The topics of this remote sensing course have been selected based on our experience in the Remote sensing, GIS, e-learning, open-source, open data
Remote sensing exploits this physical fact and deals with the acquisition of Physically-inspired features before applying a machine learning algorithm
Lafayette, Indiana to learn the fundamentals of remote sensing technology REMOTE SENSING Remote sensing is the science ofacquiring
A systematic formulation of syllabus that addresses cognitive learning issues, the integration of remote sensing with other related technologies,
This is both to aid in the management of those issues, and also to gain a better understanding of them Student Learning Outcomes By the end of this course
6 sept 2021 · understand different satellite and airborne remote sensing observation approaches to monitoring and mapping the Earth surface; apply judiciously
19 oct 2021 · By the end of this course, students will: ? Understand the basic concepts, analytical methods and software of satellite remote sensing ?
This course provides a broad introduction to machine learning techniques in remote sensing, GIS and geospatial datasets and analysis
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BRUCEM.LUBE
JAMESD.RUSSELL
PurdueUniversity
WestLafayette,IN47906
AShortCourse_onRemote
Sensing
Amultimediaapproachtoaninterdisciplinaryfield,presented monthly,featurescasestudies,optionalhands-onactivities, andpersonalinteractionwiththestaff. D
URINGTHEFIRSTWEEKof
eachmontha uniquetrainingprogramisconducted atPurdueUniversity.Theprogramisenti tled"AShortCourseonRemoteSensing
TechnologyandApplications"andisco
e,ponsoredbyPurdue'sLaboratoryforAppli cationsofRemoteSensing(LARS)andthe
DivisionofConferencesandContinuation
Services.Agroupofeighttofifteenindi-
withthem.Thesensors,whichmaybe camerasorotherenergymeasuringinstru ments,recordtheenergyreflectedoremit tedfromobjectsontheearth.Thesensors canbemountedinfield-basedunits,aircraft, orsatellites.Theapplicationsofremote sensingtechnologyareverydiverseandthe numberofthem continuestogrow.One exampleistheidentificationandmappingof ABSTRACT:Analysistechniquesandapplicationsofremotelysensed dataarerapidlyexpanding.Theresultisawealthofinformation beingproducedbyindividualsinwidelyseparatedfieldsincluding engineering,agriculture,forestry,geology,andmanyothers.The LaboratoryfortheApplicationsofRemoteSensing(LARS)atPur duebrings subjectmatterspecialistsandtechnicalstafftogetherin auniqueteamefforttosolveremotesensingproblems.Aportionof theLARSstaffhasbeenchargedwiththeresponsibilityforbringing theresults oftheseteameffortstotheattentionofthepossibleuse community.To accomplishthis,amonthly,week-longshortcourse inthefundamentalsofremotesensinghasbeendesigned.Theindi vidualizedtrainingprogramgiveseachparticipantabackgroundin remotesensing,thenprovidesactualpracticalapplicationstailored tohis individualneeds. vidualsfrombusinessandindustry,educa tionandgovernmentagenciescomestoWest
Lafayette,Indiana
tolearnthefundamentals ofremotesensingtechnology.
REMOTESENSING
Remotesensingisthescienceofacquiring
informationaboutdistantobjectsfrommea surementsmadewithoutcomingintocontact agriculturalcrops.Remotesensingalsocan beusedtodistinguishthetypesoftreesina forestandtoidentifyareasofdiseasedtrees.
Land-use
maps,helpfulinurbanplanning, canbeproducedfromremotesensingdata.
Remotesensingalsohasbeenusedforde
tectingpollution,studyingenvironmental. problems,exploringformineralresources, andassessingrapidlythedamagefrom naturaldisasters. 299
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FIG.1.CoordinatorDougMorrisondiscussesanindividualizedplanofstudywithaShortCourse participant.
LABORATORYFORApPLICATIONSOFREMOTE
SENSING
Theshortcourseisconductedbythe
LaboratoryforApplicationsofRemoteSens
ingwhichwasfoundedatPurduein1966.
Theoverallobjectivesofthelaboratoryare
toattack,inaninterdisciplinaryenviron ment,specificremotesensingproblemsof currentnationalandworldinterestinareas ofearthresources,physicalmeasurements, andthecomputerprocessingofremotely senseddata.ThemajoreffortsofLARSarein conductingresearch,developingeffective applications,andtransferringanunderstand ingofremotesensingtechnologytothose whoareaddressingnaturalresourcesand environmentalquestions.Closelyintegrated withintheuniversitystructure,LARSattracts toitsprogramsoutstandingscientistswho developstrongbridgesbetweendisciplines.
INSTRUCTIONALSTATEGIES
Theshortcourseismodeledaftertheinter
disciplinarynatureofthelaboratory.The participantsaretaughtbyateamofinstruc torswhopresentspecificareasofremote sensing,andatthesametimeattemptto showtheoverlapandinter-relatednatureof thefield.Films,slides,andtransparencies areusedtoaugmenttheverbalpresenta tions.Presentationsbyspecialistsfromvari ousareasofremotesensinghavebeenvideo taped.Viewingnotesareavailablewhich provideanoutlineofthevideotapecontent.
Thisapproachallowsthefundamentalcon
tenttobepresentedbyanexpertinthefield and,atthesametime,freeshimfromhaving torepeatthesamebasicpresentationeach month.However,theexpertisusuallyavail ableforquestionsanddiscussionfollowing thevideotape.
Individualizedinstructionisavailable
.throughminicoursesconsistingofaudio tapes,slides,studyguides,andothermate rialswhichareusedduringtheinstruction.
Thetopicsoftheseindividualunitsrange
fromthegeneral"RemoteSensing:Whatis it?"throughmorespecificinformationon topicssuchas"MultispectralScanners," "Side-LookingAirborneRadar,"and "LANDSAT:AnEarthResourcesSatellite
System."Specificusesofremotesensingare
alsocoveredinareassuchasagriculture, forestry,geology,waterquality,andothers.
Nineteenseparateminicoursesareavailable
nowandothersarebeingdeveloped.The numberofparticipantsislimitedtofifteen; therefore,one-to-onetutoringcanbeused frequently.
About25percentoftheshortcourseisde
votedtoacasestudyinwhichthepartici pantslearnthebasicsofcomputer-oriented techniquesusedtoanalyzeremotelysensed data.Nopriorcomputerexperienceisre quiredtogainanunderstandingofthepro cessesinvolved.Thecasestudydeveloped bytheLARSstaffpresentstheprocessina step-wisesequenceandallowsthepartici pantstoactuallymakethesamedecisionsan analysthastomakewhenanalyzingLAND
SATdata.Computeroutputissuppliedand
theresultsoftheparticipants'decisionsare discussedwiththestaff.Thegoalisa"work ingknowledge"oftheadvantagesandlimi tationsofcomputer-assistedanalysisofre motelysenseddata.
ATYPICALWEEK
Onthefirstdayoftheshortcourse,each
participantwiththeaidofoneormorestaff membersdevelopsauniqueprescriptionfor learningtailoredtohis/herindividualneeds.
Sincemostattendeeshavealimited
backgroundinremotesensing,acoreof materialsispresentedgivingthefunda mentalsneededforabasicunderstandingof termsandtechniques.
FIG.2.The"hands-on"activityallowstheparticipant
toanalyzemultispectraldatabyusinga remoteterminal.
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FIG.3.Minicoursesprovideamultimediaap
proachandallowforinteractionbetweenpartici pants.
Bythesecondday,theparticipantisbe
ginningtodevelopabasicunderstandingof remotesensingthroughacontinuationofthe coreprogramandbystudyingmaterials (minicourses,libraryresources,films,video tapes,etc.)whicharepertinenttohisneeds andinterests.Theday-by-dayprescription providesguidancebutisnotlimiting.Heis freetoexploreotherresources.
Duringthefollowingdaysadditionalcore
materialsarepresented.Workperiodsfor thecasestudyarescheduledandtimeblocks arereservedforindependentstudysuchas viewingminicourses,meetingwithLARS staff, andbrowsingthroughtheremotesens inglibrary.
HANDS-ONOPTION
Forthosewithaninterestinamorein
depthinteractionwiththecomputerfacility andrelatedsoftwarealgorithms,aseriesof coordinatedeveningactivitesisavailable.
Duringconsecutiveevenings,thepar
ticipantispresentedaremotesensingprob lem.Hemaygeneratehisownproblemif thedataareavailable.Eachparticipantin teractsdirectlywiththecomputer,perform ingmanyofthesamefunctionsdiscussedin thecasestudy.Hegetshands-onexperience witharemoteterminal,cardpunch,card readersystem,andprintoutdevices.Since eachanalysis(andanalyst)isunique,aone to-onetutoringsystemisprovidedbyLARS staff.
OTHEREXPERIENCES
Sinceithaslongbeenestablishedthatnot
alllearningoccursintheclassroom,outside activitiesalsoareavailable.Eachdaythe participantattendsaluncheonhostedbyvar iousLARSpersonnel.Casualconversation allowsalltorelaxwhilediscussingtopicsof specificinteresttotheparticipants.LARS stafffromthevariousdisciplinesareavaila bleduringtheweekforone-to-oneorsmall groupdiscussions.
STUDENTFEEDBACK
Anonymousevaluationsbythepartici
pantshaveindicatedanextremelyhworable reactiontothecourseanditscontent.One itemontheevaluationformasksthepar ticipantstoindicatethestrongestaspectof thecourse.Whereasnosingleaspecthas dominatedtheresponses,fivehavebeen notedwithregularity.Onestrengthisthe useoftheminicourseswhichallowsthepar ticipanttogoindepthoncertainaspectsof remotesensingandtodosoathisownpace.
Anotheristheuseofavarietyofmediaand
theoverallorganizationofthecourseand materialsavailable.Athirdisthecasestudy whichallowsavicariousinvolvementinthe tasksananalystperforms.Thefourthisthe optional"hands-on"activity.Themajorityof thosewhohavebeeninvolvedindicateitisa veryworthwhileexperience.Afifthaspectis thepersonalinteractionwithLARSstaff.Re strictingthenumberofparticipantseach monthhasallowedthistobepossible.These typesofresponseshavebeenencouraging.
However,becausenotwoindividualsare
alike,eachgroupprovidesanunendingchal lengefortheinstructorsandstaff.Additional informationabouttheshortcourseisavaila blefromtheauthors.
BOOKREVIEWS
Photogrammetrie,7thedition,byK.SchwidefskyandF.Ack ermann.B.G.Teubner,Stuttgart,16.2x22.9em;385pages;
170figures.HardCover,1976.DM120.
Photogrammetryisarapidlydeveloping
science.Thismeansthateverybookdealing withphotogrammetrybecomesobsoletea fewyearsafterbeingpublished.Fortunate ly,someauthorsandpublishinghousesdo theirbesttokeepupwiththeinformation explosion,evenifittakestenyearsormore torepublishSchwidefky'swellknown
Photogrammetrie,the6theditionofwhich
datesfrom1962.