CODE COURSE TITLE

23DRS21 Basics of Remote Sensing

Category CIA ESE L T P Credit

III 50 50 55 5 - 5

Preamble
This course enable the students to understand about the History and Types of Remote Sensing. To obtain about Arial,
Satellite Remote Sensing and Recent Development.

Course Outcomes
On the successful completion of the course, students will be able to

CO Number CO Statement Knowledge

CO1 Explain the basic concepts of remote sensing K1 &K2
CO2 Illustrate the interaction of EMR with atmosphere K1&K2
CO3 Categorize the types of aerial remote sensing K4
CO4 Choose the suitable type of remote sensing based on application K5
CO5 Outline the application of remote sensing within India K6

Mapping with Programme Outcomes

CO Number PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5

CO1 S S S M S
CO2 M M L L S
CO3 S S S M S
CO4 S S S S S
CO5 S S S S S
S - Strong; M - Medium; L - Low

Syllabus

UNIT I (12 Hrs.)

Remote Sensing: Definition - Types – Historical development – remote sensing development in India - Role of
Department of Space - ISRO

UNIT II (12 Hrs.)

Electromagnetic radiation: Electromagnetic spectrum - EMR interaction with earth and atmosphere –Spectral
reflectance curve - Platforms. .
UNIT III (12 Hrs.)
Aerial Remote Sensing: Camera types – analog and digital products - Stereoscopic vision – Elements of interpretation.
UNIT IV (12 Hrs.)
Satellite Remote Sensing: Types of satellite – Orbits – Resolution – Sensors – Resolutions and characteristics –
LANDSAT – SPOT – IRS.
UNIT V (12 Hrs.)
Remote sensing Applications: Natural resource management: land and water – disaster studies

Text Books
Sl. No. Author Name Title of the Book Publisher Year and Edition
1 Thomas M.Lilles and Ralph E.Kiefer Remote Sensing and John Wiley 2004
image interpretation & Sons, inc

Sl. No. Author Name Title of the Book Publisher Year and Edition
1 Tien Bui, D., Ngoc Advances and Applications in World Press, Kolkata 2017
Do, A., Bui, H.- Geospatial Technology and
B., Hoang, N.-D Earth Resources
Reference Books
CODE COURSE TITLE
23DRS22 Geographic Information System

Category CIA ESE L T P Credit

III 50 50 55 5 - 5

Preamble
The course will enable the students to do themselves of georeferencing, digitization, symbolization, layout of map and
spatial analysis.

Course Outcomes
On the successful completion of the course, students will be able to

CO Number CO Statement Knowledge

CO1 Describe the concept of GIS K1 & K2
CO2 Describe the different types of data K2 & K3
CO3 Create shape files K4
CO4 Identify the process of urban growth K5
CO5 Execute planning strategies for a region K6

Mapping with Programme Outcomes

CO Number PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5

CO1 M M S M M
CO2 M L S S S
CO3 S M L L S
CO4 M S S M S
CO5 S S M S S
S - Strong; M - Medium; L - Low

Syllabus

UNIT I (12 Hrs.)

Introduction: Open source tools - Open source GIS software - GRASS - QGIS: Overview of interface - Toolbars -
Adding spatial and non-spatial data - Coordinate Systems.

UNIT II (12 Hrs.)

Raster Data: Sources of raster data - Conversion of analog into digital - Spatial and spectral resolution - Preparing
grayscale, true colour and false colour images - Georeferencing of raster images.
UNIT III (12 Hrs.)
Vector Data: Spatial data capturing: point, line and polygon - Creating shapefiles - Digitizing and editing vector data
- Adding attribute data - Joining tables - Labeling.

UNIT IV (12 Hrs.)

Symbolization and Visualization: Attributefield selection and classification - Symbols: graduated, continuous and
unique value - Map composition: title, map body, legend, north arrow, scale bar, map border, source and graticule.

UNIT V (12 Hrs.)

Spatial Analysis: Measuring distances and area -Vector analysis: buffer and spatial overlay - Raster analysis: spatial
interpolation and raster overlay - Data conversion: raster to vector - vector to raster.

Text Books
Sl. No. Author Name Title of the Book Publisher Year and
Edition
1 Thomas M.Lilles and Ralph Remote Sensing and image John Wiley & Sons, 2004
E.Kiefer interpretation inc

Sl. No. Author Name Title of the Book Publisher Year and Edition
1 Tien Bui, D., Ngoc Do, Advances and World Press, Kolkata 2017
A., Bui, H.-B., Hoang, Applications in
N.-D Geospatial Technology
and Earth Resources
Reference Books

Pedagogy

● Lectures, PPT, SPSS, assignments, field visits and projects

CODE COURSE TITLE
23DRS23 Application of RS and GIS

Category CIA ESE L T P Credit

III 50 50 41 4 - 5

Preamble
The course trains the students to create awareness about marginal information of aerial and satellite images and Interpret
major physical features and man-made features of images with reference to scales which form foundation for image
interpretation

Course Outcomes
On the successful completion of the course, students will be able to

CO Number CO Statement Knowledge

Perform spatial analysis techniques to manipulate, extract, locate and analyze
CO1 K6
geographic data
CO2 Extract data from aerial photographs K5
CO3 Create maps from aerial images K2
CO4 Interpret satellite images K2 & K3
CO5 Create maps from satellite images K2 & K4

Mapping with Programme Outcomes

Cos PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5

CO1 M L M M S
CO2 S M M L S
CO3 S S L L S
CO4 S M M M S
CO5 S S S L S
S - Strong; M - Medium; L - Low

Syllabus

Unit I (12 Hrs.)

Geosciences – Concepts in Geomorphology, landform analysis- Aerial/Satellite data interpretation, Drainage basin
morphometry and slope mapping, integrated approach for landslide hazard zonation mapping.
Unit II (12 Hrs.)
Water Resources – Watershed Hydrology and Physical process in watershed, Geospatial technological applications
in waters resources assessment. Organization and design of spatial and non-spatial data in water resources.

Unit III (12 Hrs.)

Agriculture and Soil – Spectral characteristics of crop, crop inventory, physiographic soil mapping. Crop water
management, Agro ecological zoning and land evaluation.

Unit IV (12 Hrs.)

Forest – Vegetation classification and mapping, forest inventory and sampling techniques, growing stock
estimation, biomass estimation, forest management, fire risk zonation, land evaluation for forestry, landscape
analysis, wild life habitat suitability Analysis.

Unit V (12 Hrs.)

Urban Mapping and Disaster Management – Large scale (LIS) mapping for cadastral database, traffic and
parking surveys, Urban land use classification monitoring and change detection analysis, Utility Planning, Integrated
development planning, urban land conservation, transportation planning. - Disaster Management – Natural and
Manmade, Types, Zoning, Preparedness.

Text Books
Sl. No. Author Name Title of the Book Publisher Year and
Edition
1 Thomas M.Lilles and Ralph Remote Sensing and image John Wiley & Sons, 2004
E.Kiefer interpretation inc
2 Ganesh A Applications of Geospatial Rawat Publications 2011
Technology

Sl. No. Author Name Title of the Book Publisher Year and Edition
1 Tien Bui, D., Ngoc Advances and World Press, Kolkata 2017
Do, A., Bui, H.- Applications in Geospatial
B., Hoang, N.-D Technology and Earth
Resources
Reference Books

Pedagogy

● Lectures, PPT, SPSS, assignments, field visits and projects