2025-10-13

Course Overview

Objective: Introduce participants to remote sensing concepts and provide practical skills in analyzing satellite imagery using ENVI or ERDAS IMAGINE.
Duration: 5 sessions, 3 hours each.
Target audience: Beginners in remote sensing (students, researchers, professionals in environmental sciences, urban planning, and agriculture).

Course Outline

• Introduction to remote sensing

• Sources of free remote sensing data

• Types of remote sensing: active vs. passive

• Basics of satellite imagery

• Overview of satellite systems and sensors

• Understanding resolution types: spatial, spectral, temporal

Software / Tools

• Introduction to ENVI and ERDAS IMAGINE interfaces

• Installation and setup

Preprocessing

• Radiometric calibration and geometric correction

• Image enhancement techniques

• Data transformations and analysis: spatial filters, PCA, MNF, resolution merge

Hands-On / Practical Sessions

• Practical session: analyzing a satellite image using ENVI/ERDAS

• Interpreting results and preparing a project report

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the principles of remote sensing and satellite imagery.

• Use ENVI or ERDAS IMAGINE for image processing and analysis.

• Conduct basic analyses and effectively interpret remote sensing data.

Contact Information

Address: 23 Joseph Tito St., El Nozha El Gedida, Cairo, Egypt (Behind Cairo Airport)
P.O. Box: 1564 Alf Maskan, Postal Code: 11769
Phone: +20 2 26251202 / 26251203 / 26225836 | Fax: +20 2 26225800
Email: narssco@narss.sci.eg
WhatsApp (for registration & inquiries): +201009577573