Simon Fraser University
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
Remote Sensing



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Remote Sensing Laboratory Facilities

Primary Software:

  • Remote Sensing: ER Mapper, PCI EASI/PACE, Earthscope, Flight Map, Quick Image, Dragon;
  • GIS: ARC/Info, Idrisi, MapInfo, Pamap.
  • Photogrammetric/Photointerpretation Software: ISM DiaP
  • Statistical: SPSS, SYSTAT, S-Plus.

Computer Hardware:

  • Various PC's;
      (26) Station Student Lab
      (4) Station Research Facility
  • (2) Large digitizing tablets
  • (24) digitizing tablets in student lab

Operating System:

  • Windows NT v 4.0

Optical Analytical Equipment:

  • Zeiss G-3 analytical stereoplotter
  • Bausch & Lomb High Intensity Light Table and Zoom 240 stereoscope with accessories
  • Bausch & Lomb Zoom Transfer Scope
  • Wild ST-4 mirror stereoscopes (14) and analogue plotting accessories
  • ESECO reflection-transmission densitometer

Data Acquisition Equipment:

  • Cessna T185C photo survey aircraft
  • IIS 4 band Multispectral Camera
      4 Schneider f = 150mm F2.8 lenses
  • Fairchild T11 (24cm) mapping camera
      150mm Metrogon Type 2 lens
  • Vinten 70mm cameras
  • Nikon F-250 motor driven cameras (2) for aerial reconnaissance photography
  • Multispectral Digital system including progressive scan CCD and Newvicon video cameras with extended infrared sensitivity
  • VIFIS Imaging Spectrometers (visible and near infrared)
  • 900nm eye-safe airborne profilling laser
  • Airborne GPS moving map encoding
  • On board digital and analog recorders, DC colour monitors, waveform monitor and various optical filters

International Exchange Programme in Remote Sensing:

The Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University and the Department of Applied Physics and Electronic & and Manufacturing Engineering (APEME) at the University of Dundee, Scotland cooperate in an international graduate exchange program in remote sensing. Any geography graduate student at SFU can apply to take graduate courses and/or research projects in remote sensing at APEME in Scotland. There is no additional tuition or other academic costs associated with this exchange program. Check out the APEME web site

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