Personal explorations of urban space and place emphasizing an array of practical and ethical issues in the collection and interpretation of primary geographic data. Specified courses numbers 4901-99 as yet undetermined. Research project required. A broad review of urban and regional planning inthe US and Western Europe, introducing land use planning concepts and practices and their role in shaping the direction of urban development. Immersion in theory, methods, and techniques used to gather and analyze remote sensor data.
Topics range from low altitude air photo interpretation through satellite image acquisition.
Recommended GEPL 3550. Explores digital image analysis techniques such as classification and principal components analysis. Terrestrial and coastal applications of satellite image analysis are performed in intensive laboratory sessions. Introduction to computerized methods for the capture, storage, management, analysis and display of spatially-referenced data for the solution of planning, management and research problems. The theoretical and mathematical foundations of the mapping process in a digital environment.