Summer School in Geo-Informatics for Environmental and Water Management

ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI

Aristotle University School of Agriculture European Community

LAB OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS, SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE LAB OF FOREST MANAGEMENT AND REMOTE SENSING, SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT LAB OF APPLIED SOIL SCIENCE, SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE UNIT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER MANAGEMENT

SUMMER SCHOOL IN GEO-INFORMATICS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER MANAGEMENT

The Laboratory of Remote Sensing and GIS, School of Agriculture, the Laboratory of Forest Management and Remote Sensing, School of Forestry and Natural Environment and the Unit of Environmental and Water Management, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, organizes a two weeks summer school on space remote sensing and GIS, mainly concentrated on environmental and water management.

The course is addressed for 10-15 graduates of positive sciences, with knowledge of computers and good knowledge of English language, with interest in the learning of modern technologies of satellite remote sensing, GIS and GPS, in environmental and water management applications, with accent the impacts of human activities in the environment, the management of water and the forest fires.

The summer school will locate in the Farm of Agricultural School, in an old fashion building, having all the facilities for theoretical courses and practical exercises. The number of students will not exceed the 15 persons.

The place of the school allocates all the necessary facilities for a successful course, such as computer network, colour inkjet and laser printers, plotters, scanners, etc.

Short descriptions of the courses:

1st week: Theory on Remote Sensing, historical review Satellites and sensors-technical characteristics Image structure, image enhancement and prepossessing, Image classification Theory on GIS, historical review, applications The structure of GIS, components Vector and Raster representation of the Real World 2nd week: Data Bases, GeoDatabase, accuracy assessment, uncertainty GIS operations Map Algebra, Modelling Interpolation Techniques, Continuous surface maps Digital Elevation Models GPS Data input Case studies

Daily programme: from 9 p.m to 18.00 a.m 10.30-11.00 coffee break 13.30 -15.00 lunch time 16.30-16.45 coffee break

TRANSPORTATION 8.30 p.m. departure from the hotel to the Farm 18.00 departure from the Farm to the Hotel

To Thessaloniki Regular buses, taxis

To the tourist region of Chalkidiki Buses

TRAINERS Prof. Dr. Nikos SILLEOS Prof. Dr. Nikos MISOPOLINOS Prof. Dr. George ZALIDIS Dr. Ioannis GITAS

INVITED SCIENTISTS European Universities

LAB STUFF Dr. Thomas ALEXANDRIDIS Dr. Christos KARYDAS M.Sc. Kostas DUROS M.Sc. Charalabos TOPALOGLOU M.Sc. Eleftheria Moutziki

EQUIPMENT, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE Software ERDAS Imagine 8.7 ENVI 4.0 IDRISI ArcGIS 9.0 ArcView 9.0 ArcEditor 9.0 ArcTools 9.0 ArcfMap 9.0 ArcInfo Spatial Analyst 9.0 3D Analyst 9.0 Hydro tools 8.3 ArcView 3.2.a Spatial Analyst 3.2. 3D Analyst 3.2 Image Analyst 3.2 Hydro tools 3.2 Several extensions

Hardware (Internet and Intranet networking) 15 Pentium 3.0 MHz PCs 2 A0 Plotters 4 Inkjet printers 2 colour laser printers 2 scanners 2 digital cameras 1 infrared camera 6 GPS

Material: satellite images (Landsat-7, Spot-5, IKONOS, Quick Bird, ASTER, MODIS), Vector and Raster maps, Elevation Maps, Corine land cover maps, Geological and Soil Maps and others, covering various hydrological basins of N. Greece.

FEES: The fees for each student estimated in the amount of 1100 euros and includes:

 Accommodation in small hotels/pensions (choice for single or double rooms) in Perea, a tourist, along the beach village, near the airport and the training place (Farm).  Bus for transportation from the hotel to the farm and vice versa.  Lunch Catering.  Coffee breaks  One educational-tourist travel in Chalkidiki area.  All the lecture notes  Internet, consumables

CERTIFICATE In the end of the summer school the students will receive a certificate of attendance

REGISTRATION Qualifications:  The candidate student should has, at list, a B.Sc. diploma  Very good knowledge of English language  Very good practice in computer technology (a good user) Contact Address and Responsible Person: Prof. Dr. Nikos SILLEOS Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Agriculture Lab of Remote Sensing and GIS G.R. 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece Phone: +30-2310-998733 Fax: +30-2310-998738 e-mail: [email protected] Summer School Web Site: users.auth.gr/silleos URL: www.auth.gr

PHOTOS Lecture rooms Trainers The environment Tourist views of the surrounding area Practice and case studies discussion room Development of 3D representation of the survey areas, overlaying by any raster theme Transformation of ASTER image for specific vegetation studies Development of a model for the Universal Soil Loss Equation, using Model Builder extension. Development of a remote system for locating the position of a GPS user from the base (Prof. Dr. Nikos SILLEOS and Mr. George Petsanis (collaborator from the Hellenic Organization of Agricultural Insurance).