Imagery and Remote Sensing in Higher Education

Resources for teaching and research

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Link theory and practice through remote sensing education

Imagery and remote sensing technologies have advanced rapidly. Students have unparalleled access to high-resolution and up-to-date raster data from satellites and drones, and new tools make working with imagery faster and easier.

Imagery in ArcGIS overview
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Combine powerful analytic tools and workflows to manage, analyze, and use imagery and rasters. These resources for teaching imagery and remote sensing will help you get started.

  • Tools

    Incorporate these tools into your courses.

    ArcGIS Image
    ArcGIS Drone2Map
    Site Scan for ArcGIS

  • Learning and curricula

    Find content to develop higher education-level curricula and explore lessons, workflows, videos, and tutorials.

    Imagery and remote sensing introduction
    Imagery and remote sensing e-Learning
    Imagery and remote sensing lessons

  • Data and apps

    Discover ready-to-use data and apps to use, learn, and explore.

    ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World imagery
    Landsat Explorer
    Sentinel Explorer

  • Recorded webinars

    Access previously recorded webinars.

    Explore remote sensing series recordings

  • Blogs

    Read blog posts from subject matter experts about imagery and remote sensing in higher education.

    Shifting to modern remote sensing
    Using ArcGIS drone solutions in class
    Enabling ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online

  • Deep learning

    Teaching deep learning analysis in ArcGIS
    Pretrained deep learning models
    Deep learning packages
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ArcNews

Pioneering radar expert shapes an education legacy

Christiane Schmullius uses radar remote sensing to explore land surface changes around the world and teaches others how to do it, too.

Read the article

Additional resources

Browse additional imagery and remote sensing resources to incorporate into your curriculum, research, projects, and courses.

Past summit proceedings

Hear from higher education professionals from the 2022 Esri Imagery and Remote Sensing Educators Summit as they share challenges, research results, resources, and best practices.

Access the 2022 summit videos

Imagery in Action MOOC

This massive open online course (MOOC) teaches you the uses, types, and growing integration of imagery with GIS.

Register for the course

Esri UC imagery and remote sensing resources

Explore a collection of imagery and remote sensing resources from the 2021 Esri User Conference (Esri UC).

Access the resources

Geospatial artificial intelligence resources

Access webinars, read in-depth technical articles, and learn how GeoAI is being used in various industries.

Explore the GeoAI Hub

Get in touch with the higher education team

Request help from our team in adding imagery and remote sensing to your teaching and research.