Anna University B.Tech GI (R13) 7th Sem Geoinformatics for Agriculture and Forestry Detailed Syllabus

Geoinformatics for Agriculture and Forestry Syllabus for B.Tech 7th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.

Geoinformatics for Agriculture and Forestry B.Tech (R13) seventhsem is as follows

OBJECTIVES :

This course enables the students to understand and apply remote sensing and GIS techniques in various fields of agriculture, soil, land and forest resources.

UNIT I : CROPS       [9 hours]
Introduction – leaf optical properties – identification of crops and crop inventorying – crop acreage estimation – vegetation indices – yield estimation – crop production forecasting through digital analysis – microwave and hyper spectral sensing for crop inventory – crop monitoring and condition assessment in command areas – case studies.

UNIT II : SOILS        [9 hours]
Introduction – soil survey, types of soil surveys – soil genesis and soil classification -soil taxonomy – soil reflectance properties – soil mapping using remote sensing – problem soils -saline, alkali soil characteristics – mapping of saline alkaline soils – soil erosion and sedimentation – assessment of soil erosion – estimation of reservoir capacity.

UNIT III : LAND EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT      [9 hours]
Introduction – land use / land cover definition – land use / land cover classification-concepts and approaches of land evaluation – parametric methods – change detection in land uses – decision support system for land use planning – optimum land use planning for sustainable agriculture.

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TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES: At the end of the course the student will be able to understand

• Characterization of crops using Remote Sensing tools
• The concepts of soil mapping through remote sensing
• The evaluation of land capability for better land use planning
• The methods to assess damage to crop by floods, droughts, pests using remote sensing techniques
• Characterization of forest entities for analysis of deforestation, forest fire damages

TEXTBOOKS:

• Srinivas, M.G.,Remote Sensing Applications, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi,
  2001.
• Andrew Rencz, Manual of Remote Sensing. Vol.3. Edn.3. Remote Sensing for the Earth Sciences, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Joh Wiley & Sons, New York, 1999

REFERENCES :

• Jensen, J.R., Remote Sensing of the Environment – An Earth Resource
  Perspective.Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2001
• Agarwal, C.S. and Garg P.K., Textbook on Remote Sensing in Natural Resources
  Monitoring and Management. Wheeler Publishing, New Delhi, 2000
• Narayan, L.R.A., Remote Sensing and its Applications. Universities Press (India) Ltd., Hyderabad, 2001.

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