City of Kathmandu


IKONOS image of Kathmandu
 
IKONOS image of Kathmandu
 
 
Follow the directions given in the individual sections and learn how to use and work with satellite images.

You will become familiar with high resolution satellite images and will be able to use this knowledge to organise your own case studies using the images of other cities provided in the Resources section.

The Background section provides you with information on Kathmandu's history and geographical environment, and the References section provides useful and interesting online resources.
 
 

This case study includes:

  • a background section
  • exercises

    You can access them by clicking on the links on the right.

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    Last update: 16 April 2013


    Kathmandu

     •  Background (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEMR3QTTGOF_0.html)

    Exercises

     •  Worksheet introduction (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEME7QTTGOF_0.html)
     •  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)