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Course Outline MSc.2021

The document outlines a course on Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing offered at Presbyterian University College, Ghana, focusing on fundamental concepts and practical applications in environmental studies. It covers topics such as remote sensing systems, digital image processing, and GIS database management, with hands-on exercises using ESRI ARC GIS software. The course is structured into two sections, emphasizing both remote sensing and GIS, and includes various reading materials for further study.

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Course Outline MSc.2021

The document outlines a course on Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing offered at Presbyterian University College, Ghana, focusing on fundamental concepts and practical applications in environmental studies. It covers topics such as remote sensing systems, digital image processing, and GIS database management, with hands-on exercises using ESRI ARC GIS software. The course is structured into two sections, emphasizing both remote sensing and GIS, and includes various reading materials for further study.

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PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA AKUAPEM CAMPUS FACULTY OF

DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management M.Sc. &
Environmental Health and Sanitation
COURSE CODE: NRMP 805: Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing Credits: 3

Name of Lecturer: Dr Albert N. M. Allotey

Contact: 0208127643 / 0577500992; E-mail: [email protected]

WhatsApp: 0577500992

Objective:

The course will present and assess the fundamental concepts of GIS and remote sensing technologies
and their applications in environmental studies.

Content:

Topics include the physical basis for remote sensing, remote sensing systems, digital image processing,
data structures, database design, and spatial data analysis. Examples of applications of GIS and
remote sensing technologies to various environmental applications with a particular focus on
sustainable practices will be used throughout the course. Emphasis is placed on image acquisition, and
data collection in the electromagnetic spectrum and data set manipulations. Students will gain
experience in the use of ESRI ARC GIS 10.5 and any upgrade software. The course will involve exercises
on case studies.
As the title implies, the course is divided into two (2) namely; Remote sensing and Geographic
Information Systems.
Mode of delivery:

This course will be taught by using 2-hour lecture session and 2- to 3-hour tutorial and practical
session, where necessary it would be delivered online (Virtual Learning). The first session will cover
remote sensing and the second GIS.

Section A

At the end of the section, student should know the concept of remote sensing, electromagnetic
spectrum

Content

Fundamentals of Remote Sensing


• Overview of remote sensing
• Definition & Concept of remote sensing
• The ideal remote sensing model
o Electromagnetic spectrum

1
o Sensor interaction with the atmosphere
o Passive & active sensors
o Image characteristics
• Satellite & sensors
o On the Ground, In the Air, In Space
o Platforms
o Satellite Characteristics: Orbits and Swaths
o Spatial Resolution, Pixel Size, and Scale
o Geometric distortion in Imagery
• Sensor systems
o Weather & cloud systems
o Land systems
o Oceanic systems
o Other sensors

• Areas of Remote Sensing application


• Practical: thus hands on image processing

Section B

At the end of this section students should be able to define GIS, know the various components, how
to build a geodatabase and how to independently develop a database and generate a simple map
CONTENT
• Information Communication Technology (ICT)
• Mapping and digital mapping
• Introduction to GIS
• History of GIS
• Spatial Data
• Spatial data models
• Data Input into GIS
• Database Management
• Spatial Data Analysis
• Global Positioning System (GPS)
• GIS Output and Application Areas

NB: The hands on exercises would involve an introductory aspect of the technical modules such as
map projections, digitizing, editing, map composition, Google maps etc

Reading materials:

Aronoff, S. (2005). Remote sensing for GIS Managers. California: ESRI Press.

Gao J. (2008). Digital Analysis of Remotely Sensed Imagery. New York: McGraw-Hill
Professional.

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GOFC-GOLD (2017). A Sourcebook of Methods and Procedures for Monitoring Essential
Biodiversity Variables in Tropical Forests with Remote Sensing. Eds: GOFC-GOLD & GEO
BON. Report version UNCBD COP-13, GOFC-GOLD Land Cover Project Office, Wageningen University,
The Netherlands. ISSN: 2542-6729.

ITT Visual Information Solutions (2010). ENVI-EX Online Tutorial, ITT Visual Information Solutions.

Joseph G. (2005). Fundamentals of remote sensing. Hyderabad: Universities Press (India) Ltd.

Kumar, S. (2005). Basics of remote sensing and GIS. New Delhi: Laxmi Publications Ltd.

Lillesand, T. M., Keifer, R. W. and Chipman, J. W. (2008). Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation,
6th ed. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Son.

Sabbins, F. F. (1997). Remote Sensing: Principles and Interpretation, 3rd ed., Long grove, Illinois:
Waveland Press, Inc.

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