2010 Schedule

ES 555 Small Format
Aerial Photography

ES 555 will meet by arrangement, in the GeoSpatial Analysis (GSA) Laboratory, SH 16, and at other locations. On-campus lab sessions are on Tuesdays, 12:30-1:50 pm. Dates below reflect these Tuesday sessions.

Much of the lecture and laboratory material is presented via World Wide Web. Readings (pdf files) and datasets for lab exercises are provided by FTP. Lab exercises will be done mainly during the first half of the semester, and field trips will take place during spring break.

Aerial eye blog.

Schedule -- Block I Spring, 2010

Week Topic Web lecture Readings Exercise Special
Jan. 12 Course introduction SFAP introduction chap00/01.pdf
Idrisi*
tutorials
No class
meeting
Jan. 19 Basic cameras and film Photography basics chap02.pdf
Lab 1
Jan. 26 Basic photogrammetry Photogrammetry chap03.pdf
Lab 2
Feb. 2 Light and composition Lighting chap04/05.pdf
Lab 3
Feb. 9 Cameras & film, digital
cameras, film scanners 		Digital imagery chap06.pdf
Lab 4
Feb. 16 Camera mounts SFAP platforms chap07.pdf
Lab 5
Feb. 23 SFAP platforms Helium blimp chap08.pdf Exam prep
Mar. 2 Mid-term week
Mid-term exam
Mar. 1-4

Schedule -- Block II Spring, 2010

Week Topic Web lecture Reading Exercise Special
Mar. 9 Ground survey GPS methods
UTM grid 		chap09.pdf
Lab 6
Spring break Field methods comics.pdf Field trips
Mar. 23 Photo interpretation Image interpretation chap10.pdf Prepare report
Mar. 30 Image processing chap11.pdf Prepare report
Apr. 6 SFAP applications chap12/13.pdf Prepare report
Apr. 13 SFAP applications chap14/15.pdf Prepare report
Apr. 20 SFAP applications chap16/17.pdf Prepare report
Apr. 27 SFAP applications chap18/19.pdf Report due
May 4 SFAP applications references.pdf
Exam prep
May 9 Finals week Final exam
May 10-13

* Students must have access to Idrisi Taiga software. Those who have
not used it before should work through tutorials 1-1 to 1-4 (not graded).

SFAP field trips

Several all-day, field trips are scheduled during the period March 13-21. For more details, check the course blog on a daily basis beginning March 10th.

The purpose of trips is to gain hands-on experience with kite and blimp aerial photography. We will probably take three to four trips, depending on weather conditions--sunny sky and zero to 20 mph wind. Students located in eastern Kansas and nearby Oklahoma and Missouri are required to participate in these trips. Following are some possible sites; the more distant sites would require early departure and late return to the ESU campus.

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ES 555 © J.S. Aber (2009).