Syllabus

Geographical information systems: Introduction, historical development, from the real world to GIS, basic data models, Geo-references and co-ordinate systems, basic spatial analysis and modeling, GIS implementation and project management, GIS issues and prospects. Physical aspects of remote sensing, spectral characteristics of earth’s surface and of atmosphere. Sensors and their characteristics: multi-spectral scanners Aerial and satellite platforms. Visual and machine interpretation of imagery. Ground truth data. Digital image processing and image classification. Remote sensing and GIS integration, Applications to resources inventorying, monitoring and management.

Reference Books

1. Thomas M. Lillesand and Ralph W. Kiefer
    Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation,
    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Singapore, 2002.

2. C.P. Lo and Albert K.W. Yeung
    Concepts and Techniques of GIS,
    Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi, 2002.

3. Tor Bernhardsen
    Geographic Information Systems,
    John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1999.

4. Peter A. Burrough and Rachel A. McDonnell
    Principles of Geographic Information System,
    Oxford University Press, 1998.