Education & Training

RGIS - Educational Modules, Mid-South

Estimating Impervious
Surfaces with Satellite and/or Aerial Imagery

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Questions? Contact:

Brian Culpepper, University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas
JBHT-304
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
Email: brian@cast.uark.edu

About This Module

This instructor-led module is a half-day overview of impervious surface classification techniques using some of the commercially available satellite/aerial imagery and image processing software. It presents an overview of a specific impervious mapping case study within Northwest Arkansas that should answer many questions for those considering a similar investigation within their region.

Module Audience

This is an introductory level, instructor-led module that should be of interest to any community planner or citizen group with an interest in quantifying the amount of impervious surfaces within their community watersheds. Instructors may provide limited technical demonstrations with the related datasets and software, but this module was developed for participants with limited geospatial technology experience.

Module Materials & Tools

Teaching notes
Lectures in Power Point and Adobe PDF
Sample Datasets
ESRI ArcExplorer
ESRI ArcReader

Module Software & Hardware Needs

Microsoft Word or Adobe Reader
Microsoft PowerPoint on instructor station
Optional - ESRI ArcGIS
Projector
PC computers for students with Internet access

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