Remote Sensing Course Applied to Consulting. Processing Satellite Images and Extracting Useful Information in Agriculture

Remote sensing has become a key tool for modern agricultural management, enabling the analysis of crop health, optimization of resource use, and support for technical decision-making based on objective and up-to-date information. This online course offers a practical and applied introduction to the use of satellite imagery for agricultural analysis, combining essential theoretical foundations with hands-on work with real data using QGIS.

Throughout the course, the basic concepts of remote sensing and the spectral response of different land cover types will be reviewed to understand how images are generated and what information they provide. The use of spectral indices and digital classification techniques will be covered, progressing gradually towards the complete processing of images: from data download and visualization to obtaining metrics useful for agricultural management.

The course has a strong practical focus. Participants will learn to work with QGIS to create area of interest masks, perform RGB composites, obtain spectral signatures and indices, classify images, and extract quantitative information. All of this will be applied to real-world scenarios such as crop monitoring, change detection, plot zoning, and irrigation management support.

With a total duration of 4 hours and in 100% online format, the course is designed so that technical advisors can immediately incorporate these tools into their professional practice.