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Image Processing for ERDAS Course Summary - Teachers

Learning Objectives

By the end of these units your students 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

Teaching Resources

The below teaching resources can be downloaded and used in a classroom environment. If you would like to adapt any of these materials then please contact the author of the course to seek permission to do so.

Download the Image Processing for ERDAS Manual PDF (1.13 MB)

ERDAS Course Data Download.zip (270 MB)

Please note that the ERDAS Imagine data will decompress to 505 MB

If your institution does not have ERDAS Imagine please visit the software guidance pages for details of how this can be obtained.

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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

Unit 1 Teacher Guide PDF (14.9 KB) Word (25.5 KB)

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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

Unit 2 Teacher Guide PDF (14.9 KB) Word (26.0 KB)

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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

Unit 3 Teacher Guide PDF (14.9 KB) Word (25.5 KB)

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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

Unit 4 Teacher Guide PDF (15.0 KB) Word (26.0 KB)

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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

Unit 5 Teacher Guide PDF (14.2 KB) Word (24.5 KB)

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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)

Unit 6 Teacher Guide PDF (14.6 KB) Word (25.5 KB)

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Unit 7. Meteorology 1 hour

NOAA AVHRR data

Filenames: JAMAVHRR.PIX; GULFAVH.PIX

Unit 7 Teacher Guide PDF (14.5 KB) Word (24.5 KB)

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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
Unit 8 Teacher Guide PDF (14.1 KB) Word (24.5 KB)		 unit-map-coast-map
Unit 9. Landslide Mapping 1 hour

GIS data filenames:

  • ABOVE.PIX
  • ABOVE_GEOLOGY.IMG
  • ABOVE_DEM.IMG
  • ABOVE_CULTURAL.SHP
  • ABOVE_CULTURAL.IMG
Unit 9 Teacher Guide PDF (14.3 KB) Word (24.5 KB)		 unit-map-landslide-map
Unit 10. Mineral Exploration 1 hour

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

Filename: PERU.PIX

Unit 10 Teacher Guide PDF (14.2 KB) Word (24.5 KB)

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Other Course Suggestions

Your students may be interested in working through the Object Oriented Classification course after successful completion of this course.