Remote Sensing Education
West Virginia View is involved in K-12, undergraduate, and graduate geospatial science education.
West Virginia Science Teachers - would you like a satellite poster of the state for your classroom? (view)
The links below will take you outside the WVView web site.
- Remote Sensing Tutorials
NASA Tutorial (middle and high school, undergraduate)
Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing Tutorial (high school, undergraduate)
NCGIA Core Curriculum (GIS emphasis, high school, undergraduate)
University of Arizona Remote Sensing Tutorials (undergraduate)
Earth Observation Magazine Tutorial (high school, undergraduate)
West Virginia GLOBE Program Land Cover-Biology Tutorials (Data Access, ArcCatalog, ArcMap)
- On-line Remote Sensing Education Guides and Modules
Earth From Space, Smithsonian Institution (5-12)
WETMAPP, The USGS's Wetland Education Through Maps and Aerial Photography (primarily middle school)
The Center for Biodiversity Conservation, American Museum of Natural History
NASA IMAGERS, Interactive Multimedia Adventures for Grade School Education Using Remote Sensing (K-5)
Satellite Meteorology Modules, University of Wisconsin-Madison (7-12)
Reading Satellite Images, the Discovery Channel's Education Site (6-8)
ASPRS Guide to Land Imaging Satellites (all levels)
NOAA's Weather Satellite Guide (K-12)
University of Illinois Online Guide to Remote Sensing (high school, undergraduate)
The Nature Conservancy Primer (high school, undergraduate)
US Forest Service "Weed Manager's Guide to Remote Sensing and GIS" (professionals)
- Remotely Sensed Image Galleries
NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography
The National Snow and Ice Data Center
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Image Gallery (lots of hurricane images)
University of Wisconsin's Space Science and Engineering Center (Real-Time Images)
- Remote Sensing and Geospatial Science Data and Applications Centers
USGS Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center
USDA Agricultural Research Center Remote Sensing Program - crop monitoring information
US Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center
Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets
- Land Use Change Research
Land Use History of North America (USGS)
LUCAS, Land Use Change Analysis System (UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Program)
USGCRP, US Global Change Research Program (A US Interagency Program)
NASA LCLUC, Land Cover Land Use Change Program
NASA's Global Change Master Directory
USDA ERS, Economic Research Service (Agricultural Land Use Change)
- Freeware Remote Sensing and GIS Software
MultiSpec - remote sensing program for research and education
ImageJ - Java-based image processing and analysis
Quantum GIS - Multi-platform Open Source GIS software
ViewFinder v2.1 - basic image display, limited analysis
TNTlite - limited geospatial analysis
ArcExplorer 9.1 Java Edition - GIS for K-12 education
Map Maker Gratis - map production, limited GIS functionality
LizardTech GeoExpress View - image viewer using MrSID compression
GRASS – multiple platforms, fully functional GIS
USGS dlgv32 Pro - image viewing and basic analysis
- Misc Educational and Information Links
NASA's J-Track 3-D Satellite Tracking Page (requires JAVA support)
The WWW Virtual Library: Remote Sensing
U.S. Government Remote Sensing (American University)
Earth Imagery Resources Indexed by Country (American University, some links outdated)