Airborne Laser Terrain Mapping for B.Tech 6th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.<\/p>\n
The detailed syllabus for Airborne Laser Terrain Mapping B.Tech (R13) sixthsem is as follows<\/p>\n
OBJECTIVES:<\/strong><\/p>\n To introduce the concepts of Space Borne, Air Borne, Terrestrial and Bathymetric LASER\u00a0Scanners for Topographic and Bathymetric Mapping<\/p>\n UNIT I : SPACE BORNE RADAR AND LIDAR ALTIMETER<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0[9 hours] UNIT II : AIRBORNE LASER SCANNERS \u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0[9 hours] UNIT III : DATA ACQUISITION AND PRE PROCESSING<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0[9 hours]
\nPrinciple and Properties of LASER- Range Finder, DIAL and Doppler LiDAR – Platforms:\u00a0Terrestrial, Airborne and Space borne LiDAR \u2013 Space Borne LiDAR Missions \u2013 Space Borne\u00a0Radar Altimeter for mapping Sea Surface Topography \u2013 Space Borne Laser Altimeter and\u00a0Applications<\/p>\n
\nAirborne Topographic Laser Scanner \u2013 Ranging Principle \u2013 Pulse Laser and Continuous Wave\u00a0Laser \u2013 First Return and Last Return \u2013 Ellipsoidal and Geoidal Height – Typical parameters of a\u00a0Airborne Laser Scanner (ALS) \u2013 Specifications of Commercial ALS \u2013 Various Application Domains\u00a0of ALS – Merits of ALS in comparison to Levelling, GPS leveling, Photogrammetry and\u00a0Interferrometry – Components of ALS – GPS, IMU, LASER Scanner, Imaging Device, Hardware\u00a0and Software<\/p>\n
\nVarious Scanning Mechanism \u2013 Synchronization of GPS, IMU and ALS Data – Reflectivity of\u00a0terrain objects \u2013 Laser Classification \u2013 Class I to Class IV Laser \u2013 Eye Safety – Flight Planning\u2013\u00a0Determination of various data acquisition parameters \u2013 Swath Width, Point Density, No. of Strips,\u00a0Area Covered, Point Spacing – Data Processing \u2013 Determination of flight trajectory – LIDAR data\u00a0formats.<\/p>\n