Geospatial Applications in Surveying

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Airborne and satellite methods are increasingly used in surveying applications for topographic mapping, building extraction and modeling, and monitoring. This course focuses on advanced geospatial principles and techniques in surveying with emphasis on GIS tools for mapping, identification, extraction, and interpretation of both physical and cultural landscape features. Visible imaging, RADAR, hyperspectral, and LiDAR sensors for airborne and satellite platforms are presented. Georeferencing of airborne and satellite datasets. Terrain filtering and modeling, feature extraction methods, classification, and segmentation in GIS using imagery and point clouds. Hydrographic approaches from airborne LiDAR and satellite imagery are covered. This course also brings an introduction to airborne and spaceborne SAR Interferometry for terrain mapping and monitoring applications.