Aerospace Spatial Visualization

Catalog description

This course provides a basic overview of remote sensing, highlights the need for space astronomy, describes the composition of the space environment, and principles of black/white and color aerial photography and videography. This course highlights the need for space astronomy and exploring the composition of the space environment. Students will learn the fundamentals of black-and-white and color photography, as well as the importance and diverse applications of aerial photography, videography, ground control, and land mapping. In addition, the course covers visual image interpretation and the principles of thermal radiation used in thermal sensing. It also examines the history of remote sensing from space, highlighting the U.S. Landsat program’s operations & contributions, introduces digital image processing, classification, and microwave sensing principles & applications. One classroom, two lab hours per week.