Kathmandu - Worksheet introduction

Classified Landsat satellite image of Kathmandu

Download the file kathmandu.zip. Then save the images to your hard disk in a folder named 'Kathmandu'.
 
 
Some of the following exercises require the use of the LEOWorks software.

LEOWorks has been developed by ESA and can be downloaded here on the right.

ArcExplorer is a lightweight GIS data viewer developed by ESRI. This freely available software offers an easy way to perform basic GIS functions.
 
 
ArcExplorer is used for a variety of display, query, and data retrieval applications and supports a wide variety of standard data sources. It can be used on its own with local data sets or as a client for Internet data and map servers.
 
 
Manual Exercises
 
Kathmandu Valley with Radar Image
Kathmandu - Now and Then with Optical
 
 
Exercises using LEOWorks
 
Kathmandu Valley - General Overview with Optical Images
Kathmandu - Now and Then - Urban Detection with Optical Images
 
 
 
Last update: 16 April 2013

Kathmandu
•	Introduction (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEMF1QTTGOF_0.html)
•	Background (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEMR3QTTGOF_0.html)
Exercises
•	Kathmandu Valley with radar image (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEMMBQTTGOF_0.html)
•	Kathmandu - Now and then with optical images (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEMCFQTTGOF_0.html)
•	Kathmandu Valley - General overview with optical images (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEMSQRTTGOF_0.html)
•	Kathmandu - Now and then - Urban detection with optical images (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEM78STTGOF_0.html)
Links
•	References (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEMEJ4WPXPF_0.html)
•	ESA's Proba website (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Proba_web_site/index.html)
•	The Landsat programme (http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/)
•	What is remote sensing? (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_EN/SEMF9R3Z2OF_0.html)
Eduspace - Software
•	LEOWorks 3 (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/LEOWorks3.exe)
•	ArcExplorer (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/eduspace/ae2setup.zip)
Eduspace - Download
•	kathmandu.zip (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/eduspace/kathmandu.zip)
•	Technical information about Landsat bands (PDF) (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/eduspace/Technical_data_LANDSAT_bands.pdf)
•	Kathmandu_Proba.zip (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/eduspace/Kathmandu_Proba_20040505.zip)