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Course Details
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Course Title Remote Sensing
Conestoga Course Code SCIE1130
Host College Mohawk College
OntarioLearn Course Code MO-INFOCVA37
Start Date 05/14/2024
End Date 08/20/2024
Course Fee $409.50
Hours 42
Pre-requisites INFO1820 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Course Description This course provides students with an overview of sensing systems including aerial photography, multi spectral scanning, radar, and thermography. The imagery generated by these systems is compared in terms of its temporal, spatial, spectral and radiometric resolution, and the suitability of each system for particular purposes. Using Digital Imaging software, processing techniques for enhancing, correcting and classifying Landsat multi spectral scanner data are introduced.
Midterm Exam Format Not Specified
Final Exam Format No exam requirement
Final Exam Group 05/14/2024 
Other Evaluation Details Assignments - 50%, Tests - 50%
Minimum Passing Mark 50
Mandatory Chats Optional
Mandatory Group Work No
Other Details
Platform d2l/brightspace
Computer Software Requirements The required program for INFOCVA37 is ArcGIS Pro, which is available for download at no additional cost through the course. ArcGIS Pro can only be installed on Windows-based computers.
Additional We suggest you do not purchase your textbook until approximately two weeks prior to the course start date as textbooks may change.
Textbook Information Purchase textbook from www.textnet.ca. No substitutions unless otherwise stated.
Textbooks
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Textbook Title Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation (Recommended only)
Author Thomas Lillesand, Ralph W. Kiefer and Jonathan Chipman
Publisher John Wiley and Sons
Edition 7th (2015)
ISBN 978-1118343289
Special Instructions Textbook is recommended only
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