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Course Details:
Spring Semesters
Class time: Lecture MW 1:00 - 1:50pm, and Lab F 10:00 to
11:50am, both in 317 Percival
Office hours: W 2:00 to 5:00pm or by appointment, 317D
Percival
Course
Description:
Overview
The goal of this course is to
introduce the use of remote sensing to aid in environmental and natural resource management with particular emphasis on forestry applications. The course will focus on using satelite and aerial photography datasets as part of remote sensing but will also incorporate Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) as additional spatial technologies to aid in forest management.
Learing Objectives
After completing this course, students will be expected to know:
1. Applied uses of spatial technologies to aid in forestry management
2. Spatial data formats and use
3. Remote sensing pricipals and theory
After reviewing the basics of spatial technologies and spatial data, the course will move on to land use and cover mapping including techniques for manual stand delineation, terrain analysis, hydrological modeling and classification.
This course is designed to build confidence and familiarity using appropriate methods and available spatial technology. We will focus on timely and appropriate local forestry applications and most of our lab work will be based on data assembled for the West Virginia Research Forest.
The course will integrate lectures and lab sessions.
Students will be expected to demonstrate comprehension
and understanding as part of lab exercises and quizzes assigned
throughout the semester in combination with two tests and a cumulative
final exam.
Prerequisites:
This is an introductory remote sensing course and assumes
students do not have any previous experience with remote sensing,
geographic information systems or global positioning systems. It
is recommended that students be familiar with most general forestry
practices and management issues. If there is a question about your
background for this course, please see me.
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