8 28 July 2019 Department of Earth Sciences, University of ...Prof A. K. Borah, Department of Geography, Gauhati University 1100 - 1130 hrs TEA BREAK 1130 - 1300 hrs 4.3 Map preparation-

Summer School in Geospatial Technologies (Level 1)

Organized by

Department of Earth Sciences,

University of Science and aTechnology, Meghalaya

Supported by

National Resources Data Management System

Department of Science and Technology,

Government of India, New Delhi

8-28 July 2019

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya

University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya

The University of Science and Technology, Megha-

laya (USTM) has been established under the provi-

sion of the University of Science and Technology,

Meghalaya Act (No.6 of 2008) enacted by Legisla-

tive Assembly of Meghalaya and notified vide Ga-

zette Notification No LL(B) 87/2008/21, Dated

02.12.2008 of the Government of Meghalaya. The

University has a mission to become one of the prem-

ier universities in the country by bringing together

the leading academicians, researchers, entrepreneurs,

thinkers, administrators, corporate and other stake-

holders in an endeavour to synergize their expertise

with a view to impart world class education explor-

ing opportunities and talents of the Northeast region,

thereby, creating a centre of cutting edge research

and societal development in order to play a signifi-

cant part in the process towards nation building with

scientific temperament and knowledge capital.

The University of Science & Technology, Meghala-

ya (USTM) is the first private science and technolo-

gy university in the north-eastern region of India. It

offers courses through the following schools:

School of Biological Sciences

School of Applied Sciences

School of Business Sciecnes

School of Social Sciences and Humanities

School of Engineering and Technology

School of Allied Medical Sciences

Prof. Qoumrul Hoque School of Education

University School of Law and Research

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Sci-

ence and Technology, Meghalaya

The Department of Earth Sciences is one of the ac-

tive departments of University of Science & Tech-

nology, Meghalaya (USTM) working in various

fields of Environment, Geography, Biodiversity &

Wildlife, Disaster Management, Natural Resource

Management and Sustainable Development primari-

ly focusing in the field of Remote Sensing and GIS.

The Department offers full time Post Graduate De-

gree in M.Sc. Environmental Science and M. A. / M.

Sc. Geography with specialization in Geoinformat-

ics, Regional Planning; and Ph. D. in Environmental

Science and Geography respectively.

Infrastructure and the Department of Earth Sci-

ences, University of Science and Technology

The Department of Earth Sciences has well-

established remote sensing and geographic infor-

mation systems labs, cartographic laboratories and

lecture rooms with LCD Projectors, geospatial soft-

ware and tools, GPS, Internet with LAN & WiFi,

etc. There are 10 regular faculty members in the de-

partment.

The University has a well equipped guest house

with 30 rooms, three auditorium, a conference Hall,

Bank ATM , Health Centre, Book Stalls and Res-

taurants on campus.

Lodging

The University has a guest house on campus where

the participants will be accommodated.

About the Summer School in Geospatial Tech-

nologies (Level 1)

The 21 day summer school in geospatial technolo-

gies (Level 1) supported by the Natural Resource

Data Management System of the Department of Sci-

ence and Technology, Government of India will fo-

cus on building knowledge and skills in using open

source geospatial technologies.

Dates: 8-28 July 2019

Venue: Depar tment of Ear th Sciences, University

of Science and Technology.

Principal Investigator : Dr. Narayan Chetry

Address: Department of Earth Sciences, University

of Science and Technology, Khanapara, 9th Mile,

Baridua, Dist- Ri-Bhoi, Meghalaya-793101

Phone: +91 94353 07125

Email: [email protected]

Website: University: www.ustm.ac.in

Department: http://www.ustm.ac.in/department/Earth Sciences

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mailto:[email protected]

http://www.ustm.ac.in

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Well equipped state of art laboratories

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CAPACITY BUILDING IN GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS

21-Day Training Programme ( July 08 - 28, 2019)

Organized By: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Science & Technology Meghalaya (USTM)

Principal Investigator & Course Co-ordinator: Prof. Narayan Chetry (M. Sc., B. T., Ph. D.)

Time Activities / Topic Person(s) Involved/ Expert

Day1/Monday 08.07.2019

0800 - 0900 hrs REGISTRATION BY THE PARTICIPANTS All Faculty Members

0900 - 1030 hrs INAUGURATION & PLENARY TALK Dr P.L.N. Raju, Director, NESAC

0900 - 1030 hrs With Separate Programme Details

1030 - 1100 hrs High Tea Faculty Members / Officials

1100 - 1200 hrs 1.1 Introduction to groups (Trainers and trainees)

Dr Narayan Chetry, PI, Professor Department of Earth

Sciences, University of Science & Technology Meghalaya

(USTM)

1200 - 1300 hrs 1.2 Geospatial Sciences: What, why and how? Moving from data to informatio

n: Lecture / Interactive Discussion Dr P.L.N. Raju, Director, NESAC

1300 - 1400 hrs LUNCH BREAK

1400 - 1600 hrs

1.3 Introduction to data types in geospatial information (GI): Overview of

spatial and non spatial data types (aerial photos, remote sensing, toposheets,

databases, etc.), Data sources: Interactive discussion

Dr Narayan Chetry, PI, Professor Department of Earth

Sciences, University of Science & Technology Meghalaya

(USTM)

1600 - 1630 hrs TEA BREAK

1630 - 1800 hrs

1.4 Exercise 1: Acquiring data (capture); (Downloading of ASTER, MODIS,

Bhuvan, Acquiring toposheets from SOI, Ordering of IRS data, Acquiring

secondary data)

Mr Shamikhu Changmai, Assistant Professor, Department of

Earth Sciences, USTM

1830 - 1815 hrs 1.5 Filling in feedback form

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Tuesday 09.07.2019

0900 - 0930 hrs 2.1 Feedback (analysis to be done by participants and presented – quantitative a

nd qualitative) – led by Coordinator Dr Narayan Chetry, PI

0930 - 1100 hrs 2.2 Understanding Geodesy: Ellipsoids and Co-ordinate Systems Dr Narayan Chetry, PI, Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM


1130 - 1300 hrs 2.3 Understanding Scales and Projections Dr Narayan Chetry, PI, Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM


1400 - 1600 hrs 2.4 Overview of QGIS: Data- IGET_GIS_001 Dr Swarup Jyoti Baishya, Assistant Professor, Department of


1630 - 1800 hrs 2.5 Overview of QGIS: Data- IGET_GIS_001 Dr Swarup Jyoti Baishya, Assistant Professor, Department of


1830 - 1815 hrs 2.6 Tea break &Filling in feedback forms

Wednesday 10.07.2019



0930 - 1100 hrs 3.2 Data quality, Metadata; Sources and types of errors in GIS Dr Narayan Chetry, PI, Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM


1130 - 1300 hrs 3.3 Georeferencing and Map Projections in QGIS; Data Creation.

IGET_GIS_003

Dr Eahya Al Huda, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM


1400 - 1530 hrs 3.4 Georeferencing Data Creation / extraction by QGIS - Hands on exercise by

participants. Exercise2: Data-IGET_GIS_003/004

Ms Palme Borthakur, Assistant Professor, Department of


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1530 - 1800 hrs 3.5 Tea Break & Exercises: Using / Importing and making New Projection,

Data-IGET_GIS_002

Dr Swarup Jyoti Baishya, Assistant Professor, Department of


1800 - 1815 hrs 3.6 Filling in feedback forms

Thursday 11.07.2019



0930 - 1100 hrs 4.2 Map making / Cartography - quality, types, map elements and map design

& layout

Prof A. K. Borah, Department of Geography, Gauhati

University


1130 - 1300 hrs 4.3 Map preparation- Thematic mapping, map quality: Good and Bad maps Prof A. K. Borah, Department of Geography, Gauhati

University


1400 - 1530 hrs 4.4 Attribute Database and Thematic Mapping by QGIS - Hands on exercise by

participants. IGET_GIS_006

Dr Eahya Al Huda,Assistant Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM

1530 - 1800 hrs 4.5 Tea & Hands on Exercise Continues IGET_GIS_006 Mr Shamikhu Changmai,Assistant Professor, Department of



Friday 12.07.2019



0930 - 1100 hrs 5.2 Creation of Tabular/ Attribute Database in QGIS: Demo Dr Narayan Chetry, PI, Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM


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1130 - 1300 hrs 5.3 Data Exploration: Data -IGET_GIS_007 Dr Swarup Jyoti Baishya, Assistant Professor, Department of



1400 - 1530 hrs 5.4 Exercise: Working with tables Data: IGET_GIS_008 Dr Eahya Al Huda, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM

1530 - 1800 hrs 5.5 Exercise on attribute data preparation Ms Palme Borthakur, Assistant Professor, Department of



Saturday 13.07.2019



0930 - 1100 hrs 6.2 Visualizing data through queries Dr Krishna Das, Spatial Planning Expert, Rurban SPMU,

CPRD


1130 - 1300 hrs 6.3 Exercise: Working with queries, Data:IGET_GIS_009 Dr Krishna Das, Spatial Planning Expert, Rurban SPMU,

CPRD


1400 - 1530 hrs 6.4 Exercise: Working with queries Data: IGET_GIS_010 Dr Eahya Al Huda,Assistant Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM

1530-1800 hrs 6.5 Exercise on building queries from the existing data sets: IGET_GIS_010 Mr Shamikhu Changmai, Assistant Professor, Department of



Sunday 14.07.2019



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0930 - 1100 hrs 7.2 Introduction to GPS and its applications Dr Manash Jyoti Nath, Assistant Professor, Deptt. Of

Geography, Gauhati University


1130 - 1300 hrs 7.3 Exercise: Working with GPS and Field Data Collection in the campus Dr Manash Jyoti Nath, Assistant Professor, Deptt. Of

Geography, Gauhati University


1400 - 1530 hrs 7.4 Exercise: Working with GPS Data in QGIS: IGET_GIS_011 Mr Shamikhu Changmai, Assistant Professor, Department of


1530-1800 hrs 7.5 GPS data collection by participants Dr Lalit Saikia, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM


Monday 15.07.2019



0930 - 1100 hrs 8.2 The science of Remote sensing: types, sensors, platforms and data

characteristics

Dr Narayan Chetry, PI, Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM


1130 - 1300 hrs 8.3 Application of GIS & Remote Sensing in river bank migration, erosion and

deposition

Dr Lalit Saikia, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM


1400 - 1600 hrs 8.4 Intro to SAGA QGIS: Demonstration Dr Narayan Chetry, PI, Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM

1630 - 1800 hrs 8.5 Exercise: Handling data with SAGA, IGET_GIS_011 Dr Eahya Al Huda, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM


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Tuesday 16.07.2019



0930 - 1100 hrs 9.2 Visual Image Interpretation Techniques Dr Dhanjit Deka, Assistant Professor, B. Barooah College,

Guwahati


1130 - 1300 hrs 9.3 Understanding the Image- resolution, image statistics and histograms Dr. Pranjit Sarma, Assistant Professor, Mangaldai College,

Mangaldai


1400 - 1600 hrs 9.4 Ex: Digital Image interpretation (Use IGET_RS_002) Dr. Pranjit Sarma, Assistant Professor, Mangaldai College,

Mangaldai

1630 - 1800 hrs 9.5 Exercise: Image classification and histogram computation ( Use

IGET_RS_003)

Dr Eahya Al Huda, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM



0900 - 0930 hrs 10.1 Feedback (analysis to be done by participants and presented – quantitative

and qualitative) – led by Coordinator Dr Narayan Chetry, PI

0930 - 1100 hrs 10.2 Image enhancements: Geometric, atmospheric and radiometric corrections Ms Suranjana B. Borah, NESAC, Umium


1130 - 1300 hrs 10.3 Demo on Image registration (use IGET_RS_004)-Demo Ms Suranjana B. Borah, NESAC, Umium


1400 - 1600 hrs 10.4 Exercise: Image registration (Use IGET_RS_004) Dr. Pranjit Sarma, Assistant Professor, Mangaldai College,

Mangaldai

1600 - 1800 hrs 10.5 Exercise: Image Enhancement Dr. Pranjit Sarma, Assistant Professor, Mangaldai College,

Mangaldai


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Thursday 18.07.2019



0930 - 1100 hrs 11.2 Image analysis techniques- contrast, band ratio and filtering Mr Shamikhu Changmai, Assistant Professor, Department of



1130 - 1300 hrs 11.3 Image analysis techniques- PCA and Vegetation Indices Dr Swarup Jyoti Baishya, Assistant Professor, Department of



1400 - 1600 hrs 11.4 Ex: Mosaicking and subsetting of images (Use IGET_RS_005) Dr Eahya Al Huda, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM

1600 - 1800 hrs 11.5 Ex: Using enhancements (Use IGET_RS_006) Mr Shamikhu Changmai, Assistant Professor, Department of



Friday 19.07.2019



0930 - 1100 hrs 12.2 Unsupervised Image classification techniques Mr Shamikhu Changmai, Assistant Professor, Department of



1130 - 1300 hrs 12.3 Supervised classification techniques Dr Narayan Chetry, PI, Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM


1400 - 1600 hrs 12.4 Demo on unsupervised classification(Use IGET_RS_007) Mr Shamikhu Changmai, Assistant Professor, Department of


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1600 - 1800 hrs 12.5 Exercise on unsupervised classification(Use IGET_RS_007) Dr Eahya Al Huda, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM


Saturday 20.07.2019



0930 - 1100 hrs 13.2 Accuracy assessment : why and how Dr Krishna Das, Spatial Planning Expert, Rurban SPMU,

CPRD


1130 - 1300 hrs 13.3 Ex: Accuracy assessment (Use IGET_RS_009) Dr Krishna Das, Spatial Planning Expert, Rurban SPMU,

CPRD


1400 - 1600 hrs 13.4 Ex: Extracting information for satellite image using supervised

classification (Use_IGET_RS_008)

Dr Narayan Chetry, PI, Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM

1600 - 1800 hrs 13.5 Tea break & Ex: Extracting information for satellite image using

supervised classification (Use_IGET_RS_009)

Dr Swarup Jyoti Baishya, Assistant Professor, Department of



Sunday 21.07.2019



0930 - 1100 hrs 14.2 Change detection analysis with SAGA/QGIS Dr Krishna Das, Spatial Planning Expert, Rurban SPMU,

CPRD


1130 - 1300 hrs 14.3 Terrain data sources and terrain data analysis Dr Narayan Chetry, PI, Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM


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1400 - 1600 hrs 14.4 Ex: Terrain data analysis (Use IGE_RS_010) Dr Narayan Chetry, PI, Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, USTM

1600 - 1800 hrs 14.5 Ex: Change detection with SAGA/QGIS( use IGET_RS_011) Dr Krishna Das, Spatial Planning Expert, Rurban SPMU,

CPRD


Monday 22.07.2019



0930 - 1100 hrs 15.2 Spatial data analysis Prof. Anup Saikia, Gauhati University/ External resource

person


1130 - 1300 hrs 15.3 Spatial data analysis continue Prof. Anup Saikia, Gauhati University/ External resource

person


1400 - 1600 hrs 15.4 Ex: Spatial data analysis (Use IGE_SA_001) Dr Swarup Jyoti Baishya, Assistant Professor, Department of


1600 - 1800 hrs 15.5 Ex:Spatial data analysis continue Mr Shamikhu Changmai,Assistant Professor, Department of



Tuesday 23.07.2019



0930 - 1100 hrs 16.2 Remote Sensing applications in forestry Dr K K Sarma, Scientist (NESAC)


1130 - 1300 hrs 16.3 Understanding GNSS and Working with DGPS Dr Gopal Sharma, Scientist (NESAC)

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1400 - 1600 hrs 16.4 Introduction to UAV and its utility Mr Victor Sikhom, Scientist (NESAC)

1600 - 1800 hrs 16.5 Understanding PostGRE/PostGIS, Geoserver-Open layer, web services

and geonetworks Mr Puyam Singh, Scientist , NESAC





0930 - 1100 hrs 17.2 Applications of RS/GIS in Planning Ms Palme Borthakur / External Expert


1130 - 1300 hrs 17.3 Application of RS/GIS in natural resource management/hazard assessment Dr K. K. Das, Senior Scientist Rtd (IIRS, Dehradun)


1400 - 1800 hrs 17.4 Application of RS/GIS in climate studies Dr K. K. Das, Senior Scientist Rtd (IIRS, Dehradun)


Thursday 25.07.2019



0930 - 1100 hrs 18.2 Working on Projects-Database & Methodology, Flow Charting Dr Narayan Chetry, PI


1130 - 1300 hrs 18.3 Working on projects - Data collection & Data preparation Dr Narayan Chetry, PI and Dr Swarup Jyoti Baishya USTM)


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1400 - 1800 hrs 18.4 Working on projects - Data collection and Data preparation Mr Shamikhu Changmai and Dr Lalit Saikia (USTM)


Friday 26.07.2019



0930 - 1100 hrs 19.2 Working on Projects- Data processing and analysis Activities by Participants and Supervision by Dr Swrup Jyoti

Baishya, USTM


1130 - 1300 hrs 19.3 Working on Projects- Data processing and analysis Activities by Participants and Supervision by Mr Shamikhu

Changmai, USTM


1400 - 1800 hrs 19.4 Mini project report in MS word/ PDF format Activities by Participants and Supervision by All Internal

Faculty Members


Saturday 27.07.2019



0930 - 1100 hrs 20.2 Finalisation of mini project and preparation for power point presentation Activities by Participants and Supervision by All Internal

Faculty Members


1130 - 1300 hrs 20.3 Working on Projects- Preparation of Mini Project Report Participants and Supervision by PI/ Internal faculty



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Sunday 28.07.2019



0930 - 1300 hrs 21.2 Group wise presentation of final mini projects Observation by Prof Devesh Walia, North Eastern Hill

University (DST Representative)



1400 - 1630 hrs 21.3 Feedback and Valedictory Prof Devesh Walia, North Eastern Hill University (DST

Representative)

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