Landsat Poster Assignment
Link to Remote Sensing and Lan Sat Power Point, here.
Remote Sensing Using Esri Apps in a Browser and Landsat Imagery
Resources Available to Carry Out Exercise:
1) PowerPoint on Remote Sensing Concepts and use of Landsat On AWS
2) PDF of Viewing New Mexico from Space Poster
3) Poster in Publisher with “blank” lines or spaces to use to create your Poster
a. See “Poster RS V8 Blank State June 1.pub”
4) Snipping Tool (or other software to do screen captures)
5) Internet Access to the two browser-based applications:
(1) Unlocking Earth’s Secrets, and
(2) Landsat Explorer
6) Organizational Account Login for Esri ArcGIS Online (not required unless you want to use it)
Learning Objectives – individuals completing exercise will be able to:
1) Describe basic science concepts important for use of remote sensing imagery.
2) Access different locations and dates using Landsat imagery
3) Carry out basic image interpretation including recognizing patterns and spatial relationships for
different types of land use.
4) Use band combinations to create composite imagery
5) Access Spectral Signature graphics to help identify different types of land use or land cover.
6) Create a Poster for an area of interest focused on remote sensing and Landsat imagery.
Exercise Instruction:
Link to poster template, here.
This exercise is divided into three parts:
Part A, will investigate the Tools in Unlocking Earth’s Secrets based on imagery from
Landsat Missions.
Part B, will use Landsat Explorer and additional tools that use imagery from many of
Landsat’s Missions. Tools will allow you to composite imagery using the bands you choose, bring in
imagery from two dates and use a Swipe Tool to visually investigate differences in the imagery from the
two date or use the Change Detection tool to see where change has occurred.
Part C, will have you make-use of what you learned to create a Poster for an area that interests you based on a template Poster and
images “captured” from the two online applications.