Integration of GPS, Digital Image Processing and GIS for Resource Management and Environmental Studies
Presented by
The University of Georgia
Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science (CRMS)
and
Georgia Center for Continuing Education
October 27 – 29, 2003
Agenda
| 12:30 pm | Registration |
| 1:00 | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 1:15 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Datums and Coordinate Systems |
| 2:00 | Global Positioning System – Basics for Point Location and Navigation |
| 3:00 | Refreshment Break |
| 3:15 | Differential GPS (DGPS): Techniques and Accuracy Considerations for Ground Control Surveys and GIS Applications |
| 4:15 | Software
Tools We Use! Overview of PC
Mapping Software: Blue Marble Geographic Calculator (GPS and Coordinate
Systems); R-WEL, Inc.
Desktop Mapping System (DMS)ä
(DEMs and Orthophotos); ESRIÒ ArcGISä,
ArcViewä
and ArcPadä
(GIS Integration, Analysis and |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
| 8:30 am | GPS
Field Exercise 1–GPS/DGPS Units for Point Location, Navigation and
Ground Control Surveys; Demonstration of ArcPadä
for |
| 10:00 | Refreshment Break |
| 10:15 |
GPS
Coordinate Conversion and Error Analysis · Lab Exercise 1 |
| 11:00 |
Introduction
to Digital Image Processing for Resource Management and GIS Applications · Lab Exercise 2 |
| 11:30 |
Enhancement
of Digital Images for Improved Interpretability · Lab Exercise 3 |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch
- |
| 1:00 |
Scanned
Aerial Photographs and their Rectification for Mapping and GIS
Applications · Lab Exercise 4 |
| 2:00 |
Formation
of Softcopy Stereomodels for Mapping and GIS Applications · Lab Exercise 5 Digital
Elevation Models (DEMs) and Automatic DEM Generation · Lab Exercise 6 |
| 3:00 | Refreshment Break |
| 3:15 |
Production
of a Digital Orthophoto ·
Lab
Exercise 7 |
| 4:00 | Tour of the Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science (CRMS) |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
| 8:30 |
Introduction to the ESRIä Family of GIS Software Products for Resource Mapping and Modeling |
| 9:00 |
Getting
Started with ESRI ArcViewä:
Database Development using Digital Orthophotos · Lab Exercise 8 |
| 10:00 |
Refreshment Break |
| 10:15 |
Continue Lab Exercise 8 |
| 11:00 |
ArcViewä
for Resource Management: Data Query, Spatial
Analysis and Map Composition · Lab Exercise 9 |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
- |
| 1:00 |
GIS
Modeling Applications with ArcViewä
and Spatial Analyst Extension · Lab Exercise 10 |
| 2:00 |
Lidar, Hyperspectral and High Resolution Satellite Images for GIS Applications |
| 2:30 |
Application
of the ArcViewä
3D Analyst Extension for Environmental Studies and Terrain Visualization · Lab Exercise 11 |
| 3:00 |
Wrap-up Discussion |
| 3:30 |
Adjourn |