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Spatial Analysis and Satellite Imagery in a GIS

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Spatial Analysis and Satellite Imagery in a GIS

This course is part of GIS, Mapping, and Spatial Analysis Specialization

Instructor: Don Boyes

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In this course, you will learn how to analyze map data using different data types and methods to answer geographic questions. First, you will learn how to filter a data set using different types of queries to find just the data you need to answer a particular question. Then, we will discuss simple yet powerful analysis methods that use vector data to find spatial relationships within and between data sets. In this section, you will also learn about how to use ModelBuilder, a simple but powerful tool for building analysis flowcharts that can then also be run as models. You will then learn how to find, understand, and use remotely sensed data such as satellite imagery, as a rich source of GIS data. You will then learn how to analyze raster data. Finally, you will complete your own project where you get to try out the new skills and tools you have learned about in this course.

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8 videos2 readings2 assignments

8 videosTotal 59 minutes

Welcome to the course!1 minute
Interactive selection in ArcMap7 minutes
Select by attribute15 minutes
Queries and Venn diagrams11 minutes
Select by location3 minutes
Select by attribute and location in ArcMap8 minutes
Mixing attribute and location queries2 minutes
Reclassification and aggregation12 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

PDF files of all lecture slides10 minutes
Practicing selections and queries10 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 15 minutes

GIS Software needed for this course5 minutes
Week 1 Quiz10 minutes

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11 videos1 reading1 assignment

11 videosTotal 92 minutes

Vector buffers16 minutes
Raster distances9 minutes
Ian McHarg4 minutes
Vector intersection and union8 minutes
Constraint analysis7 minutes
Areal interpolation7 minutes
Spatial join9 minutes
ArcToolbox introduction10 minutes
What is geoprocessing?6 minutes
ModelBuilder example9 minutes
Getting started with ModelBuilder8 minutes

1 readingTotal 60 minutes

Getting started with spatial analysis60 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Week 2 Quiz30 minutes

What's included

15 videos1 reading1 assignment

15 videosTotal 150 minutes

What is remote sensing?16 minutes
Spatial resolution of satellite images10 minutes
Temporal resolution of satellite sensors16 minutes
Radiometric resolution of satellite sensors16 minutes
Spectral resolution of satellite sensors14 minutes
Spatial vs. spectral resolution3 minutes
Spectral signatures of land cover types6 minutes
Displaying multiband satellite images6 minutes
Landsat Explorer web app introduction3 minutes
Working with satellite imagery in ArcMap11 minutes
The image analysis window in ArcMap10 minutes
Downloading Landsat 8 data8 minutes
Adding Landsat 8 images to ArcMap4 minutes
Visually interpreting satellite images11 minutes
Satellite image classification16 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Exploring satellite imagery10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Week 3 Quiz30 minutes

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11 videos1 reading1 assignment

11 videosTotal 107 minutes

Raster zones and regions14 minutes
Raster mask and NoData cells9 minutes
Local raster operators8 minutes
Map algebra: calculating NDVI17 minutes
Raster reclassification5 minutes
Raster Boolean overlay3 minutes
Focal raster operators15 minutes
Zonal raster operators6 minutes
Global raster operators14 minutes
Raster weighted overlay10 minutes
Mosaic and aggregate tools5 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Getting started with raster analysis10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Week 4 Quiz30 minutes

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1 peer review

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Reviewed on Jun 11, 2020

learned lots of things from this course like remote sensing and raster analysis which are very important in real world job. It has enhanced my experience and knowledge about raster data.

Reviewed on Oct 8, 2020

This series has helped me bag a wonderful career at caterpillar inc. Thanks to professor Donald Boyes

Reviewed on Dec 3, 2020

Very nice course. If duration of the course is being mentioned in the certificate , it will be highly useful.

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