Module 7

Bilko Module 7

Applications of Satellite and Airborne Image Data to Coastal Management

Contents of Module 7

Section 1	Introduction to the Bilko for Windows 2.0 image processing software
Introduction
	Introductory on-line tutorials
Section 2	Practical lessons using coastal image data of the Caicos Bank
1:	Visual interpretation of images with the help of colour composites: getting to know the study area
2:	The importance of acquiring images of the appropriate scale and spatial resolution for your objectives
3:	Radiometric correction of satellite images: when and why radiometric correction is necessary
4:	Crude bathymetric mapping using Landsat TM satellite imagery
5:	Compensating for variable water depth to improve mapping of underwater habitats: why it is necessary
6:	Mapping the major inshore marine habitats of the Caicos Bank by multispectral classification using Landsat TM
7:	Predicting seagrass standing crop from SPOT XS satellite imagery
8:	Assessing mangrove leaf-area index (LAI) using CASI airborne imagery

To view Adobe portable document format files of the Module 7 lessons, click PDF documents.

If you just want the latest version of the software, currently date April 1999 just download winbilko.zip.

The Module 7 files have been compressed and archived into seventeen "zip" files to make it easier for those with relatively slow internet connections to download. Most of the zipped files are around 1 Mbyte or less in size but the largest (for Lesson 5) is still 5 Mbytes. The files can be downloaded to your computer using Netscape, but not all browsers, (using the links below) or via anonymous ftp and unzipped using pkunzip or WinZip software.

You will need about 60 Mbytes of free disk space.

Firstly, we suggest that you create a directory called winbilko on your hard disk and within this directory create a subdirectory called module7. Then download the zipped files to the latter subdirectory and unzip them there.