5.0 credits
30.0 h + 30.0 h
2q
Teacher(s)
Van Oost Kristof ;
Language
Français
Main themes
Lectures : Principals of different techniques and data treatment
Practical work : Non residential fieldwork
Exercises in data treatment
Outline
1 Techniques in cartography : surveying, the use of a GPS, construction of Digital Terrain Models
2 Application of cartography for representing the state of natural resources (intensity of soil erosion, spatial varion of organic matter)
3 Continuous measurement of environmental parameters using dataloggers
4 Field validation of classification of satellite images
5 Questionnaire design and testing
Aims
Acquiring the most important fieldwork techniques in geography
Preparing the students for the acquisition of data for their thesi projects
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