Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer / Convenor
Michael Chang
Contact via emails
Room 406, Level 4, 12 Wally's Walk (E7A)
by appointment
Lecturer
Maina Mbui
Contact via emails
Level 4, 12 Wally's Walk
by appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MRes and ENVS708
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
ENVS853
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit builds on basic GIS skills and includes advanced GIS concepts and principles of remote sensing. Topics include: analysis of landscape and environmental variables, GIS modelling, geostatistics, remote sensing techniques and a range of case studies. Practical sessions include techniques for spatial data collection, data management, modelling, terrain products generation, and image processing. This unit is designed to provide students with skills that enhance their educational experience and work-readiness in the field of spatial information science. The GIS software used is ArcGIS. Students enrolling in this unit must have access to a computer with the Windows operating system. Mac or Linux system will not be supported.
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Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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1. Review Report | 10% | No | Week 4 |
2. Remote Sensing Project | 25% | No | Week 6 & 8 |
Online Quiz | 10% | No | Week 7 |
3. GIS Fire Risk Modelling | 15% | No | Week 12 |
Exam | 40% | No | Check exam timetable |
Due: Week 4
Weighting: 10%
This assignment requires students to write a review report on the specified remote sensing missions/applications.
Due: Week 6 & 8
Weighting: 25%
Remote Sensing Group Project: Design (10%) and Presentation of the Results (15%)
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 10%
Multiple choices covering the topics in weeks 1-7.
Due: Week 12
Weighting: 15%
This assessment is based on the practical work in weeks 8-12.
Due: Check exam timetable
Weighting: 40%
Final exam covering all aspects of the unit.
This unit’s webpage will be available on iLearn.
Information about how students can access iLearn can be found at: http://www.mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/index.htm
The iLearn page uses Macquarie University’s standard interface and has links, access to lectures (as audio files through Echo360, and as downloadable PDF presentations) and practical instructions. Important announcements will be made through iLearn, so check the iLearn page regularly.
This unit will use iLearn, ArcGIS, Exelis ENVI, and Hexagon ERDAS Imagine software for the teaching and practical exercises.
You will require access to a computer and broadband internet to complete this unit. The computer labs are available for casual use outside scheduled practical classes.
Students who have a home computer with a Windows 7 or higher operating system may obtain a copy of the ArcGIS software from the unit convenor. The ArcGIS software is NOT supported by Mac or Linux operating systems. It is not essential for internal students to have ArcGIS installed on their home computer as the computers in the computer labs are available for casual use outside scheduled practical classes.
Week |
Lecture |
1 | Introduction to the unit |
2 | Introduction to Remote Sensing |
3 | Vegetation Indices |
4 | Classifications |
5 | LiDAR |
6 | Radar (Microwave) Remote Sensing |
7 | Radar (Microwave) Remote Sensing |
Break | |
8 | GIS Modelling for Bushfire Risk Analysis |
9 | GIS Modelling for Bushfire Risk Analysis |
10 | GIS Modelling for Bushfire Risk Analysis |
11 | The future of Earth Observations |
12 | RS applications for fire monitoring |
13 | Unit summary |
* The order of lecture topics may change slightly depending on guest lecturer's availability.
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Date | Description |
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31/07/2019 | The learning outcomes and assessments have been updated. Unit Participation has been removed from the assessments. |