GEOG 205 - Aerial Imaging and GIS

Credits: 4

Increasingly, digital data collection and analysis methods affect modern populations, including the acquisition of remotely sensed images through satellites and aircraft, through the collection of digital Earth images. This introductory course provides basic understanding of mapping, airborne imaging systems, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the data collected via remote sensing to understand our complex urban and physical environments. Depending on availability in any semester, local, regional, national and international aerial images may be selected for students to analyze/prepare for mapping. This is an introductory, hands-on course that will employ modern data methods to map and to analyze. Weekly lectures and laboratory. Offered regularly.