Logistics

Course website and Moodle

The course material can be accessed on the Schedule web page.
Course Forum, assignment submissions, project material, and grades are handled in Moodle.

Lectures

  • Focus of lectures is on principles, theory, concepts, methods and lectures are mostly software independent.
  • Lecture slides and video are available at each topic’s web page - you can access them through Schedule or Moodle.
  • Topics webpages also include links to addition reading and other resources.
  • NCSU Panopto: Fall 2024 Letcure Recordings

Assignments

  • Most topics include hands-on assignment - the links to assignments are provided at each topic’s web page - you can access them through the course schedule.
  • Following the Schedule, you will submit a brief (2 pages minimum, including images and tables) paper for each topic with the following paragraphs:
    • Introduction: task, problem
    • Methods: general description of methods and concepts
    • Results: present the results, including maps, graphs, tables with comments
    • Discussion: was there anything unexpected or problematic in the results? Were there any issues related to the methodology or software? Include suggestions for improvements here.
    • Conclusion: 1-2 sentences on what you have learned
  • Submit your report through Moodle in pdf format, use naming convention LastnameFirstname_HW#.pdf.

Software

Computational Resources

  • NCSU students may use VCL (Virtual Computing Lab)[https://vcl.ncsu.edu/]

Make a reservation using the Agisoft Metashape & GRASS GIS - Ubuntu environment.

Other resources

Data

GRASS Projects

GCP (Ground Control Points)

Midpines

These are 12 GCP taken at midpines.

UAS data

Processed data

Lidar data

Orthoimagery

Orthophotos as GRASS packed rasters, use r.unpack from within the LakeWheeler_NCspm location to import them, run it with -o to override projection (it is just a different EPSG for HARN versus NAD83 datum, the difference is negligible)