Integrating Imagery Data into GIS Projects and Educational Programs

This video, created by Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training Project (iGETT), provides an introduction to remote sensing for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) users. This video discusses the following topics: how can remote sensing imagery be used, two types of "sensors" for remote sensing, the electromagnetic spectrum, what does raw band "data" look like, band 4 brightness and its digital number Landsat 8, remote sensing imagery "resolutions", spatial resolution somparison - scale, determining land use types - image classification, and more. This video runs 20:32 minutes in length.