| Course Title: Pixels to Landscape: Mapping the World with Rasters and Satellites |
| Start Date: 09/09/2026 End Date: 12/22/2026 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2026 |
| Description: This course builds on introductory GIS courses GEOG-205 and GEOG-210 that are "vector-oriented". We cover more advanced topics of raster GIS and Remote Sensing. We will use the enhanced analytical capability of raster GIS to analyze landscape data and use satellite imagery to model the surface of the Earth. Some of the themes of raster GIS covered are environmental modeling, land suitability, land change modeling, multi criteria evaluation, cost distance analysis, terrain modeling, etc. In the area of Remote Sensing, we'll explore some of the newer satellite imagery available and will work with image exploration, geo-registration, and restoration, supervised and unsupervised classification, etc. Final project will be required, as well as weekly exercises and quizzes. |
| Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Eugenio Marcano | 413-538-3237 | emarcano@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/09/2026 - 12/22/2026 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 09:00AM - 10:15AM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 410 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: GEOG-205 or GEOG-210. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| GEOG0001 | GEOG-1: Geography major | This course counts toward the Geography major and minor. |
| GEOG0001 | GEOG-1: Geography minor | This course counts toward the Geography major and minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 20 | Enrollment: 0 | Available: 20 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |