Digital Image Analysis and GIS

Lecturer

Martin Wegmann

ECTS

5 ECTS

 

Aim

This course provides detailed knowledge of programming or coding using spatial data, especially for remote sensing and GIS tasks.

 

Content

Different spatial programming approaches are covered using actual remote sensing and GIS data to enable the students to apply a variety of methods in a semi-automatic manner for remote sensing data analysis. All methods will be practically applied during the course using the programming language R and maybe other programs such as GRASS, SAGA, QGIS or OTB. This course continues where the “Programming and Geostatistics” courses stopped and is considered a prerequisite. Both courses are tightly linked

 

Coding

Coding for specific spatial data tasks are covered

Software

Various software programs will be used, but mainly OpenSource software such as R.

Techniques

Different spatial data coding techniques will be introduced and practically applied.
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Content

Coding exercises for the analysis of spatial data sets

General Course News and Updates

MSc defense Camilo Zamora

MSc defense Camilo Zamora

On Friday 11th of February at 9am Camilo Zamora will present his M.Sc. thesis "Deforestation dynamics in the Dry Chaco ecoregion: a three decades of change detection and fragmentation study analysis". From the abtract: "Tropical forests represent 52% of global forests...

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MSc idea and interesting presentations

MSc idea and interesting presentations

on Friday 18th of February at 9am we will have the following presentations:   Jakob Rieser - Thesis Idea: "A Synergistic Use of Optical and SAR Remote Sensing Data for the Long-term Evolution of Biocrusts and their Activity across diverse Dryland Ecosystems"....

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Our EAGLEs featured on the University page

Our EAGLEs featured on the University page

Our EAGLEs Sofia, Annika, Antonio, Andreas and Nils are featured on the University webpage with their UrbanSens idea of combining mobile IoT sensors and Earth Observation data for urban climate monitoring. Their success winning the DLR Copernicus challenge rewarded...

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MSc defense by Yomna Eid

MSc defense by Yomna Eid

Yomna will present her M.Sc. thesis "Assessment of ESA CCI+ and NASA MODIS-LST in Ecological Transects of Australia" on January 14th 2022 at 10am. From the abstract: "Identifying the best-performing MODIS LST products available for scientific analysis is instrumental...

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MSc defense by Marius Witt

MSc defense by Marius Witt

Marius Witt will present his M.Sc. thesis "Investigating discharge dynamics at catchment level usingremote sensing timeseries" on Friday 14th of January 2022 at 9am. From the abstract: The anthropogenic induced climate change is one of the foremost challenges of the...

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Great dashboard by our EAGLE students

Great dashboard by our EAGLE students

our EAGLE students created various informative remote sensing and spatial environmental data dashboards and learned a lot how to communicate their Earth Observation research in an interactive online platform. One example by our student Ronald Okoth is shown below and...

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MSc defense by Christabel Ansah

MSc defense by Christabel Ansah

Christabel will present her M.Sc. thesis "ASSESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF OIL SPILLS IN THE NIGER DELTA, NIGERIA" on Monday 20th of December at 10am. From the abstract: "The Niger Delta region of Nigeria has been battling with an unprecedented number of oil...

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