Short course/CPD
Aerial Photography and Digital Photogrammetry
Course date: Please enquire
Course overview
Deriving digital elevation models and ortho imagery is an important application of remote sensing data. This subject introduces techniques for the extraction of topographic information from remotely sensed data using softcopy photogrammetry techniques. Image interpretation is a vital skill required in many image based mapping projects. The concepts and techniques of image interpretation will be introduced and practised.
Location
Course fee:
- £1400 - Standard. 20% discount for Cranfield alumni, 10% discount for colleagues of alumni
- £1340 - Professional/trade association discount
- £1280 - Multiple bookings*
*Minimum of five delegates.
Accommodation fee:
Accommodation is not included in the price.
Speakers
How to register
To request a place on this course, please complete the online Registration Form.
If you have any queries please contact:
Cranfield University
Cranfield
Bedfordshire
MK43 0AL, UK
T: +44 (0) 1234 754176
E: shortcourse@cranfield.ac.uk
F: +44 (0) 1234 751206
Please be aware that short courses/CPD are subject to:
Booking ConditionsCourse description
- Topographic maps and remote sensing images: map scale and content, image sources and interpretation methods, accuracy issues
- Aerial photography in the context of other remote sensing systems. Physics of light: principles of recording the image. Stereoscopy and parallax. Geometry: scale variation, relief displacement, tilts
- Geometry of vertical aerial photographs: geometry, co-ordinate axes, scale, measurement
- Softcopy photogrammetry. Digital elevation models
- Satellite photogrammetry
- Air photo mosaics and orthophotos
- Interpretation: principles and factors. Applied interpretation: geology, geomorphology, vegetation, soils, urban structures. Flight planning. API project management and implementation
- Recent developments - digital aerial photographs, scanning existing photography.
On completion of this course the delegate will be able to:
- Summarise the geometry and spectral properties of vertical aerial photographs and evaluate their importance in the use of aerial photography for deriving mapping products.
- Apply the basic principles of softcopy photogrammetry to a range of remotely sensed datasets.
- Interpret aerial photographs in the context of the physical and human environments.
- Evaluate elevation data products derived from stereo image pairs and assess their use for a range of applications.
- Prepare orthophotography from standard frame aerial photography and assess the quality of the output.
