Remote Sensing Basics

A video lecture introducing the topic of remote sensing for the Remote Sensing of Global Change lecture course at the University of Edinburgh.
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This NEON Science video overviews what lidar or light detection and ranging is, how it works and what types of information it can provide. The video was produced by the National Ecological Observatory Network - a non profit project devoted to open science and open data.

Suggested citation for this video: National Ecological Observatory Network. November 6, 2014. How Does LiDAR Remote Sensing Work? Light Detection and Ranging [Video file]. Courtesy: Battelle. Retrieved from

Do you need to understand how to choose a remote sensing approach for your work? This webinar will prepare you to select the best imagery to meet the needs and objectives of your next project. Advantages and disadvantages of digital vs. analog imagery will be discussed. The characteristics common to all imagery will be presented, defined, and examples provided. The final selection of the best imagery is always determined by balancing these characteristics with cost. The webinar will conclude with a discussion of these tradeoffs and costs of imagery. Russ Congalton of UNH Presents.

Ever need a refresher on what exactly remote sensing is and does? In this eTraining module, we discuss the basics of remote sensing and image analysis.

Did you ever wonder how your camera actually takes a picture? It's all about light - it records the light that objects reflect. This video explores the basic principles used by optical sensors like Landsat, AVIRIS, and other remote sensing sensors to record the things that we can't see with our eyes - like the health of plants on the ground. It explains the basic principles of the electromagnetic spectrum, bands and spectral resolution in data and the uses of spectral data to answer science questions.

Suggested citation for this video: National Ecological Observatory Network. March 19, 2015. Mapping the Invisible: Introduction to Spectral Remote Sensing [Video file]. Courtesy: Battelle. Retrieved from

Basics of Remote Sensing Mr Shasi Kumar

this presentation is for understanding remote sensing concepts from the basic.

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This video provides short (1 hour, 38 minute) introduction to geographic information systems (GIS). Presented by Jere Folgert of Bozeman, Montana USA.

KnowGIS.com presents a short, broad-stroke, overview of GIS.

Topics of discussion include : History of GIS and Definitions; Spatial Data Principles; Spatial Reference Systems; Spatial Data Models; Data Sources; GIS Applications; Spatial Analysis; GIS Examples. (Cartography and Maps are not presented in this short tutorial).

Please visit KnowGIS.com for additional tutorials.

Thank you

Keith Pelletier, UMN Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory

The geospatial community is experiencing a data-rich era where Earth-observing platforms are capturing the landscape at fine-scale spatial and temporal resolutions. These remotely-sensed data provide a view from above that is essential for analyzing natural and anthropogenic interactions over large areas. Traditional approaches to these analyses are time and labor-intensive or limited by per-pixel techniques that fail to incorporate contextual cues. Object-based image analysis (OBIA) allows researchers and decision managers to integrate data from disparate sources at multiple scales and employ color, shape, and context for creating meaningful information. In this presentation, examples from mapping terrain, vegetation and urban infrastructure are used for illustrating data integration and analysis using OBIA.

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NEON staff scientist Tristan Goulden introduces the theory and use of hyperspectral remote sensing data. Hyperspectral remote sensing data are one of many data products available for free from over 80 sites across the United States from the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). All data products are available from the NEON Data Portal ( Learn more about NEON and NEON data products at

Suggested citation for this video: National Ecological Observatory Network. August 30, 2016. Introduction to Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: A Presentation [Video file]. Courtesy: Battelle. Retrieved from

This video demonstrates a remote sensing workflow carried out in ArcGIS in which lakes in Kenya are mapped using Landsat satellite imagery.

CIRES Fellow and NASA Chief Scientist Waleed Abdalati and CIRES Fellow Steve Nerem explain Remote Sensing and how it is used to study our planet.


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Science expert Emerald Robinson explains what remote sensing is.To view over
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Basic Concepts of Remote Sensing GIS GPS in HINDI

Simply put Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a business information management system that helps us capture, analyse and present geographic information on a map.

Maps allow us to view, understand, question, interpret, and visualise data in many ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends.

A map helps businesses answer questions and solve problems by looking at data in a way that is quickly understood and easily shared.

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Do you know how much to trust an imagery-based map layer? Have you conducted a thorough accuracy assessment of a map you produced with remote sensing? Accuracy assessment has become an essential component of any mapping project and it must be clearly and effectively planned from the beginning of a project in order to be as cost-efficient as possible. This webinar will present an overview of the issues and considerations necessary to assess the accuracy of a map generated using remotely sensed data. While it is not possible to provide all details related to accuracy assessment during this webinar, this overview will provide an excellent starting point from which the attendee can find additional resources.

First lecture in Introductory Remote Sensing class

Modern Surveying Techniques by Prof. S.K. Ghosh,Department of Civil Engineering,IIT Roorkee.For more details on NPTEL visit

A gentle introduction to marine remote sensing.

Stephanie Granger from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, of the California Institute of Technology, presented on Remote Sensing Products to Help Manage Water During Dry Times at the Drought Response Workshop. The workshop was hosted by the California Department of Water Resources and the National Water Research Institute on October 8, 2013, in Irvine, Calif. Visit for more information.

Stephanie Granger was introduced by Jeff Mosher of the National Water Research Institute.

When floods, droughts, and other natural disasters hit isolated and poor regions of the world, it can have devastating impacts on the local price of food. NASA Goddard research scientist Molly Brown is using satellite data to investigate and model the relationship between weather shocks and food prices in order to improve food security around the world. In this live studio talk she discusses her research and vision.

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This Concept Module describes the four types of resolutions important when acquiring or using remote sensing imagery. These four types include Spatial, Spectral, Radiometric and Temporal resolution. Also includes are basic examples of these resolution for Landsat 8.

This is a video made for the Remote Sensing course at the University of Edinburgh.

These half-ready materials have been lingering on my hard drive for a while so I thought that I might as well publish them, someone just might find them useful anyway.

Remote sensing process is traditionally defined as a process which starts from the emittance of the energy which can then be sensed remotely (whether actively or passively), and ends at the creation of information or knowledge by analyzing the properties of the target.

Old but excellent explanation from TVO
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Adrian is a remote sensing researcher who works with radar remote sensing data. In this talk he turns the complex concept of how radar remote sensing works into an entertaining one that involves bats and pianos. More about the speaker:


This talk was filmed at a FiFFTh event on 29th of November 2013. FiFFTh is a science communication effort originating from Department of Geography at the University of Zurich. It aims to facilitate communication within sub-disciplines of Geography and between Geography (& related disciplines) and public.

Organizing team: Arzu Coltekin, Stefano De Sabbata, Bart Klem, Maria Staudinger, Glenda G. Santos

Video and sound editing: Adrian Schubert
Cameras: George Technitis, Kenan Bektas
Other local organizing help gratefully acknowledged from: Sabina Maechler, Elisabeth Militz, Jennifer Steiner, Ronald Schmidt,Thiruni Kelegama and Anett Hofmann
Recording location: ImpactHub Zurich

Land use planning and resource management today requires that a vast amount of geographic intelligence is readily available in a timely fashion. It requires accurate, scalable information that can be used for strategic planning over very large land bases as well as detailed high resolution for operational on-the-ground applications. In the past this range of uses has been largely unattainable without completing multiple level inventories at high cost. Fortunately things have changed. With high speed computers, powerful software and high resolution digital imagery and lidar, the world and its resources can now be mapped at very high resolution and scaled at what ever level of detail is required for a specific application. Furthermore, the data can be mined and retrospective analysis performed at virtually any time new questions arise.

Silvatech has been applying digital mapping, GIS. and remote sensing analysis technology since 1986. Since then we have been researching and developing a multitude of applications for geomatics technology in land and resource management. Our mapping division, Earth Imaging Technologies Inc., together with our imaging partners, offers a wide variety of digital imagery and lidar data sets and derived map products. We host several industry-standard digital mapping and remote sensing platforms, as well as proprietary in-house software. Silvatech can work with both hard copy prints and diaps as well as full digital imagery and lidar. We work closely with subject matter experts to ensure that our mapping solutions reflect the best knowledge base available and make sense on the ground.

We help you get the most from your data. Often government agencies, industrial resource developers and other land and resource managers possess very valuable digital data that they are not getting full value from. Silvatch has decades of experience in mining digital land and resource data sets and extracting valuable information that can save signinficant time and costs.  We also have found that some clients, unkowingly, have data sets that are inaccesable, incompatible, incomplete, inconsistant or non-conforming to standards.  Silvatech can help you audit, organize, warehouse, serve and improve the integrity of your data so that it can support your application needs much better. We have the tools and experience to empower you with enabling land and resource intelligence.

Digital Mapping
• Topographic Base
• Infrastructure
• Vegetation
• Hydrography
• Utililty Corridors
• Transportation Systems
• Urban Development
• DEM/DTM Production
• Operational Field Maps
• Updates

GIS Analysis
• GIS data compilation and analysis for resource inventories, land use planning, forest land management and environmental studies
• Database development and data management
• Data mining and value adding
• Fly-Throughs / Perspective Views
• Visual Landscape Design
• Thematic maps

Remote Sensing Services:
• Information Needs Assessments
• Image and Lidar Data Acquisition Coordination
• Image and Lidar Data Quality Assurance
• Image Processing
• Data Analysis, Interpretation and Classification
• Change Detection
• Synthesis of GIS Files and Map Production

Products:
• Planimetric/Topographic Base
• Transportation/Access Systems
• Utility Corridors
• Urban Development
• Industrial Development
• Hydrography
• Wetlands Mapping 
• Vegetation Classification
• Ecosystems Classification
• Vegetation Health Surveys

Photogrammetry
• Topographic Mapping
• Base Feature Mapping
• Soft Copy Image Interpretation / Digitizing
• Air Photo Interpretation
• Analytic Stereoplotting

Although near-infrared imagery is becoming more widely available, many users of geospatial data (even GIS professionals) do not appreciate the true power of these images. While most people are familiar with true color images, which represent visible wavelengths in their “natural” colors, false color images assign colors to one or more “invisible” wavelengths. When false color images are produced with near-infrared imagery, the resulting maps can be very useful for a wide variety of purposes, including assessing forest health, monitoring crops and delineating water bodies.

The first part of this webinar will focus on the basic details of near-infrared imagery and detail a variety of applications of false color images which use near-infrared wavelengths. The rest of the webinar will cover where and how to obtain near-infrared imagery for the states of New Hampshire and Vermont.

An amusing introduction to radar remote sensing from satellites, with the concept of range Doppler image formation described using entertaining audio-video animations. The video finishes with a tongue-in-cheek demonstration of one satellite's ability to locate points on the ground. Animations were created mainly by Adrian Schubert, except satellite+Earth backgrounds thanks to the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Oblique-view Earth animations made using Google Earth. Video effects and other animations made using Adobe After Effects, Photoshop and Premiere. See end credits for complete list of references to the media clips used.

INTRODUCTION TO REMOTE SENSING & GIS INTEGRATION (IN HINDI)
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Animated illustration on Types & Resolution of Remote Sensing Instruments
Pekka Laurila

Following loosely Maa.57-1020 course material slides by Juho Lumme (Aalto University)
Some info NASA Remote Sensing Tutorial by Dr. Nicholas Short
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Info on radars RadarTutorial.eu
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3D-modelling & diagrams courtesy of myself
Satellite images public domain courtesy of nasa
Aerial image of submarine public domain US Department of Defence

This video is made to share the findings of my research with the local farming community and farm service agencies. It is also part of my Independent Study course at Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL, under the esteemed mentorship of Drs. Mike Rudibaugh and Iffat Ali. The research results have also been presented as paper and oral presentation in the competitions of Illinois Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, Illinois Junior Academy of Science, Illinois State Academy of Science annual conference, Lakeland College Energy Innovation Fair, and the 2011 Google Global Science Fair.

Title: Remote sensing applications in agricultural hydrology

Speaker:
Dr Jasmeet Judge
Director, Center For Remote Sensing
University of Florida
USA

Date:
27 July 2012

Time: 1400-1500 h (Indian Standard Time)

Venue : CF Bentley Conference Center

Tutorial 12 in a series of 20 covering remotely sensed data in ArcMap 10.x versions. This tutorial covers band display combinations of Landsat Imagery. Full written versions of all tutorials can be accessed at virginiaview.net/education.html

13th IIRS Outreach Programme on Basics of Remote Sensing, Geographical Information System, Global Navigation Satellite System

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has scheduled the launch of the Cartosat-2E satellite on board its proven workhorse `Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle’ – PSLV-C 38 for June 23. Preparations are on full swing as the vehicle is assembled and integrated with the satellite.
“Called the `Eye in the sky’, Cartosat-2E satellite is an advanced remote sensing satellite or earth observation satellite having surveillance capabilities with its Multi-Spectral optical imager and panchromatic camera.
It will be launched on board PSLV-C38 on June 23,” ISRO chairman AS Kiran Kumar told TOI. It is similar to the Cartosat-2 series satellites launched in June last year and Feb this year, he said, It may be reminded that the two previous Cartosat-2 series launched include Cartosat-2C on board PSLV C-34 on June 22 last year and Cartosat-2D on board PSLV-C37 on Feb 15 this year that deployed a record 104 satellites in sun-synchronous orbit. On the reason for similar satellite launches, he said.
“Actually, Cartosat satellite imagery offers small coverage with high-resolution scene specific spot imagery. So more such satellites are required”. With this satellite, the payload will have more satellites from other countries, he said.
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) director K Sivan also confirmed that the PSLV-C38 is set for launch on June 23 to place the Cartosat-2E satellite in sun-synchronous orbit and arrangements are on for that.While, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) director S Somnath said the Cartosat-2E is the third satellite of the Cartosat-2 series intended for cartography or mapping, spatial observation and information dissemination. The vehicle is fully assembled, he said. “It is progressing well.
The satellite Cartosat-2E is integrated with PSLV-C38 vehicle and the mission readiness review meet will be held on June 21 ahead of the countdown for the launch, said J Jayaprakash, vehicle director of GSLV-Mk III.
Pegged at a project cost of Rs 160 crore, the 550 kg Cartosat-2E satellite launch is aimed at collecting high resolution large-scale maps which will be used for urban planning, services, infrastructure development, traffic management and disaster management.
This PSLV launch will be after 37 successful PSLV launches from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), known before 2002 as the Sriharikota Range (SHAR). “The PSLV-C38 is scheduled for launch on June 23,” said SDSC director P Kunhikrishnan who was the former mission director of PSLV.

Now, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has scheduled the launch of the Cartosat-2E satellite on board its proven workhorse `Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle' - PSLV-C 38 for June 23. Preparations are on full swing as the vehicle is assembled and integrated with the satellite.

Called the `Eye in the sky', Cartosat-2E satellite is an advanced remote sensing satellite or earth observation satellite having surveillance capabilities with its Multi-Spectral optical imager and panchromatic camera. It will be launched on board PSLV-C38 on June 23, ISRO chairman AS Kiran Kumar told TOI. It is similar to the Cartosat-2 series satellites launched in June last year and Feb this year, he said,

It may be reminded that the two previous Cartosat-2 series launched include Cartosat-2C on board PSLV C-34 on June 22 last year and Cartosat-2D on board PSLV-C37 on Feb 15 this year that deployed a record 104 satellites in sun-synchronous orbit.

On the reason for similar satellite launches, he said, Actually, Cartosat satellite imagery offers small coverage with high-resolution scene specific spot imagery. So more such satellites are required. With this satellite, the payload will have more satellites from other countries, he said.

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) director K Sivan also confirmed that the PSLV-C38 is set for launch on June 23 to place the Cartosat-2E satellite in sun-synchronous orbit and arrangements are on for that.

While, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) director S Somnath said the Cartosat-2E is the third satellite of the Cartosat-2 series intended for cartography or mapping, spatial observation and information dissemination. The vehicle is fully assembled, he said.

It is progressing well. The satellite Cartosat-2E is integrated with PSLV-C38 vehicle and the mission readiness review meet will be held on June 21 ahead of the countdown for the launch, said J Jayaprakash, vehicle director of GSLV-Mk III.

Pegged at a project cost of Rs 160 crore, the 550 kg Cartosat-2E satellite launch is aimed at collecting high resolution large-scale maps which will be used for urban planning, services, infrastructure development, traffic management and disaster management.

This PSLV launch will be after 37 successful PSLV launches from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), known before 2002 as the Sriharikota Range (SHAR). The PSLV-C38 is scheduled for launch on June 23, said SDSC director P Kunhikrishnan who was the former mission director of PSLV.

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Appreciation Course on Environment(ACE)

Tutorial 19a in a series of 20 (19 is broken into two videos: a and b) covering remotely sensed data in ArcMap 10.x versions. This tutorial covers supervised classification of Landsat Imagery. Full written versions of all tutorials can be accessed at virginiaview.net/education.html

This is the part of Lecture series from SabberFoundation.
Lectured by Md. Sabber Ahamed, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.

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Spatial Analysis and Introduction to Remote Sensing by Nancy Thomas