Remote Sensing of the Environment presents the basic technical and methodological skills needed to employ aerial photographs and various types of remotely sensed digital images as a source of qualitative and quantitative information in geography, forestry, urban planning, landscape architecture, park and recreation resource management, fish and wildlife management, crop and soil science, geology, and archeology. Students with interests in these fields will find this introductory course relevant and useful to their course of study.

Most of the exercises will utilize airborne imagery (digitized aerial photographs, digital aerial images), but about one-third of the exercises will focus on analyzing digital satellite imagery. Nearly all exercises will be completed using a computer and most will involve specific GIS or Remote Sensing software. Students will be familiarized with images and applications involving a wide variety of environments – urban, rural, residential, industrial, agricultural, wetland, and forested to name a few.

This course is a prerequisite for GEO 424, Advanced Remote Sensing, and other advanced remote sensing courses that provide reinforcement and mastery learning opportunities with a wider range of imagery, sensors, software, and methods.

GEO 324-V Staff
Course Instructors: each section has its own Instructor, who you will be introduced to the week before class starts
Online Course Coordinator: Kristy Stanley, oversees instruction; Beth Weisenborn, oversees course content and maintenance
Course Advisory Faculty: Dr. David Lusch, created this course jointly with MSU's Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Science Research and Outreach Services; Dr. Lusch oversees the Course Coordinators

When is GEO 324-V offered?
Currently, one section of GEO 324-V is offered during the Spring Semester. See the Schedule of Courses for more details.

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