One-year Advanced Diploma in Remote Sensing
Program description on main NSCC site »
What is Remote Sensing at COGS?
Satellite images, sea floor mapping, laser mapping and air photography are just some of the modern technologies that are involved with Remote Sensing. This program trains you to be a professional remote sensing specialist capable of utilizing the complete range of remote sensing tools for broad coverage of operational and research tasks. The acquisition, processing, analysis, interpretation and transfer of data between image analysis and GIS Systems are extensively covered. Digital image processing, 3D visualisations and manipulation of large datasets will become part of your skill sets in this program.
Admission requirements
An undergraduate degree in a related field of study such as geography, forestry, geology, resource management, science, engineering, or computer science.
Some courses you can take:
- Fundamentals of Remote Sensing/Digital Image Processing
- Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems
- Introduction to Programming
- Introduction to Geomatics
- Advanced Geographic Information Systems
- Remote Sensing Systems and Applications
- Advanced Digital Image Processing
- Sonar Image Processing
- LiDAR Systems and Modelling
- Digital Image Processing using ERDAS
- Air Photography
- Spatial Analysis with GeoStatistics
- MapInfo/Vertical Mapper
- MapObjects Programming
- Data Mining
- Applied Geomatics Research
- Serving Maps on the Internet
Where and will I get a job?
Remote Sensing is a fast growing sub-discipline of Geomatics and it’s showing. New, high-resolution satellites are enabling companies and organisations to see the planet as they’ve never seen it before. Jobs are opening up on every continent.
COGS Alumni are now working for these organisations, among others…
- Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
- Radarsat International Inc.
- Canadian Hydrographic Service
- Geological Survey of Canada
- Department of Mines and Energy
What interesting things might I do while at COGS?
- Explore RS Techniques for Monitoring Climate Change in the Oceanic Environment
- Digital Photography and Remote Sensing
- Search for diamonds in NWT
- Feature Attribution and Coastline Extraction using Satellite Imagery
- Remote Sensing and the Commercial Fishing Industry
- Analysis of RS techniques in Monitoring Coastal Reefs
- Use Radarsat for Wetland Detection
- 3D Modelling of Bedford Basin using VRML/SoNAR
- Multibeam Processing and Ocean Floor Image Generation
- Change Detection Techniques
- SoNAR Applications of Remote Sensing
