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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and RS |
NOTE: Most of the contents presented on this page are taken from book "Concepts and techniques of GEOGRAPHIC Information Systems" by
C.P.Lo Albert K.W. Yeung. The content presented here is just for educational purpose.
Class Lectures
Lecture-1 
Data - Data transformation - Information - Geography - Cartography - Spatial data - What is Geographic Information System? -
GIS Applications - Remote sensing (RS)
Lecture-2
Components of GIS
Lecture-3
Plane Coordinate Systems - Geographic Coordinate Systems - Map Projection
Lecture-4
Spatial data - Map - Map Scale - Classes of Maps - Mapping process
Lecture-5
General-Purpose, Reference Maps - Special Purpose or Thematic Maps - Geographic Coordinates -
Mapping Process - Topographic Maps -
Lecture-6
MAP PROJECTIONS - Albers Equal-Area Conic Projection - Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area Projection -
Sinusoidal Projection
Lecture-7
ACQUISION OF SPATIAL DATA - Triangulation - Land Surveying - satellite photogrammetry -
Stereo-pair - LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) - Global Positioning System (GPS) -
Lecture-8
THEMATIC MAPPING - Land administration and title systems - township system - a lot/block/plan system -
Lecture-9
Representing Geographic Space - interpolation - Vector based vs Raster based -
Logical Data Modeling - Physical Data Modeling
Lecture-10
RASTER DATA MODEL - Elements of Raster Data Model - Quad Tree Representation -
Quad Tree Example
Lecture-11
VECTOR DATA REPRESENATION - Topological Map - MOSAICKING
Lecture-12
REMOTE SENSING
Lecture-13
REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM CLASSIFICATIONS
Lecture-14
Quad Tree
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