Geospatial analysis is the exciting surveillant science that has developed from geography and the space industry. It includes the collection and interpretation of remotely sensed imagery and other geographical data and is used by almost all industries including the military, national parks, city planners and marine scientists. Remote sensing today involves the use of electromagnetic radiation sensors mounted on satellites, aircraft and UAVs to record images of the environment, which can yield invaluable spatial information. Modern geospatial technologies have radically changed our perceptions of the earth, our methods of data analysis, and our ability to solve social and environmental problems.

In this course we will study the following questions:
How do we acquire geospatial data?
What are the relationships between properties of the environment and geospatial data?
How do we process and interpret geospatial data to yield new information about the environment?
How do we integrate remotely sensed geospatial data with other data in Geographic Information Systems?

By the end of the course you will know the answers to all these questions, you will be able to use a remote sensing package and a GIS package, and you will have carried out fieldwork to relate geospatial data to the real world.