MAPPING AND DATA PROCESSING

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

GE238

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018

Year of supply:

2018/2019

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES OF EARTH AND PLANETS

Disciplinary Sector:

Physical Geography and Geomorphology

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

PONDRELLI MONICA

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

N/A

Objectives

Learn the tool to find, understand and process the data necessary to realize a planetary geological map.
Learn the technical as well as the scientific tools to realize a planetary geological map.

Contents

Browsing planetary data archive;
data processing for GIS ingestion;
concepts for planetary geological mapping;
realization of a geological map.

Extended Syllabus

PDS Geosciences Node Orbital Data Explorer (ODE): footprint and data search.
Other tools (e.g., Google Mars).
Data processing:ISIS (Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers)
Installation and basic commands; imagery processing; cartography. Nomenclature. Coordinate systems and projections.
Hyperspectral data.
DEM production: NASA AMES Stereo Pipeline.
Installation and basic commands; data selection for stereo processing; examples of data processing with different missions.
GIS Integration.
Planetary cartography protocols.
Geological mapping vs geomorphological mapping. Scale of work.
Realization of a geological map. Crater counting. Geological sections. Stratigraphic schemes.

Recommended Bibliography

Planetary Geology, 2018
Editors: Rossi, Angelo Pio, van Gasselt, Stephan (Eds.)
Springer

Teaching Methods

Classroom-taught lecture for the basic principles. Practical exercises with the realization of a cartographic project from the data selection phase up to the geological map preparation.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Geological Mapping project.
Presentation of the results including methods and explanation of the geology of the study area: mapped units description, stratigraphic relations, evolution of the depositional environments through time.

Contacts/More Information

N/A

Other courses

Course year: 1

PLANETARY GEOLOGY AND EXTREME GEOLOGICAL EVENTS
12 Credits
COMPARATIVE PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS
6 Credits - Characterising
MAPPING AND DATA PROCESSING
6 Credits - Characterising
PLANETARY ANALOGUES FIELD WORK
6 Credits - Characterising
PLANETARY MATERIALS
6 Credits - Characterising
REMOTE SENSING
6 Credits - Characterising
SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION
6 Credits - Related/Supplementary
HYDROLOGY OF PLANETS
6 Credits - Elective Course
VOLCANOLOGY
6 Credits - Elective Course
GEOLOGICAL FIELD TRIP
6 Credits

Course year: 2

ATMOSPHERES OF THE PLANETS AND CLIMATE CHANGES
6 Credits - Characterising
PLANETARY INTERIORS
6 Credits - Related/Supplementary
GEMORPHOLOGICAL SUSREVY AND GIS
6 Credits - Elective Course
MS THESIS
30 Credits - Language/Final Examination
INTERNSHIP IN RELEVANT ORGANIZATION
6 Credits

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