Course Description
Course Objectives: OC3902
is a graduate level course designed to provide the fundamentals of the science
as well as the technology inherent to Geospatial Information and Services
(GI & S). The first section of the course will cover aspects of geodesy
including the ellipsoid, geoid, gravity, datums, coordinate systems, and datum transformations. In
the second phase the student will consider mapping, charting, and
projections and their relations to geodetic datums.
Sources and the collection of geospatial data will be covered in the
third phase of the course including orthorectified
imagery, the Global Positioning System (GPS) and hydrographic surveying. The
fourth part of the course will cover the fundamentals of Geographical
Information Systems (GIS) and present to the student methods of geospatial
data fusion as well as spatial analysis including use of meteorological and
oceanographic data. Finally the student will be exposed to the current array of
military geospatial products available to support combat operations. The
lecture series will be complimented by a series of eight laboratory exercises.
Last update: 1 Oct. 2008
POC: Peter C Chu