Land in Focus - Basics of Remote Sensing

Basics of Remote Sensing

EO College

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Welcome to the online course ‘Land in Focus – Basics of Remote Sensing‘.

This course is part of a series of online learning materials that will give you insights on the potential of remote sensing technologies for applications over land surfaces. Here, you have the chance to learn about a variety of theoretical basics of remote sensing that will give you an understanding of how remote sensing works, and it will enable you to follow along in the more practical courses that will be available on our website in the near future.

What will you learn? – The Theory

This course will provide you, not only with the fundamentals of remote sensing technology, but also gives you the tools to dive right into practice and handle real-life problems, to which remote sensing offers a reliable solution.

By the end of this course, you will be able to …

  • understand fundamental principles of remote sensing.
  • search and gather remote sensing data.
  • understand the various dimension of remote sensing data.
  • process remote sensing imagery.
  • understand essential image analysis techniques.
  • gain access to remote sensing-friendly cloud services and software packages.
English
web-based