Teacher(s)

Van Oost Kristof;

Language

French

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

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	Acquiring the most important fieldwork techniques in geography Preparing the students for the acquisition of data for their thesi projects

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Faculty or entity

GEOG