Remote Sensing For Environmental Planning Question Paper
Remote Sensing For Environmental Planning
Course:Bachelor Of Environmental Planning And Management
Institution: Kenyatta University question papers
Exam Year:2009
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
EPM 354:
REMOTE SENSING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
AND MANAGEMENT
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DATE: WEDNESDAY 30TH DECEMBER 2009
TIME: 2.00 P.M. – 4.00 P.M.
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer Questions 1 and any other Two.
Sketch diagrams should be used wherever they serve to illustrate an answer.
QUESTION 1
a)
With the aid of an illustration show and discuss the main features of an aerial
photograph.
(5
marks)
b)
What are the main requirements for aerial photographs and how are the aerial
photographs
taken?
(5
marks)
c)
Use the stereo pairs of aerial photograph to answer the following questions.
i)
Locate and mark the principal points (P) and conjugate principal points (CP)
.on
the
photos.
(2
marks)
ii)
Establish
the
flight
line.
(2
marks)
iii)
Show
the
direction
of
North.
(1
mark)
iv)
Draw on the transparency the border of the overlapped area.
(2 marks)
v)
Use the information on the photograph to calculate the flight height over the
terrain.
(3 marks)
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vi)
Establish the photo base and calculate the air base distance.
(3 marks)
vii)
Determine the length of the main road in the overlap area.
(2 marks)
viii) Draw and discuss the main anthropogenic activities in the
overlap area.
(5 marks)
QUESTION 2
a)
Explain the different resolutions available in remote sensing.
(8 marks)
b)
Using an example discuss how the different resutions influence the interpretation of
remote
sensing
images. (12
marks)
QUESTION 3
a) Discuss the factors that influence the characteristics of reflectance form terrain
objects.
(14 marks)
b) What are the advantages and limitations of remote sensing.
(6 marks)
QUESTION 4
Discuss all the steps of the remote sensing process.
(20 marks)
QUESTION 5
Discuss the three types of scattering and elaborate on how they influence remote sensing
imaging. (20
marks)
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