Online Geosciences And Remote Sensing Courses & Certifications

The Microwave Remote Sensing in Hydrology Remote Sensing in Hydrology certification course is a three months online program. Even though the program is provided using the Swayam platform, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and NPTEL firms have established this certification program, which was created by IIT Bombay.

The  Microwave Remote Sensing in Hydrology training covers the fundamentals of passive and active microwave remote sensing with applications in civil engineering (hydrology, meteorology), as well as the ideas of processing microwave images using free and open-source programming languages like Python.

This course will give a general overview of how to get students ready to read and understand microwave data for difficult water-related scientific and policy problems. This course will be valued and commended by ERDAS, RMSI, and other companies with a remote sensing and GIS applications division. Prof. J. Indu explains this certificate course.

Are you interested in knowing the essential concepts of remote sensing? Here you have a chance to learn from one of the reputed IITs. Remote Sensing Essentials is a 12-week-long online course on remote sensing offered by Swayam in association with  IIT Roorkee. The online course will guide you through different aspects of remote sensing and will help you explore the fundamentals of satellite-based digital image processing and remote sensing technologies and tools. 

Remote Sensing Essentials Certification Course, administered by Swayam, is an FDP programme that is approved and recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The Remote Sensing Essentials online course is an elective programme that is prepared and supervised by Prof. Arun K. Saraf who is a professor at IIT Roorkee. The course is basically a free online programme and the learners can pursue it completely free of cost except for certification. To be eligible for the certificate of completion, the learners must appear for an exam that demands an exam fee of Rs 1000. The expected candidates for the course are undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students in the civil engineering field who want to learn more about remote sensing.  

The ‘Remote Sensing and GIS’ online course is supported by the National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) and is provided on the Swayam online education platform. This course on remote sensing and Geographic Information systems (GIS) is developed and offered by the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Guwahati for undergraduate, postgraduate students, and Ph.D. scholars.

The course study is based on the modern concepts and remote sensing principles and GIS that help the students understand their applications. The online training is conducted for eight weeks by the course instructor, Prof. Rishikesh Bharti, a faculty member of the department of civil engineering at IIT Guwahati. 

This faculty development program by Swayam is a part of the civil engineering domain and is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education. The students of this core course of undergraduate or postgraduate level will receive two credit points and a course completion certificate after completing the program.

A geographic information system or GIS is a new technology that helps in creating, analyzing, managing, and mapping all types of data. Because of too many advantages, the software is used by many prominent companies. The data acquisition in the GIS is the process of sampling signals that measure the physical conditions of the real world and convert the resulting samples into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer. GIS Map design is the process of creating a map to represent geographic information. The course of GIS Data Acquisition and Map Design is an initiative by Coursera and the University of Toronto for learners who are keen to learn about GIS. 

GIS Data Acquisition and Map Design training will be given by the experts of the University of Toronto to the students through the online mode. This is a beginner-friendly course that can be completed in 7 weeks. The students shall have flexible deadlines for the course. This course is the second out of the four courses offered by Coursera in the domain of GIS. The candidates will also receive GIS Data Acquisition and Map Design certification by Coursera at the end of the course. 

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A geographic information system is one that creates, manages, analyses, and maps all types of data. It connects data to the map and integrates the location with all types of descriptive information. GIS mapping is the process of inputting the data layers into the GIS System to generate a map. The course Introduction to GIS Mapping is designed by the experts for providing the foundational knowledge of GIS mapping to the interested learners. 

Introduction to GIS Mapping training is an initiative of the Coursera and the University of Toronto to provide in-depth knowledge of GIS Mapping. This is the online, self-paced course available on the Coursera platform. The course shall train students in GIS, Mapping, and Spatial Analysis. The candidates will learn about the process of getting started with the software of GIS, recording the locations using coordinates, and making the two-dimensional and three-dimensional earth. This is the first of the four courses provided by the Coursera on GIS Mapping. The candidates will also receive Introduction to GIS Mapping certification by the Coursera by the end of the course. 

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Belonging to the multidisciplinary category, the Remote Sensing of Leaf Area Index and Primary Productivity certification has a course duration of a month. This course is the responsibility of the institutes of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur together who have submitted this course for being conducted on the platform of Swayam. This course is free, and also online which exhibits the importance of leaf area index in ecological, physiological, and climatological studies.

The LAI or the Leaf Area Index is nothing but a response parameter catering to the process of photosynthesis that is directly related to light perception. The Remote Sensing of Leaf Area Index and Primary Productivity training gives a deep understanding of the primary productivity of the Leaf Area Index. This certification also makes it possible for the participants to know that LAI is nothing but a biophysical variable that is dimensionless and is calculated by taking into account the unit ground surface area. This programme mainly is thought of for engineering, and science students or professionals.

Drones for Agriculture: Prepare and Design Your Drone (UAV) Mission certification course is created by WageningenX and taught by Dr Ir. Lammert Kooistra - Associate Professor in Geo-Information Science & Remote Sensing at Wageningen University & Research and Dr João Valente - Assistant Professor in UAVs, Robotics & AI at the Information Technology Group Wageningen University & Research at Wageningen University & Research, which is presented by edX.

Drones for Agriculture: Prepare and Design Your Drone (UAV) Mission online course is intended for agricultural professionals, multidisciplinary technical investigators, and learners who want to master how to utilize a small, commercially available drone to capture high-resolution images of agricultural fields. With Drones for Agriculture: Prepare and Design Your Drone (UAV) Mission online training, learners will also be taught about topics like several drone laws, flight planning, mission planning, data collection, and data visualization as well as will be produced with an understanding of the aerial mapping and how to implement it in a programmable small drone. EdX provides two varied options to enrol in the self-paced programme; verified and audit-free. In the verified mode, the students can access the course materials for an unlimited duration and in the free mode, they can audit it only for a limited period. 

Earth Observation for Carbon Cycle Studies certification is a 5 day online course that is arranged by the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Indian Space Research Organisation, Department of Space, along with the Government of India, Dehradun. The sponsorship of this course is given by the Standing Committee on Training and

Education (SC-T), and National Natural Resources Management System.

Earth Observation for Carbon Cycle Studies certification syllabus tells the candidates about the natural forests, and agroecosystems that majorly sink the atmospheric carbon in the terrestrial biosphere. The candidates will also understand the importance of the feedback mechanism that lies between the atmosphere and the terrestrial biosphere. 

Earth Observation for Carbon Cycle Studies training is provided to candidates from both private, central , and state governments who will be responsible for bearing the cost of this course. It will also tell the students that sun-induced fluorescence sensors, aerial vehicle (UAV), and some other factors are giving newer dimensions for the carbon cycle studies which is precise, and for the geospatial carbon accounting that uses sensors of earth observation.

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The Short Course on Remote Sensing and Image Analysis certification is an 8weeks short-term course that is created jointly by the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Department of Space, Indian Space Research Organisation, and the Government of India, Dehradun. These days Geospatial science is becoming omnipresent while managing the man-made environment, and natural resources and this course is extremely important for learning about space technology. 

Short Course on Remote Sensing and Image Analysis certification syllabus includes the concepts of photogrammetry, remote sensing, image analysis, satellite navigation, and also some information on the latest trends of geographical information system (GIS). 

Short Course on Remote Sensing and Image Analysis training helps generate the information on wealth by providing inputs at large which are claimed to be vital for the decision at several levels of project implantation. Also this course has been dedicated to the learners like students, and researchers who are interested in the field or remote sensing.