AVHRR 10-Day NDVI Mosaic

Activity                                    %

Laboratory Exercises           65%

Midterm Examination          12%

Final Exam                            18%

Future Directions in RS         5%

(NOTE THAT THIS SCHEDULE IS ALWAYS TENTATIVE, EXCEPT FOR EXAM DATES AND OTHER DEADLINES, AND WILL BE REVISED CONSTANTLY. CHECK BACK OFTEN.)

Lectures

In the list below readings are indicated for Introductory Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective. Students are responsible for reading these materials on their own initiative, and the lack of mention of a reading in class does not mean that the chapter does not have to be read before class time.

Lab Total = 65% of Class Grade

THE FINE PRINT: ASSIGNMENTS

WEEKLY LABS = 65% of grade. Individual exercises in he lab manual will be posted online each week. You should create a file of the labs for yourself. Labs are frequently quite complex and much of each exercise will need to be completed outside of laboratory periods.  Thirteen lab exercises are planned and these will take you from basic introductory tasks through intermediate and some more advanced remote sensing techniques. You are given 1 week to complete each lab and all labs must be handed with the answers printed and references given, at the beginning of the next lab period (completing a previous weeks lab during the lab session is not allowed). Late labs will not be accepted and a grade of 0 will be recorded. If you have a legitimate reason for missing a lab the absence MUST be documented, e.g., you are in a car wreck, then I need to see the accident report, a death in the family, I need to see the obituary and service times. Labs are critical to this class and it is easy to fall behind. It is to prevent this that I am so strict about not accepting late labs. You have been warned, if it is late you receive a ZERO! Labs are an integral part of the learning procedure in this course and are timed to coincide with the appropriate lectures and reading materials. As such they comprise a significant proportion of your grade and should be taken very seriously.

EXAMS - Midterm (5 October - 12%) and Final (15 December - 18%) Two examinations will be given. Both exams will use short-answer, problem-solving, image interpretation, and essay questions as format. Graduate students will have additional questions to answer. Make-up exams are not given unless written proof/documentation of the emergency which caused you to miss the exam is given.

For 2009 FALL ONLY: Unless someone in the class dissents, the final exam will be optional. Each student will write the five questions with their answers (which will be considered equivalent to one laboratory for grading purposes) and submit them to Dr. Binford. The questions will be posted above in the last row table entry. If you choose to write the final exam, 10 questions will be selected at random from the entire list submitted by students, you will write the answers as a take-home exam, and turn in your answers by 12:00 noon on 16 December. This is the scheduled time for the final exam in this class.  If you object to this treatment of the final exam, you must notify Dr. Binford by 5:00 PM on 19 November 2009. Your anonymity is guaranteed if you dissent.

ASSIGNMENT – Future Directions of Remote Sensing (5%) Due in class on 3 December. For this assignment each student must find a research paper or other literature which they feel is an example or discussion of the Future Direction in the field of Remote Sensing. The piece must have been published in 2005-2009 (or else it won’t be very current). The student will hand in a paper copy of the paper, IN ADDITION to a Digital version (pdf or doc is fine) as well as a 1 page (typed, single-spaced, font size 12 Times New Roman, 1” margins) describing what the novelty of the piece you selected is, what are the new developments and also include why you picked the piece and what you think of their suggestions. These summary pieces should also be emailed to me mbinford@geog.ufl.edu, and will be shared with all class members. Additional details will be given out in class but this is so you are aware of this assignment, can plan for it in terms of time, and can also keep an eye out for a suitable piece. As with the Labs, no late assignments will be accepted.

EXTRA CREDIT LAB. Many students have data or questions associated with their thesis, dissertation, or work-related activity. The last two lab periods will be devoted to work on, and presentations of, projects that are derived from outside the class. If you conduct and present a good project, your numeric grade will be increased by 12%. Thus, the extra credit project is equal in value to the mid-term exam. You may not, however, choose to do a project and neglect the exam. The exam is still required.

ACADEMIC HONESTY

You are all bound by the student academic honor code.

“We, the members of the University of Florida community, pledge to hold ourselves and our peers to the
highest standards of honesty and integrity.”
"On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid in doing this assignment."

 The work you hand in for labs and for exams MUST be your own work. Any material obtained from other sources must be cited correctly. Do not plagiarize material. The first time a student is caught cheating they will get zero on the lab/test. On the second offense the student will be reported to the appropriate student body.

Cell phones – These MUST be turned off in both lectures and labs. Also note when you are in the labs outside class time Cell phones must be off or you will be asked to leave the lab.

Consider both class and lab as mandatory if you wish to succeed in this course.