PGD Remote Sensing and Geography Information System

GEOG7OO: RESEARCH PROJECT (DISSERTATION) :

GEOG701: PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS:
Definitions; energy sources, radiation principles and interaction with different bodies; highlights of remote sensing systems, the basics of manual and digital image analysis.

GEOG702: SATELLITE SYSTEMS:
Orbit and ground coverage. Land satellite MSS, IRS-IA, Land Satellite TM, SPOT, AVHRR. Comparative system capabilities. Indexing, cataloguing and search requests

GEOG703: IMAGERY PROCESSING:
Processing, radiometric correction, geometric correction, enhancement.

GEOG704: AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY:
Properties of aerial photographs such as object attributes, concepts of stereoscopes and stereoscopic visions, air photo models, scale types and measurements of distances and areas. Mapping and plotting from aerial photographs. Aerial photo interpretation.

GEOG705: FUNDAMENTALS OF GIS:
Definitions of GIS. Its significance. Principles, elements, instruments (software and hardware). Past, present and future of GIS

GEOG706: GEOGRAPHIC DATA MODEL AND REPRESENTATION:

GEOG707: GIS OPERATION I:
Location, spatial measurements – distance, perimeter, area and size, adjacency, connectivity, multiple connectivity, proximity, containment, site suitability, trends, patterns and relationships. Buffering; overlay; querying; re-classification; network analysis; spatial interpolation.

GEOG708: GIS OPERATION II:
GIS practicals, workshops and exercises.

GEOG710: APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING:
Review of Remote Sensing and GIS applications such as natural resource management, environmental studies, transportation, capacity and suitability mapping, natural hazards, property management, public administration etc.

GEOG711: DATA BASE MANAGEMENT:
Database (definition, data, types of data -spatial, relational, functions of database); Database Management Systems (definition, components, reasons for database management systems, advantages of database management systems, users of database management systems, applications of database management systems); Database Design - stages in database design (requirements collection and analysis, conceptual design, logical design and physical design); Database Creation: issues in database creation, database software etc; Database Management; GIS Database.

GEOG712: PRINCIPLES OF CARTOGRAPHY:
General co-ordinated systems. Map projection and transformation. Map compilation and construction. Cartographic symbolization. Typography and lettering. Colour theory and reproduction. Map production. Proofing and revision.

GEOG713: RESEARCH METHODS:
The relevance of Geographic research. Definition and sources of problems. Goals and types of research. The aims and objectives. Formulating hypotheses and testing. Analytical techniques. Sample and sampling techniques. Sources of data and methods of collection. Role of literature review in research. Data summarization and analysis. Presentation of research report. Writing a mini research proposal

GEOG714: PRINCIPLES OF SURVEYING:
The overview of surveying in GIS context. Concept of positioning from space. Basics of GPS. Data collection, processing and application.

GEOG715: MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN GIS:
The course will examine issues such as needs awareness. Introduction of GIS in an organization, implementation strategy and data issues.