Expected Outcomes: by the end of the course, the student is expected:

• to have sufficient knowledge to utilize the remote sensing technology in resource exploration, in hazard assessment and in environmental issues
• to understand the fundamentals of Earth observation concept and to grab the possible data types needed for any type of Earth observation project
• to have an interpretative understanding of types of geo-spatial data recorded in the images
• to digest the spectral reflectance curve concept and to learn the limits of current systems
• to have information on introductory digital image processing to handle the remote sensing data