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Introduction to SAGA
Objective
This tutorial will cover following objectives
- To getting familiar with SAGA interface, view and explore raster data in SAGA.
Software: SAGA GIS
Level: Beginner
Time required: 3 Hour
Prerequisites and Geospatial Skills
- Prerequisites and Geospatial Skills
Understanding an Image
Objective
This tutorial will cover following objectives
- To get familiar with the projection and reprojection of vector and raster data sets by using Quantum GIS
Software: SAGA GIS
Level: Beginner
Time required: 1 Hour
Prerequisites and Geospatial Skills
- SAGA GIS should be installed on the computer
- Basic knowledge about the SAGA interface
- Should have completed Exercise ID: IGET_RS_001
Visual Interpretation of Images by Using Saga
Objective
This tutorial will cover following objectives
- To identify features and extract the useful information from the remotely sensed images based on the visual interpretation techniques.
Software: Quantum GIS
Level: Beginner
Time required:2 Hour
Prerequisites and Geospatial Skills
- Quantum GIS should be installed on the computer
- Basic knowledge about the QGIS interface
- Should have completed Exercise ID: IGET_QGIS_001 before starting this tutorials
Georeferencing a Toposheet using SAGA
Objective
- This tutorial will cover following objectives
- To georeference a toposheet by using graticule ticks/intersections in a known coordinate system and datum by using SAGA GIS
Software: SAGA GIS
Level: Beginner
Time required: 2 Hour
Prerequisites and Geospatial Skills
- SAGA should be installed on the computer
- Familiarity with the SAGA interface
- Student must have completed exercise IGET_RS_001
Mosaicking and Subsetting Images using SAGA
Objective
- This tutorial will cover following objectives
- To mosaic two satellite images and then subset it using SAGA.
Software: SAGA GIS
Level: Beginner
Time required: 3 Hour
Prerequisites and Geospatial Skills
- Quantum GIS should be installed on the computer
- Basic knowledge about the QGIS interface
- Should have completed Exercise ID: IGET_GIS_001 and IGET_GIS_003
Introduction to Filters Using Saga
Objective
This tutorial will cover following objectives
- To learn about the construction and use of image filters.
Software: SAGA
Level: Intermediate
Time required:3 Hours
Prerequisites and Geospatial Skills
- SAGA should be installed on the computer.
- Student must have completed exercise IGET_GIS_001.
- Familiarity with basic operations in SAGA is preferable.
Unsupervised Classification using SAGA
Objective
This tutorial will cover following objectives
- To create a land use and land cover map of a region by the unsupervised classification method using SAGA.
Software: SAGA GIS, Spread Sheet software (MS Excel)
Level: Intermediate
Time required: 3 Hours
Prerequisites and Geospatial Skills
- SAGA should be installed on the computer
- Student must have completed the exercises IGET_RS_001, IGET_RS_002 and IGET_RS_003.
Supervised Classification using SAGA
Objective
This tutorial will cover following objectives
- To create a land use and land cover map of a region by the Supervised classification method using SAGA.
Software: SAGA GIS
Level: Intermediate
Time required: 3 Hour
Prerequisites and Geospatial Skills
- SAGA should be installed on the computer.
- Student must have completed exercise IGET_RS_001, IGET_RS_002, IGET_RS_003, and IGET_RS_007.
Terrain Analysis using QGIS and SAGA
Objective
This tutorial will cover following objectives
- To analyze the topography of a region with respect to its slope, aspect and curvature etc., using a Digital Elevation Model.
Software: SAGA GIS and Quantum GIS
Level: Intermediate
Time required: 3 Hour
Prerequisites and Geospatial Skills
- SAGA and QGIS should be installed on the computer.
- Familiarity with basic operations in SAGA and QGIS is preferable.
- An internet connection to fetch ‘Profile Tool’ plugin.
Change Detection using SAGA
Objective
This tutorial will cover following objectives
- To detect and analyze the changes in land use and land cover of a region using post classified images from different time periods.
Software: SAGA
Level: Intermediate
Time required: 3 Hour
Prerequisites and Geospatial Skills
- SAGA should be installed on the computer.
- Student must have completed exercise IGET_GIS_001, IGET_RS_007 and IGET_RS_008.
- Familiarity with basic operations in SAGA is preferable.