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IEEC does not offer this Master for the 2006-07 course, but there is a similar one at http://www.creaf.uab.cat/master/index_en.htm

Master in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems.

Program
Course 2005-2006


Introduction

Remote Sensing techniques and Geographic Information Systems (GIS or SIG) are nowadays indispensable to study Earth and manage its resources.

For this reason the IEEC proposes, for the seventh time, the Master in Teledetection and Geographical Information Systems, designed to meet present formative requirements in this sector.

The course offers three blocks of fundamental subjects, one block of basic auxiliar subjects and one block of advanced subjects. The Master, as a whole, has a set of core subjects, mandatory for all students, and a wide set of optional subjects, which allow for designing a curriculum oriented to Remote Sensing or Geographic Information Systems, according to the student preferences.

Lastly, the course is complemented with some practice training and a final project.

Aims

• Provide enough knowledge in applications and fundamentals of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems.
• Provide basic training to apply these techniques to the various problems met by researchers, administration and companies.
• Qualify the student for complete processing of images obtained from satellites or planes, and for the use and in-depth analysis of geographic databases, so special emphasis is set on practic training.

Program

Each student must design a program adapted to his curriculum interests, keeping in mind the following points:

1. Education (min. 380 h):
   1. General Education(147h): Mandatory core subjects ("Tr"), present in blocks 1,2,3 and 4.
   2. Specialised Education (min. 153 h): Optional subjects, which must be chosen from those marked "Op" in blocks 1, 2 and 5.
   3. Practice training (80h): Tutored work to be performed in the classroom, solving exercises. The classroom will be open and with a tutor for 250h, and the student must perform a minimum of 80h work.
2. Final Project(70h): The studen must choose a work from those proposed by teachers during the Master. The same teacher will act as a tutor.

Block 1. Remote Sensing Principles (TD)

• Summarized vision of Remote Sensing (Tr, 12h)
• Sensors and Platforms (Tr, 15h)
• Geometric rectification of satellite and plane images (Tr, 11h)
• Physical Principles (Op, 20 h)
• General Image Processing (Op, 9 h)
• Radiometric image correction (Op, 8 h)

Block 2. Geographical Information Systems principles (GIS)

• GIS fundamentals (Tr, 40 h)
• Relational Databases. SQL (Op, 15 h)
• Digital Terrain Models. Generation and analysis (Op, 20 h)

Block 3. Cartography, Geodesics and Positioning systems principles

• Cartography Principles (Tr, 10 h)
• Composition and printing of cartographic documents (Tr, 9 h)
• Fotogrametry I (Tr, 10 h)
• Geodesics and Positioning Systems (GPS) (Tr, 10 h)

Block 4. Basic Auxiliar Subjects

• Introduction to Software Used during the course (Tr, 10 h)
• Statistical Methods I (Tr, 10 h)
• Fotointerpretation (Tr, 10 h)

Block 5. Advanced Education

• Statistical Methods II. Multivariant Statistics and Classification (Op, 30 h)
• Fotogrametry II i Interferometry (Op, 12 h)
• RS and Meteorology. Techniques and examples (Op, 10 h)
• RS and Oceanography. Techniques and examples (Op, 10 h)
• RS and Geology, grounds and gels. Techniques and examples (Op, 10 h)
• RS and Vegetation and ground resources. Techniques and examples (Op, 20 h)
• GIS Analysis (Op, 30 h)
• GIS and Natural Resources Management (Op, 20 h)
• Corporative GIS Organization (Op, 10 h)
• Cartographic Databases availability (Op, 6 h)
• Cartography Publication in Internet (Op, 6 h)

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Price: 4.300 EUR + IVA

Dates: From October 1^st 2005 to Maig 30^th 2006