U of T - Spatial Analysis and Satellite Imagery in a GIS
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- Public/Government Institute
Spatial Analysis and Satellite Imagery in a GIS at Coursera Overview
Duration | 14 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Spatial Analysis and Satellite Imagery in a GIS at Coursera Highlights
- This Course Plus the Full Specialization.
- Shareable Certificates.
- Graded Programming Assignments.
Spatial Analysis and Satellite Imagery in a GIS at Coursera Course details
- 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.
- Note: software is not provided for this course.
Spatial Analysis and Satellite Imagery in a GIS at Coursera Curriculum
Filtering Data Using Queries
Welcome to the course!
Interactive selection in ArcMap
Select by attribute
Queries and Venn diagrams
Select by location
Select by attribute and location in ArcMap
Mixing attribute and location queries
Reclassification and aggregation
PDF files of all lecture slides
Practicing selections and queries
GIS Software needed for this course
Week 1 Quiz
Vector analysis
Vector buffers
Raster distances
Ian McHarg
Vector intersection and union
Constraint analysis
Areal interpolation
Spatial join
ArcToolbox introduction
What is geoprocessing?
ModelBuilder example
Getting started with ModelBuilder
Getting started with spatial analysis
Week 2 Quiz
Remote sensing as a GIS data source
What is remote sensing?
Spatial resolution of satellite images
Temporal resolution of satellite sensors
Radiometric resolution of satellite sensors
Spectral resolution of satellite sensors
Spatial vs. spectral resolution
Spectral signatures of land cover types
Displaying multiband satellite images
Landsat Explorer web app introduction
Working with satellite imagery in ArcMap
The image analysis window in ArcMap
Downloading Landsat 8 data
Adding Landsat 8 images to ArcMap
Visually interpreting satellite images
Satellite image classification
Exploring satellite imagery
Week 3 Quiz
Raster analysis
Raster zones and regions
Raster mask and NoData cells
Local raster operators
Map algebra: calculating NDVI
Raster reclassification
Raster Boolean overlay
Focal raster operators
Zonal raster operators
Global raster operators
Raster weighted overlay
Mosaic and aggregate tools
Getting started with raster analysis
Week 4 Quiz
Project: Spatial Analysis
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