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ERDAS Courses

1) Image Processing for ERDAS Imagine

Learning Objectives

By the end of these units you will: -

  • be proficient in the use of Erdas Imagine
  • understand and be able to undertake geometric referencing of images
  • understand and be able to display image composites for known purposes
  • know about the potential of any procedures for image processing in a range of application areas

The Image Processing for Erdas Imagine course consists of the below 10 units.

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Unit 1. Information Extraction 1 hour

NOAA-9 AVHRR Channel 2 (Near Infra-Red) image of southern Britain; 30 June 1984.

Filename: AVHRR_SOUTHERNBRITAIN.IMG

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Unit 2. Spectral Mapping 1 hour

Landsat Thematic Mapper georeferenced reflectance image acquired 1st May 1986.

Filename: KINGSTON_JAMAICA_TM.IMG

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Unit 3. Georeferencing 1.5 hour

Landsat 7 image, path 204, row 23 which includes Liverpool and Manchester.

Filename: LANDSAT7_20423XS.IMG

Ordnance Survey Landranger Sheet 109 (Manchester) or you can download tiles SJ68, SJ88, SD60 and SD80 from EDINA

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Unit 4. Structural Mapping 1 hour

Georeferenced ERS-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar data; Radarsat multitemporal image.

Filenames: ERS1_MANCHESTER.IMG; SOUFRIER.PIX and LANDSAT7_MANCHESTER.IMG

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Unit 5. Vegetation Mapping 1 hour

Landsat Thematic Mapper data and NOAA AVHRR data

Filenames: LANDSAT7_MANCHESTER.IMG and ENGLAND_AVHRR.PIX

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Unit 6. Land Cover Classification 1 hour

Geometrically corrected Landsat Thematic Mapper reflectance subscene

Filename: LANDSAT7_MANCHESTER.IMG (created module 3 georeferencing images)

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Unit 7. Meteorology 1 hour

NOAA AVHRR data

Filenames: JAMAVHRR.PIX; GULFAVH.PIX

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Unit 8. Coastal Mapping 1 hour

Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper image of the Blakeney Point area, Norfolk, UK (28/05/1989), Landsat 7 Thematic Mapper pan-sharpened image of Blakeney Point 19/02/2000.

Filenames:

  • BLAKENEY_LANDSAT5.PIX
  • BLAKENEY_LANDSAT7PANSHARP.PIX
  • BLAKENEY_1880.TIF
  • BLAKENEY_1927.TIF
  • BLAKENEY_1974.TIF
  • BLAKENEY_OCT04_PANORAMA.JPG
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Unit 9. Landslide Mapping 1 hour

GIS data filenames:

  • ABOVE.PIX
  • ABOVE_GEOLOGY.IMG
  • ABOVE_DEM.IMG
  • ABOVE_CULTURAL.SHP
  • ABOVE_CULTURAL.IMG
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Unit 10. Mineral Exploration 1 hour

Thematic Mapper visible, near and short-wave infrared reflective bands, acquired 23rd June 1985.

Filename: PERU.PIX

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