Introduction to Remote Sensing

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Session Agenda

Date: January 24, 2023

Instructor: Hayley Pippin

Contact information: em-trainings@sig-gis.com

Time Topics
09:00 - 09:45
  • Welcome and set-up check
  • Remote sensing overview: how data is collected and stored, spatial and temporal resolution, key satellites and sensors
09:45 - 10:00
  • Data collection: Earth Explorer and Copernicus Open Access Hub
10:00 - 11:00
  • How to visualize and interpret remote sensing data
  • Visualizing vegetation indices using Landsat
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 12:00
  • How to select the right type of remote sensing data for your research
  • Visualizing vegetation indices with Sentinel-2
  • Sentinel-2 vs. Landsat
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 15:00
  • Morning recap
  • Introduction to high-resolution imagery
  • How projections affect your data
  • Visualizing vegetation indices with Planet

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