SUBJECT

Title

Photogrammetry and Remote sensing

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

master

Part of degree program
Credits

3

Recommended in

Semester 1

Typically offered in

Autumn semester

Course description
  • Physical background of remote sensing (active and passive remote sensing, electromagnetic spectrum)

  • Platforms for photogrammetry and remote sensing (satellites, aircrafts, unmanned platforms and sensors)

  • Active and passive satellites and sensors for cartography

  • Processing of remote sensing data I. (pre-processing, corrections, inner orientation for images)

  • Processing of remote sensing data II. (outer orientation for images, orthorectification)

  • Methods for aerial triangulation and their mathematical background

  • Processing and classification of passive remote sensing data

  • Processing and classification of active remote sensing data

Readings

 

  • James S. Aber – Irene Marzolff – Johannes Ries: Small-format aerial photography: Principles, techniques and geoscience application, Elsevier, 2010

  • Rainer Sandau: Digital airborne camera: Introduction and technology, Springer, 2010 Adams and Gillespie: Remote sensing of landscapes with spectral images, Cambridge, 2006

 

Suggested literature:

  • Karl Kraus: Photogrammetry, de Gruyter, 2007. (English edition)