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Establishing the reference condition on the Ganga River with Corona archival imagery

Implementing Organization

Principal Investigator
Dr. Rajiv Sinha
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur

Project Overview

This pilot project proposes to purchase Corona Images (taken by Corona spy-satellite in the 1960?s, now de-classified and provided to the publicby the US Geological Survey) covering a ca. 500km long reach of the Ganga River. An innovative combination of computer vision and remotesensing methods will be developed to complete the complex processing required to make accurate digital maps from these images. Thedeliverables out of this project will be an archive of corrected historic images of the Ganga River for documenting the reference condition ofGanga River.
Funding Organization
Quick Information
Area of Research
Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences
Focus Area
Digital mapping of Ganga
Start Date
2014
End Date
2017
Status
Completed
Contact
rsinha@iitk.ac.in, rsinha_64_99@yahoo.com
Output
No. of Research Paper
00
Technologies (If Any)
00
No. of PhD Produced
00
Publications
00
No. of Patents
Filed : 00
Grant : 00
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