WAR 3102 GIS APPLICATIONS and

REMOTE SENSING
George Kimbowa
georg.kimb@gmail.com
+256704177737/ +256777683435

Busitema University
Tororo, Uganda
5/19/2022
May-August,
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 Getting Started
• Why do we need this course?

• Do you know the importance of GIS in

Water Resources/ Irrigation?

• What can GIS do?

• How is it applied?

• What are the Typical features of GIS?

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 BRIEF MODULE DESCRIPTION:
▪ Conceptual foundations, Geographic
information and spatial data types, Data
processing system, Data entry and
preparation, spatial data analysis, spatial
statistics data visualization, related practicals.
▪ Introduction to remote sensing, sensors and
platforms, Aerial cameras, Multispectral
scanners, Radar, Remote sensing below the
ground, Geometric aspects, Image
enhancement and visualization, and Digital
image classification.
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Course Objectives
 Students will learn skills of spatial data entry, storage,
retrieval, manipulation and visualization. Students will
also learn various methods and models in earth
observation using remote sensing images to measure and
monitor changes in the earth’s surface and atmosphere.
Learning objectives:
At the end of the course students should be able to;
 Apply the knowledge and understanding of the
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in water
resource projects.
 Apply the principles of Geographic Information System
(GIS) in EIA and in water resources planning and
management.
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1. Geographic information and spatial data
types:
 Geographic phenomenon,
 Computer representations of geographic information,
Spatial data organization.
2. Data processing system:
 Hardware and software trends,
 Geographic information systems,
 Database management systems.
3. Spatial data analysis
 Classification of analytic GIS capabilities
 Measurement
 Spatial queries and classification
 Overlay functions, neighborhood functions
 Network analysis, three dimensional
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4. Spatial statistics Data visualization
 GIS and maps, The visualization process, visualization strategies, the
cartographic tool box, How to map, map cosmetics and map output
 Data quality and metadata
 Basic concepts and definitions,
 measures of location error on maps, error propagation in spatial data
processing, metadata and data sharing
5. Introduction to remote sensing
 spatial data acquisition, application of remote sensing;
 Electromagnetic energy and remote sensing: electromagnetic energy- waves
and photons, sources of electromagnetic energy, electromagnetic spectrum,
active and passive remote sensing;
 Energy interaction in the atmosphere- absorption and transmission,
atmospheric scattering;
 Energy interactions with the earth surface- spectral reflectance curves. .
6. Digital image classification:
 Principle of image classification- image space, feature space, image
classification-,
 Image classification process- preparation for image classification, supervised
and unsupervised image classification,
 classification algorithm-, validation of the results, problems in image
classification.

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7. Remote sensing for Irrigation and Drainage
 Introduction to the principles of remote sensing and
their applications in the field of irrigation and
drainage.
8. Practicals
▪ Work will cover 1:50,000 scale topographic map
relevant to Uganda.
▪ Digital elevation models, Landsat and aerial
photographs of the same area will be used.

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 Power point Lecture, Exercises
and Reference Materials

 Applications: Tutorials and Labs

 Training Database

 Focused Discussions and Interactions

 Class works and Assignments

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Mode %
Continuous Assessment 40%
Take home assignment 10%
Projects 20%
Tests: 10%
University Examination (3 Hours) 60%

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 Date: 2nd June 2022
Duration@ Group
GIS and RS application in:
1. Urban growth and planning:
2. Urban transportation:
3. Water resources:
4. Civil engineering and utility:
5. Agricultural studies:
6. Flooding risk mapping:
7. Soil erosion evaluation and mapping:
8. Environmental Sciences:
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 Kang-tsung (Karl) Chang, (2006): Introduction to Geographic Information Systems with
 Data Files CD-ROM, 4th edition. McGraw-Hill;
 Implementing ArcGIS for Water Utilities, ESRI White Paper, August 2014
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Geographical Information Systems, Volume 1, Principles and Technical Issues, second
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 ITC Educational text books, Principles of Geographic Information Systems.. ITC, Enschede,
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 Robert A. Schowengerdt 2007. Remote sensing: models and methods for image
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 Robert, Laurini and Derek Thompson, (1999); Fundamentals of spatial information
systems. The APIC Series Number 37. Academic Press, London
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