Why not join us to hear details about our award winning demonstrations (2008 Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards) of how satellite remote sensing can be applied in near real-time to respond to disasters such as the 2009 Victorian Bushfire and the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake?

Congratulations to the co-lecturer Professor Bruce Forster on receiving a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) as part of the 2009 Queen’s Birthday Honours, for service to surveying and mapping, particularly in the fields of spatial information and remote sensing and as a researcher and educator.

Remote sensing has been termed as the "eye" for spatial IT systems. Radar remote sensing, amongst many other advantages over optical remote sensing, is a special "eye" that can see through clouds and hence has a lot of potential applications.

The School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems will be offering a one-week long intensive short course GMAT 9606 Radar Remote Sensing (6 Units of Credit) for postgraduate students from 7th to 11th September 2009 in conjunction with a workshop for the spatial IT industry. Three tutorial sessions will be offered to postgraduate students in order to support those from non-spatial IT backgrounds. UNSW postgraduate students by research can enroll in the short course without paying the fee mentioned in the above web page. Coursework students will need to pay the normal fee to enroll in the course.

The course is presented by A/Professor Dr Linlin Ge, Professor Bruce Forster, Professor Tony Milne (President of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society), and other scientists and application specialists. Comprehensive course notes, and morning and afternoon teas will be provided. Interested students are encouraged to contact A/Professor Linlin Ge for further details.

This course, together with a sister course GMAT9600 Principles of Remote Sensing, will prepare you for a range of job opportunities such as:

1. Academic position of remote sensing at UTS, Sydney

2. GIS Technician - Photogram/Remote Sensing experience essential, New Zealand

3. Spatial Data Officer at the University of Wollongong

4. Senior Network Engineer at Geoscience Australia, Canberra