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The College of Agriculture & Natural Resources WB
Young 310 Natural Resources
Management & Engineering 238 Remote Sensing Image Processing Spring 2008 Presentation and Portfolio |
Portfolio (10 % of Overall Grade)
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Due
by Friday, May 9, 2008
Using
ERDAS Imagine's map composition capabilities, produce color hard copy of the
following with the HP 2300 color printer, using any remote sensing and other
geospatial data with which you have been working: ·
An RGB composite of any three-band combination of your choice ·
Best results of a supervised
classification (of the same geographic area as the RGB color composite) ·
Both for a detailed land cover map (with all of the classes developed
through supervised training, perhaps after some deletion, merging or some
other editing) and for a Level I Recode of this land cover map) ·
either minimum distance or maximum likelihood ·
Best results of an
unsupervised classification (of the same geographic area) ·
A Level I Recode is satisfactory ·
A Kauth-Thomas Brightness-Greenness-Wetness RGB image (of the same
geographic area) ·
Something really neat
that you have discovered in Imagine that is not directly from the Class
Laboratory Exercises or the Tour Guide Tutorials Compose
these color figures using the procedures similar to those used in Lab
Exercise on Image Annotation and
Map Composition.
Be sure to setup the default printer before you start composing your page layouts
(e.g., Printer, 81/2 by 11, Portrait or Landscape, etc.).
Be thoughtful about your map and image compositions (layouts) before you
start. Include relevant information for each, such as a title, north arrow,
scale, your name, legend (for the land cover maps), other types of keys (for
the image data), descriptive annotation (if appropriate), and any other
information you believe contributes to the overall content and understanding
of the layout (without becoming too cluttered). The HP 2300 printer is accessible through the
local network in Room 303 (HP Business
Inkjet 2300 PCL6 on lerisserver) and each PC should have the printer
drivers for it; if not, see me. Other color printers are also available via
the LERIS (RESAC) network, if you are encountering problems. If you are
having trouble printing, please seek assistance as early as possible.
Additionally, I would like a one-page summary of your impressions of the value of quantitative
remote sensing in your specific application area of interest (i.e., what this technology can or can
not do for you in the real world).
Within this one-page, please comment on the pros (advantages) and cons
(disadvantages) of ERDAS Imagine in performing geospatial data processing.
This series of at least five or six color hard copies and the one-page
narrative statement should be on 81/2
by 11 inch paper and placed in a three-hole punch folder (make sure you leave a left margin in the
map compositions for the holes). This portfolio will not only serve to document for
me some of the exercises on which you have been working in NRME 238, but, if
done from a professional perspective, can serve as a product that you can
illustrate to potential future employers your experience in working with
quantitative remote sensing, at least ERDAS Imagine, much as an artist or a
writer might do with a painting or an essay. |
Presentation (25 % of Overall Grade)
· To be delivered during the Final
Exam period on Friday, May 9, 2008, 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
The presentation for NRME 238 is one that will
allow you to demonstrate to me your understanding of image processing and
pattern recognition principles, and your proficiency in working with the
ERDAS Imagine software. Rather than adhere to a structured presentation of “show me this and show me that”, I
would like to have this be as open-ended and flexible as possible. Therefore,
consider deriving a product (image, map, 3-D visualization, etc.) that shows
something really cool (unique,
informative, visually appealing, etc.), yet different from what we have done
in the Laboratory Exercises or Tour Guide Tutorials (although some variation
of what was done could be acceptable). Some examples of past projects and
presentations are located at http://clear.uconn.edu/nrme/nrme238//Student_Presentations/Past_Student_Projects.htm, and I will show additional ones. This presentation will be held during the two-hour
final exam time period. We will meet, as a group, in Room 305. I think it
would be best if everyone composed his or her final presentation using
Microsoft PowerPoint. Your file will have to be placed in a location
accessible from the PC in Room 305 (perhaps on your USB drive, or on a CD-R). You should make sure, at least a day or two in
advance, that your demonstration will work properly. Each person will have no
more than 15 minutes each to make his or her delivery
in front of the rest of the class. I realize that this is not a lot of time, but
given that there are 10 (or so) students in the class, and given the
logistics of moving from presentation-to-presentation, we have to adhere to a
tight schedule of short presentations to fit everyone into the two-hour block
of time. Accordingly, make your problem one that is both tractable during the
balance of the semester and presentable during a 10 minute talk. During this up-to-15-minute presentation, you
should (as briefly and succinctly as possible): ·
state the objective or intent of what you did ·
What? Why? ·
describe (overview) the data and processing steps you used ·
How? ·
show the results ·
and describe how you think this might be useful in a real world application ·
So what? I would also appreciate a one-page write-up of
what you did for your presentation. Please feel free to see me about either the
Portfolio or the Presentation if you have questions or are experiencing
problems. You should find this a very good learning
exercise. Good luck and have fun with it! Dan |