Lab - Internet Resources Exploration

The objective of this laboratory exercise is to get students familiar with using the Internet as a learning and research resource for remote sensing. Specifically, you will browse some web sites for free remotely sensed data, image providers, professional conferences, societies, and remote sensing software vendors. These should help you search for remotely sensed data required for specific research topics or learning objectives. You will need to write short paragraphs to summarize the websites you visit.

Outline:

There is nothing to submit for this week, but make sure you’ve followed along and set up your system correctly or you’ll have a rough time as we move through the semester.

The Internet is an important learning resource for the study of remote sensing. A huge amount of information pertaining to remote sensing can now be found on the Internet, including satellites and sensors, imagery products, remotely sensed data analysis software and hardware, research papers, technical reports, conference proceedings, educational materials, and professional societies. It is essential for remote sensing students today to be able to search for resources available on the Internet, and to download them if necessary.

• Kansas Data Access & Support Center (https://www.kansasgis.org/)
• EROS Data Center at USG (https://eros.usgs.gov/find-data)
• Reverb - ECHO.NASA (https://reverb.echo.nasa.gov/reverb)
• EARTHDATA (EOSDIS) (https://earthdata.nasa.gov/)
• EarthExplorer (EE) (https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/)
• The Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) (http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/)
• Global Visualization Viewer (GloVis) (https://glovis.usgs.gov/)
• NASA Visible Earth (http://www.visibleearth.nasa.gov/)
• Google Earth (http://earth.google.com)

Question 1
Select three of the above sites and provide a short description (about 100 words) for each of them. Pay attention on the types of data noting their geographic coverage, source, scale, format (jpg, GIF,…)

With the web browser open, visit the following sites:

• GeoEye (spaceimaging) (http://www.geoeye.com/)
• Digital Globe( http://www.digitalglobe.com/)
• USGS Landsat Program ( http://landsat.usgs.gov/)
• SPOT (http://www.spot.com/)
• Eurimage (http://www.eurimage.com/)
• Sentinel (https://sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/sentinel/home)

Question 2
Select two of the above sites and provide a short description (about 100 words) for each of them. Pay attention on the types of imagery noting their geographic coverage, resolution, price (just need to rate cheap, moderate, or expensive)

With the web browser open, visit the following sites:

• International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (http://www.isprs.org/)
• American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (http://www.asprs.org)
• AAG Remote Sensing Speciety Group (http://www.aagrssg.org/)
• Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Society (http://www.rspsoc.org/)
• IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society (http://www.grss-ieee.org/)

Question 3
Select two of the above sites and provide a short description (about 100 words) for each of them. Pay attention on the nature, history, and other issues you deem appropriate.

With the web browser open, visit the following sites:

• ERDAS Imagine (http://www.erdas.com)
• PCI Geomatics (http://www.pcigeomatics.com/)
• ENVI (http://www.ittvis.com/index.asp)
• IDRISI (http://www.clarklabs.org/)
• eCognition (http://www.definiens.com//)
• Google Earth Engine (GEE) (https://earthengine.google.com/)

Question 4
Select two of the above sites and provide a short description (about 100 words) for each of them.

If you are on a PC in Lindley, make sure you save all your work and then log off. As the submission requirements outlines, there was nothing to submit for this lab, but make sure you do these steps. Note that although these settings should follow you should you move from PC to PC, take a quick second each time you log in to make sure that it’s set up as you expect (the OneDrive on the D: is the biggie)