What is Remote Sensing and GIS?

"Remote Sensing vs GIS" is something that everyone in the spatial science realm had pondered about at some point in their life. And it was nothing different for me when I started a couple of years back. Hence, as I am restarting this channel, I want to provide a brief introduction on what is remote sensing and GIS - and their major types, applications and a few key terms (such as active and passive remote sensing, shapefile, raster and vector data, ArcMap, GIS mapping, etc.). Even though there are a lot of similarities, they are both entirely different science streams (more like sister departments).

Understanding GIS and Remote Sensing will help you figure out the right technologies and approach you will have to adopt for solving your specific research questions - and, who knows, maybe even encourage you to consider any of these areas as a potential career path.

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0:00 - Intro
1:30 - What is Remote Sensing
3:53 - Sensor Platforms and LiDAR
4:59 - Active and Passive Remote Sensing
6:19 - Types of Remote Sensing
7:57 - Example Applications
8:54 - Issue with Excessive Data
10:00 - What is Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
12:03 - Data Collection, Management and Analysis
14:20 - Key Terms related to GIS

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Hope you guys find this video useful. Leave me a comment if anything is unclear or if you would like me to go in-depth on any of the specifics. Thanks for watching! - Mikey

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