Explore a comprehensive 9-hour course on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS). Learn essential techniques for extracting elevation data, creating contour maps, and performing band composites using Google Earth and ArcGIS. Master geoprocessing tools like buffer, clip, dissolve, intersect, merge, and union. Develop skills in study area mapping, coordinate system manipulation, and area calculation. Dive into land cover classification methods, including supervised and unsupervised techniques. Calculate various indices such as NDVI, NDWI, and NDBI. Create watershed and drainage maps, perform change detection analysis, and estimate land surface temperature. Explore advanced topics like spatial correlation, resolution enhancement, and flood risk simulation. Gain practical knowledge in creating random points, customizing legends, and solving common ArcGIS errors. Apply multi-criteria analysis for groundwater potential and flood susceptibility mapping. Conclude with specialized techniques for population density mapping, river erosion analysis, noise level mapping, and topographic wetness index calculation.
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