Dissertation Viva-Voce 100
• Dissertation consisting of relevance of the problem to be studied and its aims and
objectives, Methodology adopted to study such problem
• Chapter Scheme
➢ Problem Definition
➢ Objective
➢ Review of Literature
➢ Database and Methodology
➢ Result and Discussion

• Presentation
ON SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF THE TAUGHT COMPONENT OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL
NORMALLY PROCEED TO THE M.SC. RESEARCH DISSERTATION WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF
FOURTH SEMESTER. THIS SHOULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL PIECE OF RESEARCH WORK, WHICH BOTH REINFORCES
THE SKILLS LEARNED IN THE TAUGHT COMPONENT OF THE COURSE AND PROVIDES A GENUINE OPPORTUNITY
TO UNDERTAKE VALUABLE RESEARCH. EACH STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO DEFEND HIS / HER THESIS THROUGH A
PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF AN EXTERNAL EXPERT AND FACULTY AND STUDENTS.

RSG 402: GRAND VIVA (100marks)

Grand viva will be based on the overall understanding of the subject in front of external
and internal examiner

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 LIST OF REFERENCES:

RSG 101: FUNDAMENTALS OF REMOTE SENSING

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Jensen, J.R., 2000. Remote sensing of the environment: An earth resource perspective,
Prentice Hall, Upper saddle river, NJ,
2. Joseph, George, (2003), Fundamental of Remote Sensing, University Press (India) Pvt. Ltd,
Orient Longman Pte. Ltd., Hyd
3. erabad, India
4. Lillesand, T.M. and Kieffer, R.W., 2003. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 5th
Edition., Wiley, New York
5. Panda, B. C., 2008. Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications, Viva Books Private
Limited, India

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Avery, T.E., and G.L.Berlin, Fundamental of remote sensing and airphoto interpretation,5thed,
Macmillan, New York,1992
2. Barrett,E.C., and L.F.Curtis, Introduction to environmental remote sensing, 3rded, Chapman
and Hall, New York,1992
3. Campbell J.B. (2002) Introduction to Remote Sensing, 3rd ed., The Guilford Press.
4. Canada Center for Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing Tutorial
5. Cracknelll, A.P., and L.W.B.Hayes, Introduction to remote sensing, Taylor and Francis,
Washington, DC,1991
6. Curran, P.J. (1980) Mulltispectral remote sensing of vegetation amount, Progress in Physical
Geography, 4:315
7. Curran, P.J. (1988) Principles of Remote Sensing, ELBS Edn. Longman Group UK Ltd.
8. Guha, P.K. (2003) Remote Sensing for the Beginner, Affiliated East-West Press Pvt. Ltd.,
New Delhi
9. Jensen J.R. (2005) Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective, 3rd ed., Prentice
Hall.
10. Jensen J.R. (2007) Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective, 2nd
ed., Prentice Hall.
11. John, R. J., Introductory Digital Image Processing – A Remote Sensing Perspective, Prentice
Hall Series
12. Muralikrishna V., Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing Applications,
Allied Publishers Private Limited.
13. Nag P. and Kudrat M., Digital Remote Sensing, New Delhi, Concept Publishing.
14. Reeves, Robert G., “Manual of Remote Sensing, Vol. I, American Society of
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
15. Richards J.A. and Jia X. (2006) Remote Sensing Digital Image Analysis: An Introduction, 4th
ed., Springer

RSG 102: FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS &DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHY

TEXT BOOKS:

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 1. Anson, R.W. &Ormeling, F.J. (1993), Basic Cartography, Vol. 1, 2nd ed., Elsevier Applied
Science Publishers, London.
2. Burrough, Peter A. and Rachael McDonnell, 1998, ‘Principles of Geographical Information
Systems’ Oxford University Press, New York.
3. C.P.Lo and Albert K.W.Yeung 2005 “Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information
Systems” Prentice Hall of India,New Delhi.
4. Chakraborty and Sahoo, 2008, Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, Viva
Books Private Limited, India
5. Magwire, D. J., Goodchild, M.F. and Rhind, D. M. Ed. 1991, ‘Geographical Information
Systems: Principles and Applications', Longman Group, U.K.
6. Robinson A.H. & Morrison J.L, (1995) Elements of Cartography, John Wiley & Sons

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Chaisman, N. 1992: Exploring Geographical Information Systems, John Wiley and Sons Inc.,
New York: 198p.
2. Chrisman, N.R. (1997) Exploring Geographic Information Systems. John Wiley andSons.
3. DeMers, M.N.,Fundamentals of geographic information system, Wiley, New York, 1997
4. ESRI (2004) ESRI Cartography: Capabilities and Trends, Redlands, CA, White Paper.
5. Foresman,T.W.(ed)History of GIS, Prentice-Hall, Upper saddle river, NJ,1998
6. Harvey, F. 2008, A Primer of GIS: Fundamental Geographic and Cartographic Concepts, The
Guilford Press, New York.
7. Humhold.W.E., 1991. An introduction to urban geographic information system, Oxford
University press, New York
8. Ian Masser& Michael Blakemore., 1991, Handling Geographical Information: Methodology
and Potential Applications, Ed.
9. Imus D. and Dunlavey P. (2002) Back to the Drawing Board: Cartography vs the Digital
Workflow, MT, Hood, Oregon.
10. Kang-tsung Chang 2002, ‘Introduction to Geographic Information Systems’ Tata McGraw
Hill, New Delhi.
11. Keates, J.S. (1973): Cartographic Design and production, London, Longman
12. MacEachren A.M. (1994) Some Truth with Maps: A Primer on Symbolization and Design,
University Park: The Pennsylvania State University.
13. Maguire, D.J., Goodchild, M.F. and Rhind, D.W. (eds.) (1991) Geographical Information
Systems: Principles and Applications. Avon, Longman Scientific and Technical.
14. Martin, D. (1991) Geographical Information Systems and their Socioeconomic Applications.
London, Routledge.
15. Menno-Jan Kraak&FerojanOrmeling, 2003, Cartography – Visualisation of Geospatial data,
2ndEdn, , Pearson Education Ltd.
16. Mishra, R.P. and. A. Ramesh, Fundamentals of Cartography , Concept Publishing House,
New Delhi – 110059
17. Monkhouse F.J. and Wilkinson, H.R. 1971. : Maps and Diagrams: Their Compilation and
Construction, B.I. Publications Private Limited, New Delhi: 527p.
18. Muralikrishna V., Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing Applications,
Allied Publishers Private Limited.
19. Peterson, M.P. (1995) “Interactive and Animated Cartography” Upper Sadde River, NJ:
Prentice Hall.

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 20. Peuquet, D.J. and Marble, D.F. (eds.) (1990) Introductory Readings in Geographic
Information Systems. London, Taylor and Francis.
21. Ramesh, P. A. (2000): Fundamentals of Cartography, Concept Publishing Co., New Delhi.
22. Rampal, K.K. (1993): Mapping and Compilation, Concept Publishing Co.,New Delhi.
23. Slocum T. (2003) Thematic Cartography and Geographic Visualization, Upper Saddle River,
New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
24. Wilford J.N. (2000) The Mapmakers, Vintage Books.

RSG 103: PHOTOGRAMMETRY, SURVEYING AND GPS

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Hussain, S.K. and Nagaraj, M.S. 1992 :Text Book of Surveying, S. Chand & Co. Ltd., New
Delhi:
2. Joseph, George, (2003), Fundamental of Remote Sensing, University Press (India) Pvt. Ltd,
Orient Longman Pte. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
3. Kanetkar, T.P. and Kulkatni, S. V. 1.988: Surveying and Levelling, Part I, Pune
VidyarthiGrihaPrakashan, Pune: 608p.
4. Lillesand, T.M. and Kieffer, R.W., 2003. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 5th
Edition., Wiley, New York
5. Panda, B. C., 2008. Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications, Viva Books Private
Limited, India
6. Terry-Karen Steede, 2002, Integrating GIS and the Global Positioning System, ESRI Press
7. Wolf P.R. (1983) Elements of Photgrammetry, McGraw-Hill, NY.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Alvi, Z. 1995: Statistical Geography: Methods and Applications, Rawat Pub. New Delhi:
194p.
2. American society of photogrammetry (ASP), Manual of remote sensing, second edition, ASP,
Falls church,VA,1983
3. Burnside C.D. (1985) Mapping from Aerial Photography, 2nd Ed, Collins.
4. Campbell J.B. (2002) Introduction to Remote Sensing, 3rd ed., The Guilford Press.
5. Digital Photogrammetry, Michel Kasse and Yves Egles, Taylor & Francis, 2001.
6. Digital Photogrammetry, Theory and Application, Eilifried Linder, Springer, 2003.
7. Elements of Photogrammetry with Applications in GIS (3rd Ed.) by Wolf P. and DeWitt B.,
McGraw-Hill, 2000.
8. Elfic, M.H., Fryer, J.G. Brinkner, R.C. and Wolf, P.R. 1994: Elementary Surveying, 8th
edition, Harper Collins Publishers, London: 510 p.
9. Floyd F.S. ( ) Remote Sensing: Principles and Interpretation New York, WH Freeman and
Company.
10. Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Insights into GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Compass and
Others by BasudebBhatta, CRC Press.
11. GNSS – Global Navigation Satellite Systems, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and more by
Hofmann-Wellenhof, Bernhard, Lichtenegger, Herbert, Wasle, Elmar, SPRINGER.
12. GPS: Theory, Algorithms and Applications by GuochangXu, Artech House, 2009.
13. Introduction to GPS: The Global Positioning System, by Ahmed El-Rabbany, ARTECH
House.
14. Introduction to Modern Photogrammetry by Edward M.Mikhail, JananS.Bethel& Chris
McGlone, Wiley & Sons Inc,2000.

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 15. Kellaway, G.P. 1979: Map Projections, 1st Indian edition, B.I. Publication, Delhi.
16. Kochher, C.L. 1993 : A Text Book of Surveying, S.K. Katariya& Sons, Delhi:
17. Leicka. A.: GPS Satellite Surveying, John Wiley & Sons, use. New York
18. Lillesand, T.M. and Kieffer, R.W., 2003. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 5th
Edition., Wiley, New York
19. Menno-Jan Kraak&FerojanOrmeling, 2003, Cartography – Visualisation of Geospatial data,
2ndEdn, , Pearson Education Ltd.
20. Mishra, R.P. and. A. Ramesh, Fundamentals of Cartography , Concept Publishing House,
New Delhi – 110059
21. Moffitt F.H. (1980) Photogrammetry, 3rd Ed, Harper & Row, NY.
22. N.K.Agrawal Essentials of GPS, Spatial Network Pvt Ltd 2004
23. Paul J.C. ( ) Principles of Remote Sensing UK, ELBS.
24. Photogrammetry: Geometry from Images and Laser Scans by Kraus, Karl, de Gruyter
Publishers.
25. Principles of GNSS, Inertial, and Multi-sensor Integrated Navigation Systems by Paul D.
Groves, ARTECH House.
26. Punmia, B.C, Surveying (vol I, and II ), Standard book House, Nayasarak, New Delhi
27. Robinson, A.H., Sale, R.D., Morrison, J. 1984 : Elements of Cartography, Wiley, New York:
28. Roy, P. 1988 : An Analytical Study of Map Projections, Volume 1, Kolkata:
29. Saha, Pijushkanti& P. Basu, 2004, Advanced Practical Geography – A Laboratory Manual
Books & Allied (P) Ltd.
30. Sarkar, A. 1997 : Practical Geography: A Systematic Approach, Orient Longman Ltd.,
Hyderabad:
31. Sheffield, C. (1983) Man on Earth, Sidgwick and Jackson, London
32. Shepherd, F.A. 1983 : Engineering Surveying, Edward Arnold, London:
33. Singh, N. Surveying, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi:
34. Singh, R.L &Dutt. P.K, “Elements of Practical geography”, Students Friends Allahabad
35. Singh, R.L. and Singh, R.P.B. 1991: Elements of Practical Geography, Kalyani Pub. New
Delhi: 421p.
36. Steers, J.A. 1965 : An Introduction to Map Projections, 14th ion, University of London Press,
London:
37. Terry-Karen Steede, 2002, Integrating GIS and the Global Positioning System, ESRI Press
38. Understanding GPS: Principles and Applications by Elliott D.Kaplan, Artech House, 2005.
39. Venkatramaiah, C. 1996: A Textbook of Surveying, Universities Press / Orient Longman
Ltd., Hyderabad: 76p.
40. Walford, P., 1995: Geographical Data Analysis, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York: 446p.
41. www.trimble.com/index.htm
42. Zorn H.C. (1980) Introductory Course in Photogrammetry, 6th Ed. ITC, Netherlands.

RSG 104: COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS & PROGRAMMING

TEXT BOOKS:
1. E Balaguruswamy “ Programming in ANSI C ” TMH 2nd Edition 2000
2. EvangelosPetroutsos “Mastering Visual Basic 6.0” , BPB Publications, Edition 1998
3. MohmmedAzam“Programming with VB 6.0 “,Vikash Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
4. Rajaraman Y., “Fundamentals of Computers”, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1999.

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REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Mano, M., Digital Logic and Computer Design
2. Pal, S.K. 1999: Statistics for Geoscientists, Concept publishing Company, New Delhi: 423p.
3. Peter Norton and Michael Groh, “Guide to Visual Basic 6”, Techmedia, SAMS, Seventh
Edition
4. R G Dromey, “How to solve it by Computer”, PHI, Edition 1999
5. Scott Warner, “Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6.0”, TMH, 1999.
6. Walford, P., 1995: Geographical Data Analysis, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York: 446p.
7. YashwantKanetkar, “Let us C”, BPB Publications, 2001

RSG 201: DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING AND INFORMATION EXTRACTION

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Jensen J.R. (2005) Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective, 3rd ed., Prentice
Hall.
2. Jensen J.R. (2007) Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective, 2nd
ed., Prentice Hall.
3. Joseph, George, (2003), Fundamental of Remote Sensing, University Press (India) Pvt. Ltd,
Orient Longman Pte. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
4. Lillesand, T.M. and Kieffer, R.W., 2003. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 5th
Edition., Wiley, New York
5. Panda, B. C., 2008. Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications, Viva Books Private
Limited, India

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Campbell J.B. (2002) Introduction to Remote Sensing, 3rd ed., The Guilford Press.
2. Campbell, James B., Introductory Remote Sensing: Principles and Concepts, Routledge.
3. Castleman, K.R. (1979) Digital Image Processing. Prentice Hall Inc, New Jersey.
4. Cracknelll, A.P., and L.W.B.Hayes, Introduction to remote sensing, Taylor and Francis,
Washington, DC,1991
5. Curran, P.J. (1980) Mulltispectral remote sensing of vegetation amount, Progress in Physical
Geography, 4:315
6. Curran, P.J. (1988) Principles of Remote Sensing, ELBS Edn. Longman Group UK Ltd.
7. Gibson, P.J., Introduction to Remote Sensing, 2nd ed., Taylor & Francis, London.
8. John R.J. (2000). Introductory Digital Image Processing: Remote Sensing Perspective, New
Jerysey, Prentice Hall.
9. Nag P. and Kudrat M. Digital Remote sensing New Delhi: Concept Publishing.
10. Rafael C.G. and Woods R.E. (1992) Digital Image Processing.
11. Rencz, Andrew N. (Ed), Remote Sensing for the Earth Sciences: Manual of Remote Sensing,
3rd ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.
12. Sabins, Floyd F., Remote Sensing: Principles and Interpretation, H. Freeman and C., New
York.
13. Umbaugh S.E (2005) Computer Imaging: Digital Image Analysis and Processing.
14. William K.P. (1978) Digital Image Processing.

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RSG 202: ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Jensen J.R. (2005) Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective, 3rd ed., Prentice
Hall.
2. Jensen J.R. (2007) Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective, 2nd
ed., Prentice Hall.
3. Joseph, George, (2003), Fundamental of Remote Sensing, University Press (India) Pvt. Ltd,
Orient Longman Pte. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
4. Lillesand, T.M. and Kieffer, R.W., 2003. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 5th
Edition., Wiley, New York
5. Panda, B. C., 2008. Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications, Viva Books Private
Limited, India

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Campbell J.B. (2002) Introduction to Remote Sensing, 3rd ed., The Guilford Press.
2. Cracknell A.P. (ed) Remote Sensing in Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology,
Chichester, Ellis Horwood Limited.
3. Digital Elevation Model Technologies and Applications: The DEM Users Manual,
4. Ghassem A. Theory and Applications of Optical Remote Sensing, New York, John Wiley and
Sons.
5. Hyperspectral Data Exploitation: Theory and Applications by Chein-I Chang,Wiley& Sons
Ltd.
6. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Tropical and Subtropical Forests by Margaret Kalacska and
G. Arturo Sanchez‑Azofeifa., CRC Press.
7. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications by Marcus Borengasser, William
S. Hungate, and Russell Watkins, CRC Press.
8. Imaging Radar (Manual of Remote Sensing, Volume 2) by Henderson F.M. and Lewis A.J.
(3rd Ed.), Wiley, 1998.
9. Imaging with Synthetic Aperture Radar by Didier Massonnet, Jean-Claude Souyris, CRC
Press, 2008.
10. Introduction to Microwave Remote Sensing by Iain H. Woodhouse, CRC, 2004.
11. Maune, D. F. and Bethesda, M.D. (2nd Ed.), American Society for Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing. 2007.
12. Microwave Remote Sensing: Active and Passive, from Theory Applications by Ulaby F.T.,
Moore R.K. and Fung A.K., Artech House Publishers, 1986.
13. Polarimetric Radar Imaging. From Basics to Applications by Lee, J.-S. andPottier, E., CRC
Press, 2009.
14. Skolnik and Merrill I. Introduction to Radar Systems, McGraw-Hill (1st ed., 1962; 2nd ed.,
1980; 3rd ed., 2001).
15. Techniques and Applications of Hyperspectral Image Analysis by Hans F. Grahn and Paul
Geladi, Wiley & Sons Ltd.
16. Topographic Laser Ranging and Scanning, Principles and Processing, Shan, J. and C. Toth,
Taylor & Francis, 2008.
17. Understanding Synthetic Aperture Radar Images by Olivie, C. and Quegan, S. Scitech, 2004.

RSG-203: ADVANCED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Burrough, Peter A. and Rachael McDonnell, 1998, ‘Principles of Geographical Information
Systems’ Oxford University Press, New York.

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 2. C.P.Lo and Albert K.W.Yeung 2005 “Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information
Systems” Prentice Hall of India,New Delhi.
3. Chakraborty and Sahoo, 2008, Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, Viva
Books Private Limited, India
4. Magwire, D. J., Goodchild, M.F. and Rhind, D. M. Ed. 1991, ‘Geographical Information
Systems: Principles and Applications', Longman Group, U.K.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. A. Silberschats, Henry F. Korth “Database System Concepts”, 3rd Edition, TMH, 1998
2. Bonham Carter G.F (1994) GIS for Geoscientists: Modeling with GIS Pergamon Publications.
3. Chaisman, N. 1992: Exploring Geographical Information Systems, John Wiley and Sons Inc.,
New York: 198p.
4. Chrisman, N.R. (1997) Exploring Geographic Information Systems. John Wiley and Sons.
5. David J Maguire, Michael F Goodchaild and David W Rahind., 1991, Geographical
Information System, Ed.
6. DeMers, M.N.,Fundamentals of geographic information system, Wiley, New York, 1997
7. Foresman,T.W.(ed)History of GIS, Prentice-Hall, Upper saddle river, NJ,1998
8. Goodchild, M.F. (1978) - Statistical Aspects of the Polygon Overlay Problems, in Harvard
papers on GIS, Ed. G. Dulton, Vol. 6, Addison Wesley, Reading Press.
9. Humhold.W.E., 1991. An introduction to urban geographic information system, Oxford
University press, New York
10. Huxhold, W.E. (1991) An Introduction to Urban Information Systems. New York, OUP.
11. Ian Masser& Michael Blakemore., 1991, Handling Geographical Information: Methodology
and Potential Applications, Ed.
12. Kang-tsung Chang 2002, ‘Introduction to Geographic Information Systems’ Tata McGraw
Hill, New Delhi.
13. Laurini, R. and Thompson, D. (1992) Fundamentals of Spatial Information Systems. London,
Academy Press.
14. Mac Donald, A. 1999, Building a Geodatabase, Redlands CA: ESRI Press.
15. Maguire, D.J., Goodchild, M.F. and Rhind, D.W. (eds.) (1991) Geographical Information
Systems: Principles and Applications. Avon, Longman Scientific and Technical.
16. Martin, D. (1991) Geographical Information Systems and their Socioeconomic Applications.
London, Routledge.
17. Mary Summer, Computers: Concepts and Uses, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs. New Jersey.
18. Muralikrishna V., Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing Applications,
Allied Publishers Private Limited.
19. Peuquet, D.J. and Marble, D.F. (eds.) (1990) Introductory Readings in Geographic
Information Systems. London, Taylor and Francis.
20. Samet, H. 1990, The Design and Analysis of Spatial Data Structures, Addison–Wesley.
21. Sanghavi, Hitesh (1998) Oracle Miracles, Express computers methods, 1998.

RSG-204: CBCS I: FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY

TEXT BOOKS:
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 1. Jensen, J.R., 2000. Remote sensing of the environment: An earth resource perspective,
Prentice Hall, Upper saddle river, NJ,
2. Lillesand, T.M. and Kieffer, R.W., 2003. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 5th
Edition., Wiley, New York
3. Burrough, Peter A. and Rachael McDonnell, 1998, ‘Principles of Geographical Information
Systems’ Oxford University Press, New York.
4. C.P.Lo and Albert K.W.Yeung 2005 “Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information
Systems” Prentice Hall of India,New Delhi.
5. Wolf P.R. (1983) Elements of Photgrammetry, McGraw-Hill, NY.
6. Hussain, S.K. and Nagaraj, M.S. 1992 :Text Book of Surveying, S. Chand & Co. Ltd., New
Delhi:

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Panda, B. C., 2008. Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications, Viva Books Private
Limited, India
2. Joseph, George, (2003), Fundamental of Remote Sensing, University Press (India) Pvt. Ltd,
Orient Longman Pte. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
3. Chakraborty and Sahoo, 2008, Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, Viva
Books Private Limited, India

RSG 301: APPLICATION OF GEOINFORMATICS & SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT

SYSTEMa
TEXT BOOKS:
1. An Introduction to Database Systems by C.J.Date, A. Kannan S. Swamynathan (8th Ed.),
Pearson Education, 2009.
2. Database Management Systems by Raghu Ramakrishnan, Johannes Gehrke, McGraw-Hill,
2002.
3. Jenson J.R. 2000. Remote Sensing of the environment – An Earth Resource Perspective,
Prentice Hall Inc.
4. Lillisand, T. M. and Keifer, R. W. 1994. Remote Sensing and Image interpretation', John
Willey and Sons, New York, Third Edition
5. Malczewski, J. 1999 GIS and Multicriteria Decision Analysis, John Willey and Sons, New
York

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. An Introduction to Database Systems by C.J.Date, A. Kannan S. Swamynathan (8th Ed.),
Pearson Education, 2009.
2. Bonczek, R.H., C.W. Holsapple, and A.B. Whinston, 1981. Foundations of Decision Support
Systems, Academic Press, New York. Basic text on DSS.
3. Database Management Systems by Raghu Ramakrishnan, Johannes Gehrke, McGraw-Hill,
2002.
4. Fundamentals of Database Systems by Elmasri and Navathe, (6th Ed.), Addison-Wesley,
2011.
5. Geoffrion, A.M., 1983. "Can OR/MS evolve fast enough?" Interfaces 13:10. Source for six
essential characteristics of DSS.

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 6. House, W.C. (ed.), 1983. Decision Support Systems, Petrocelli, New York. Basic DSS text.
7. P.S.
Roy (2000). Natural Disaster and their mitigation. Published by Indian Institute of Remote
Sensing (IIRS), 2000.
8. Schultz
, G. A. and Engman, E. T. 2000. Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Water Management,
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
9. Spatial Technologies for Natural Hazard Management. Proceedings of ISRS National
Symposium, Nov. 21-22, 2000, IIT, Kharagpur.
10. Sprague, R.H., 1980. "A framework for the development of decision support systems,"
Management Information Sciences Quarterly 4:1-26. Source for DSS development model.
11. Sprague, R.H., and Carlson, E.D., 1982. Building Effective Decision Support Systems,
Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs NJ. Basic DSS text.

RSG 302: FUNDAMENTAL OF RESEARCH & GEOSTATISTICS

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Kothari, C. R., 1985. Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques, New Age
International Pvt. Ltd.
2. Mishra, R. C. and Soota, T., 2005, Modern Project Management, New Age International Ltd.
3. Murthy, C., 2009, Research Methodology, Vrinda Publications Ltd.
4. W.E. Huxold& A.G. LerinsonsAronoft.S.(1989) Managing Geographic Information Projects.
5. Alvi, Z. 1995: Statistical Geography: Methods and Applications, Rawat Pub. New Delhi
6. Burrough, P.A. and McDonnel, R.A., 2007, Principles of Geographical Information Systems,
3e, Oxford University Press, New York.
7. Chiles, J.P. (1999). Geo-statistics: Modelling spatial uncertainty, Wiley Interscience Publ.
8. Isaaks, E.H. and Srivastava, R.M., 1989, Applied Geostatistics, Oxford University Press, New
York, 561pp.
9. Longley, P. and Batty, M. (eds.), 1996, Spatial Analysis: Modelling in a GIS Environment,
Geoinformation International, Cambridge, 392pp.
10. Pal, S.K. 1999 : Statistics for Geoscientists, Concept publishing Company, New Delhi
11. Sharma, D.D. (2002). Geo-statistics with application in Earth Sciences, Capital Publ.
12. Silk, J. 1979 : Statistical techniques in Geography, George Allen and Unwin, London
13. Walford, P.,1995: Geographical Data Analysis, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Ahuja, R., 2010. Research Methods, Rawat Publication.
2. Beer D. (1991) Writing and Speaking in the Technology Professions: A Practical Guide,
Wiley-IEEE Press.
3. Bennet P. Lientz& Kathryn P. (1995) Project Management for the 21st Century, Academic
Press, California
4. Berkun, Scott (2005). Art of Project Management. Cambridge, MA: O'Reilly Media.
5. Earickson, R,. and Harlin, J. (1994) Geographic Measurement & Quantitative Analysis,
Macmillan, N.York
6. Kerzner, Harold (2003). Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling,
and Controlling, 8th Ed., Wiley.
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7. Lewis, James (2002). Fundamentals of Project Management, 2nd ed., American Management
Association.
8. Markel M. (1994) Writing in the Technical Fields: A Step-by-Step Guide for Engineers,
Scientists and Technicians, publisher.
9. Markel M. (2009) Technical Communications, 9th Edition, Bedford/St Martin’s.
10. Meredith, Jack R. and Mantel, Samuel J. (2002). Project Management: A Managerial
Approach, 5th ed., Wiley. ISBN 0-471-07323-7.
11. Rossiter, D. G. 2003. Introduction to the R Project for Statistical Computing for use at ITC.
Enschede (NL): International Institute for Geo-information Science & Earth Observation
(ITC). URL: http://www.itc.nl/personal/rossiter/teach/R/RIntro_ITC.pdf
12. Rossiter, D. G. 2004. Statistical methods for accuracy assesment of classified thematic maps.
Technical note, International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation
(ITC). URL: http://www.itc.nl/personal/rossiter/teach/R/R_ac.pdf 158
http://courses.washington.edu/hcde231/Readings.html
http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/629/01/
http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/exercises/
13. Das, N.G., 1997, Statistical Methods: Part I, M. Das and Company, Calcutta.
14. Das, N.G., 1997, Statistical Methods: Part II, M. Das and Company, Calcutta.
15. Geostatistics for Environmental Scientists by R. Webster and M.A. Oliver, (2nd Ed.) Wiley,
2007.
16. Gregory, S. (1978): Statistical Methods for Geographers, Longman
17. Hierarchical Modeling and Analysis for Spatial Data by Banerjee, Carlin and Gelfand,
Chapman and Hall, 2004.
18. Interpolation of Spatial Data by Stein, Springer, 1999.
19. Khan, N., 2002, Quantitative Methods in Geographical Research, Concept Publishing
Company, New Delhi.
20. Mehmood, A., 2002, Statistical Methods in Geographical Studies, Rajesh Publication, New
Delhi.
21. Multivariate Geostatistics: An introduction with Applications by Hans Wakernagel, Springer,
(3rd Ed.), 2003.
22. Murray R. Spiegel, (1981), Theory and Problems of Statistics , Schaum’s Outline Series
23. Paul L. Meyer: Introductory Probability and Statistical Applications, Addison Wesley
24. Peterson, M.P. (1995) “Interactive and Animated Cartography” Upper Sadde River, NJ:
Prentice Hall.
25. Saha, Pijushkanti& P. Basu, 2004, Advanced Practical Geography – A Laboratory Manual
Books & Allied (P) Ltd.
26. Sarkar, A. 1997 : Practical Geography: A Systematic Approach, Orient Longman Ltd.,
Hyderabad:
27. Singh, R.L. and Singh, R.P.B. 1991: Elements of Practical Geography, Kalyani Pub. New
Delhi: 421p.
28. Spatial statistics: geospatial Information Modeling and Thematic Mapping by Mohammed A
Kalkhan, CRC Press, 2011.
29. Statistics for Spatial Data by Cressie, Wiley, 1993.
30. Walford N. (2011) Practical Statistics for Geographers and Earth Scientists, John Wiley &
Sons, New Jersey, USA.

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 31. Williams R.B.G. (1984) Introduction to Statistics for Geographers and Earth Scientists,
Macmillan, London.
32. Wrigley N. (1985) Categorical Data Analysis for Geographers and Environmental Scientists,
Longman, Harlow.
33. Zhang C. (2007) Fundamentals of Environmental Sampling and Data Analysis, John Wiley &
Sons, NJ, USA.
RSG 303 ELECTIVE PAPERS
GEOINFORMATICS IN COASTAL MANAGEMENT
1. Carter, R. W. G., 1989. Coastal Environments: An Introduction to Physical, Ecological and
Cultural Systems of Coastlines, Academic Press Ltd.
2. Paul, A., 2002. Coastal Geomorphology and Environment, ACB Publications, Kolkata, 582p
3. Paul, A., 2005. Tsunami-an assessment of disasters, ACB Publications, Kolkata, 125p
4. Pethic, J., 1983. An Introduction to Coastal Geomorphology, Arnold Publishers
5. Woodrooffe, C., 2002. Coasts-form, process and evolution, Cambridge University
Publications, 688p

GEOINFORMATICS IN EARTH SCIENCES

1. Drury, S.A. 1993. Image interpretation in geology, Chapman & Hall India.
2. Jenson, J.R. 2000. Remote Sensing of the environment – An Earth Resource Perspective,
Prentice Hall Inc.
3. Lillisand, T. M. and Keifer, R. W. 1994. Remote Sensing and Image interpretation', John
Willey and Sons, New York, Third Edition
4. Murk & Skinner. 1999. Geology Today- Understanding our planet, John Wiley and Sons Inc,
New York
5. Pandey, S. N. 1987. Principal and applications of photogeology. New Delhi: Eastern Wiley.
6. Sabins, Floyd F. 1986. Remote Sensing: Principles and Interpretation, 2nd ed., Freeman, New
York.
7. Thornbury, W. D. (I960): Principles of Geomorphology, John Wiley and Sons, New York

GEOINFORMATICS IN URBAN, RURAL DEVELOPMENT & REGIONAL PLANNING

1. Brench M.C., City Planning and Aerial Information, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1971

GEOINFORMATICS IN FOREST MANAGEMENT

2. Baretl, E.C. and Culis I.F. Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing, Second edition,
Chapman and Hall, New York, 1993.
3. Simmons, T.G. The Ecology of Natural Resources, Edword Arnold, London, 1974.

GEOINFORMATICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & MANAGEMENT

1. Baretl, E.C. and Culis I.F. Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing, Second edition,
Chapman and Hall, New York, 1993.
2. Lintz, J.andSimonent,D.S. Remote Sensing of environment Addision Wesley, Rading mars,
1976.

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GEOINFORMATICS IN TRANSPORT NETWORK ANALYSIS
1. Network Analysis in Geography. St Martin's Press Haggett P, Chorley R J
2. Spatial Processes: Models and Applications. Pion Cliff A D, Ord J K

GEOINFORMATICS IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

1. Dutta, D., Sharma, J.R. and Adiga, S. (2002). Watershed characterization, development
planning, and monitoring- Remote sensing approaches, Tech. Report, ISRO-NNRMS-TR-
103-2002.
2. Manual of Remote Sensing, vol-II, Chapter on “Water Resources Assesment”. American
Society of Photogrammtery.
3. Murthy, J. V. S. 1994. Watershed Management in India. Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi.
4. Schultz, G. A. and Engman, E. T. 2000. Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Water
Management, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
5. Schultz, G.A. &Engman, E.T., 2000. Remote Sensing in hydrology and water management,
Springer-Verlang, Berlin, Germany.
6. Todd David Keith. 1980. Groundwater Hydrology, John Wiley & Sons, New York, Second
Edition.

GEOINFORMATICS IN UTILITY MANAGEMENT

1. Escritt, L. B., Water Supply and Building Sanitation, 4th Ed., Mac Donald and Evans Limited,
1972
2. Hammer, Mark J., Water and wastewater Technology, 2 nd Ed., John Willey and Sons Inc.,
1986.
3. Harries K (1999) Mapping Crime: Principle and Practice. Washington, DC: Crime Mapping
Research Center, Department of Justice
4. Hodder I, Orton C (1979) Spatial Analysis in Archaeology. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press

GEOINFORMATICS IN AGRICULTURE
1. GhassemAsrar, Theory and application of optical remote sensing. John Wiley & Sons, New
York, 1989.
2. Space Applications Centre- Manual of procedure for Forest mapping and Damage Detection
using satellite data, Report No. IRS-UP/SAC/FMDD/TN/16/90, 1990: pp-58.
3. Space Applications Centre –Status Report on Crop Acreage and Production Estimation,
Report No. RSAM/SAC/CAPE/SR/ 25/90, October 1990, pp-253.
4. Steven, M.D. and Clark, J.A. Application of Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Butterworths,
London, 1990.

GEOINFORMATICS IN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

1. Lillisa
nd, T. M. and Keifer, R. W. 1994. Remote Sensing and Image interpretation', John Willey
and Sons, New York, Third Edition
2. Miller, R. W. and Donahue, R. L. (1990): Soils, Prentice-Hall of India

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 3. Robert G. Reeves: Manual of Remote Sensing Vol. II American Society of Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing, Falls Church.DonaldA Davidson: Soils and Land use Planning,
Longman, London, 1998.
4. Robert W. Colwell. Monitoring of Earth Resources from Aircraft and Spacecraft, NASA,
Washington DC.
5. Simmons, T.G. The Ecology of Natural Resources, Edword Arnold, London, 1974.

RSG 304: CBCS II: ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING AND AREAS OF APPLICATIONS
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Jensen J.R. (2005) Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective, 3rd ed., Prentice
Hall.
2. Jensen J.R. (2007) Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective, 2nd
ed., Prentice Hall.
3. Joseph, George, (2003), Fundamental of Remote Sensing, University Press (India) Pvt. Ltd,
Orient Longman Pte. Ltd., Hyderabad, India
4. Lillesand, T.M. and Kieffer, R.W., 2003. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 5th
Edition., Wiley, New York
5. Panda, B. C., 2008. Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications, Viva Books Private
Limited, India

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Campbell J.B. (2002) Introduction to Remote Sensing, 3rd ed., The Guilford Press.
2. Cracknell A.P. (ed) Remote Sensing in Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology,
Chichester, Ellis Horwood Limited.
3. Digital Elevation Model Technologies and Applications: The DEM Users Manual,
4. Ghassem A. Theory and Applications of Optical Remote Sensing, New York, John Wiley and
Sons.
5. Hyperspectral Data Exploitation: Theory and Applications by Chein-I Chang,Wiley& Sons
Ltd.
6. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Tropical and Subtropical Forests by Margaret Kalacska and
G. Arturo Sanchez‑Azofeifa., CRC Press.
7. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications by Marcus Borengasser, William
S. Hungate, and Russell Watkins, CRC Press.
8. Imaging Radar (Manual of Remote Sensing, Volume 2) by Henderson F.M. and Lewis A.J.
(3rd Ed.), Wiley, 1998.
9. Imaging with Synthetic Aperture Radar by Didier Massonnet, Jean-Claude Souyris, CRC
Press, 2008.
10. Introduction to Microwave Remote Sensing by Iain H. Woodhouse, CRC, 2004.

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