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0691-3118-01 | Seminar in Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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סמינריון בחישה מרחוק ומערכות מידע גיאוגרפיות
Seminar in Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems
דר' אלכסנדרה צ'ודנובסקי
Dr. ALEXANDRA CHUDNOVSKY
תשע"ו, 2015-2016
Course Description: The students will read, analyze and summarize the state of the art of a given remote sensing and GIS research area with an extended focus in one of the subjects. There are two main parts of the course: building a theoretical background, writing skills (first semester) and practical, data analyses, results and discussion.
Goals: To review and summarize the state of the art of a selected remote sensing and GIS research area.
Learning outcomes –
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Search the scientific literature for the main papers of a selected research area
Analyze the current knowledge of this research area
Present a summary of the research area state of the art
Identify open questions related to this area
Describe active research directions
Course/Module Content:
Presentation of the selected remote sensing and GIS research areas
Literature review, preparation of a general scientific background and its presentation
Selection of a specific research question
Scientific papers review and analysis
Presentation of the state of the art of the selected research question
Requirements:
Basics if remote sensing and GIS analyses
Literature:
Jensen, J. R., 2007. Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective, Prentice-Hall. Chapters 10-13. Jensen, John R. 2007.
Lillesand, T. M. and R. W. Kiefer, 2005.Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 5th
ed. John Wiley & Sons.
Journal references:
Remote Sensing of Environment
International Journal of Remote Sensing
Course/Module evaluation:
Home works and Presentation 20 %
Project work 80 %