Remote Sensing, GIS and Land Use Planning (Paper Code: 17010709)

Geographic co-ordinate system; map as a geographic model; types of maps and map reading

Basic concepts of remote sensing and GIS; geographical feature abstraction; geographic information- data, features and maps

Concept of raster and vector data

Land use planning: concept, techniques and factors governing present land use; land evaluation methods and soil suitability evaluation for different crops

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Use of aerial photographs, RS imagery, toposheets and other maps

ground truth study using GPS and visual markings; supervised and unsupervised classification of digital image

digitization of maps; composing maps; use of arc catalogue, arc map, arc editor in GIS registration

geo-referencing of images and maps, editing of attribute tables, field survey, overlay, network, proximity and spatial analysis

soil survey of project area: analysis of soil characteristics and soil classification

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