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GEOG 371Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques

Units
0.50
Faculty
Environment
Subject
Geography and Environmental Management

Not in the current Undergraduate Calendar. Shown as it appeared in 2025–26.

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 4 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Advanced image processing techniques of digital remote sensing measurements (e.g. radar systems, optical and infrared systems) from ground, aircraft and satellite instrument systems. Techniques are applied to the study of physical and human environments.

Prerequisites

  • Must have completed the following:
    • GEOG271 - Earth from Space Using Remote Sensing (0.50)

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

Reviewed on UW Flow

71% liked it23% easy69% useful

From 17 ratings and 4 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Fun course! It's really helpful in terms of increasing your knowledge of remote sensing topics and techniques. There can be a lot of content, but you don't really have to know it all. In general, Wes will tell you what things are important to know (e.g. supervised/unsupervised/object-based classifications & differences between radar/lidar/optical).

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  • Very interesting content, where some concepts are not even available online. Extremely useful if you are looking into remote sensing post-graduation.

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  • If you put effort into it, a very valuable and interesting course. You explore very exciting and industry relevant material in this course. Professor Kelly is a true gem who wants their students to succeed. The class material can be challenging, confusing, and difficult, but it's easy to seek help from all the material available.

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  • Content was very interesting. The assignments take a while, so start early. The TA's are great, they always respond quickly.

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

12 posts and comments in 10 threads mention GEOG 371, October 2015 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Winter 2024

Courses related to LiDAR or Photogrammetry? 7 points, 5 comments

“Are there courses related to LiDAR, SLAM, or Photogrammetry? Interested in knowing but what I know so far is prob ECE 495, MTE 544, STAT 443 (Kalman Filtering?), have no clue for Photogrammetry”

u/Reasonable_Ear3286: “GEOG271/371 probably.”

u/WestonSpec: “… GEOG 271 (Earth from Space Using Remote Sensing) and GEOG 371 (Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques) GEOG 310 (Geodesy and Surveying) covers land based surveying and navigation satellite systems. …”

u/WestonSpec: “GEOG 271/371 and 310 are more application based, so probably not what you're looking for then. …”

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Spring 2023

Course Selection Question 1 point, 0 comments

u/HairyInspection: “Planning to take both GEOG 371 and GEOG 381 (see picture). I'm assuming I can count one towards the "one of" requirement and count one towards the "1.0 unit at or above 300-level". If anybody has done this before please confirm. …”

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Fall 2019

Opinions on these Geography Courses?(209, 271 and 306) 0 points, 8 comments

“I am looking to take these three in the Winter. Has anyone took these courses yet? What did you think of the workload and difficulty, and did you find them interesting? …”

u/RedPanda26: “… GEOG 371 advanced remote sensing is much better, so I would encourage you to stick it through even if you do poorly. 271 gives a really good foundation for the advanced stuff but can be a lot for someone with no remote sensing knowledge. …”

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Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”

u/Jackhofmann: “… GEOG 293 GEOG 294 GEOG 303 GEOG 309 GEOG 310 GEOG 311 GEOG 316 GEOG 319 GEOG 340 GEOG 356 GEOG 371 GEOG 374 GEOG 387 GEOG 404 GEOG 405 GEOG 428 GEOG 453 GEOG 474 GEOG 490A GEOG 490B GEOG 600 GEOG 602 GEOG 604 GEOG 615 GEOG 619 GEOG 620 GEOG 621 GEOG 640 GEOG 641 GEOG 651 GEOG …”

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Spring 2017

I want to hear from Environment students 13 points, 15 comments

“I don't know how many students from the faculty of environment are active here but I'm in GEM and absolutely loving it so far (have to network and work hard to get the best out of my non-STEM program …”

u/asmodeiusf43: “I'm in CS but I've taken GEOG 271, 371, and 471. They were honestly some of the most enjoyable and fun courses I've taken at Waterloo. I had Richard Kelly for both 371 and 471, who is an amazing lecturer.”

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Fall 2016

Should I declare my major in pure math? 0 points, 8 comments

“I just want to ask other's on their opinions about this. I'm interested in pure math here at uwaterloo. I'm currently in my second year and need to declare my major. …”

u/Huex3: “… In the meantime as I tried to forget, I took a few other courses, two of my ex's sister, GEOG 371 and 381. It hit off pretty well, but they weren't for me. …”

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Spring 2016

Winter 2016

Geomatics to now be offered under the math faculty for 2016-17, students in the Geomatics in the environment faculty can transfer given few prerequisites 105 points, 19 comments

u/Huex3: “… 281 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) GEOG 310 Geodesy and Surveying GEOG 371 Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques GEOG 381 Advanced Geographic Information Systems GEOG 387 Spatial Databases GEOG 471 Remote Sensing Project (1.0 unit) GEOG 481 Geographic …”

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UW Aviation Program 4 points, 21 comments

“Any of you or your friends in UW aviation program? How is it? It sounds pretty cool to me. Looking forward to knowing more about it.”

u/Spanton4: “I'm in 4th year geog and aviation. The science and aviation program is also offered here. The only other university aviation program nearby is the western business and aviation program. …”

u/Spanton4: “He's done 2 avistion lectures, one this year and one last year. He's comes to campus one day in the fall for a bunch of lectures in different classes. He's spoken in my Sci 206 and geog 371 classes along with avistion .”

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Fall 2015

Hi, I am a bot. 75 points, 98 comments

“Hey everyone! After some discussion with mods, I think I am ready to be pushed live. I am a bot designed to provide relevant course information upon request. …”

u/mcvittal: “[[GEOG 471]]”

u/UWRedditBot: “… Prerequisites: GEOG 371; Level at least 3A Antirequisites: None Available Online: No -----------------------------------------------”

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