Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences
Title : | Establishing the reference condition on the Ganga River with Corona archival imagery |
Area of research : | Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences |
Focus area : | Digital mapping of Ganga |
Principal Investigator : | Dr. Rajiv Sinha, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur |
Timeline Start Year : | 2014 |
Timeline End Year : | 2017 |
Contact info : | rsinha@iitk.ac.in, rsinha_64_99@yahoo.com |
Details
Executive Summary : | This pilot project proposes to purchase Corona Images (taken by Corona spy-satellite in the 1960?s, now de-classified and provided to the public
by the US Geological Survey) covering a ca. 500km long reach of the Ganga River. An innovative combination of computer vision and remote
sensing methods will be developed to complete the complex processing required to make accurate digital maps from these images. The
deliverables out of this project will be an archive of corrected historic images of the Ganga River for documenting the reference condition of
Ganga River. |
Organizations involved
