The Bilko Project

This is the seventh computer-based learning module prepared in UNESCO's Bilko 
project and the first developed to address the objectives of the Environment and 
Development in Coastal Regions and in Small Islands programme (CSI: 
http://www.unesco.org/csi). It is the second to use a Windows based version of 
the BILKO software (Bilko for Windows). For details of the project see the Bilko
web site at http://www.unesco.bilko.org.

Like its predecessors which used versions of the original MS-DOS based Bilko 
software (Modules 1-5) and an earlier version of Bilko for Windows (Module 6), 
it contains a series of lessons based on the display of data in image form and 
it demonstrates the processing and interpretation of these images using Bilko 
for Windows. Unlike earlier modules, Module 7 requires that Excel (or a 
spreadsheet package which can read Excel files) also be installed.

ALL modules are included on the CD-ROM distributed by the UNESCO-Bilko project. 


Installation

The Install Shield installation program allows:

i) just the Bilko for Windows 2.0 program and help file to be installed 
("compact" installation),

ii) just Module 7 to be installed ("typical" installation), or

iii) whichever modules the user requires to be installed ("custom" 
installation).


Uninstalling

For Windows95 use the control panel Add/Remove Programs option.
For Windows 3.11 use the Uninstall icon in the Bilko program group.


Bilko for Windows program

The version 2.0 software is 16-bit software. It will run on Windows 3.11,
Windows95 and NT 3.51 and above. Please refer to the online help for more
information on using the software.


Hardware requirements

The minimum recommended level of computing hardware is a Personal Computer with 
a reasonably fast (e.g. 66 MHz) 486 processor and 16 Mbytes of memory which is 
running under Windows 3.1 or later. For computers running Windows 95 a Pentium 
with 16 Mbytes of memory is recommended as the minimum specification. However, 
we have run the software successfully on PCs with only 8 Mbytes of memory. About 
60 Mbytes of free disk space is required for all the lesson documentation and 
images. 

A graphics card which can display 16-bit colour images (High colour) is required 
to view colour composites. 


Viewing Images in 256 colour (8-bit) mode

Windows uses a palette manager to control the use of colours by applications in 
this mode. When viewing multiple images that use different palettes in Bilko it 
is sometimes necessary to use the Refresh to improve the use of colour. This 
command can be used either by pressing F5 or by selecting Refresh from the 
Window menu.


Module 7

The CD-ROM contains the programme WINBILKO.EXE and the help file WINBILKO.HLP 
used by all the lessons and exercises.  They also contain all the documentation 
and other files required for the introduction, the on-line introductory 
tutorial, and the lessons themselves. In a number of lessons special Trainers' 
reference files are included (see \trainers\ subdirectory) to aid those using 
this module to train others. Document files are also available in Acrobat format 
(.pdf extension). 

Note: Version 3.02 of the Acrobat reader is include on the CD-ROM 
(see the Acrobat directory)

Contents of Module 7

Introduction

Section 1:	Introduction to Bilko for Windows 2.0 image processing software
		On-line introductory tutorials

Section 2:	Practical lessons using coastal image data of the Caicos Bank

	1: 	Visual interpretation of images with the help of colour composites: 
		getting to know the study area
	2: 	The importance of acquiring images of the appropriate scale and 
		spatial resolution for your objectives
	3: 	Radiometric correction of satellite images: when and why radiometric 
		correction is necessary
	4: 	Crude bathymetric mapping using Landsat TM satellite imagery
	5: 	Compensating for variable water depth to improve mapping of 
		underwater habitats: why it is necessary
	6: 	Mapping the major inshore marine habitats of the Caicos Bank by 
		multispectral classification using Landsat TM
	7: 	Predicting seagrass standing crop from SPOT XS satellite imagery
	8: 	Assessing mangrove leaf-area index (LAI) using CASI airborne imagery


Module 6

Contents of the Sixth Module

Introduction

Section 1:	Microsoft Windows: Getting started

Section 2:	Introduction to Bilko for Windows 1.0 image processing software
		Introductory on-line tutorials

Section 3:	Practical lessons using marine and coastal image data

	1:	Deriving sea surface temperature maps from the ERS-1 Along Track 
		Scanning Radiometer (ATSR)
	2:	Using Landsat for coastal management-1: Mapping and determining 
		major substrate categories
	3:	Using Landsat for coastal management-2: Vegetation mapping
	4:	Imaging coastal features with ERS-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR); 
		central English Channel


Bilko for DOS program

A copy of the DOS Bilko software is included on each of the first five
modules. It is recommended that if you want to use the DOS software you only
use the Bilko 1.3 software included with module 5. Further details can be
found in the introductory tutorial.


Module 5

Contents of Fifth Module (MARINF/96, December 1995)

Originally issued in Spanish (MARINF/96, September 1994)
Note: see Module5s directory on the CD-ROM for the Spanish version

Introduction

Section 1:	Introductory Tutorial: the BILKO 1.3 Image Processing Software

Section 2:	Practical Lessons Using Marine and Coastal Image Data

	1:	Identification and differentiation of coastal ecosystems
	2:	Principal characteristics of the area around the Lagartos River, 
		Yucatan, Mexico
	3:	Evolution of a coastal upwelling event at 30øS
	4:	Observation and analysis of a red tide event from NOAA/AVHRR images
		in the Argentinean Sea
	5:	Research on physiographic phenomena influenced by marine currents in 
		the Terminos Lagoon
	6:	Thermal structures associated with the superficial, general
		circulation observed between Cape Verde and Freetown (North-West
		Africa)
	7:	Monitoring the coastal upwelling NW of Africa with AVHRR-APT images
	8:	Study of the distribution of suspended solids in the western coast
		of Maracaibo Lake (Venezuela), using Landsat data
	9:	Identification of physical processes favouring the development of 
		phytoplankton, based on the colour characteristics of the sea


Module 4

Contents of Fourth Module (MARINF/90, July 1993)

Introduction

Networking

Section 1:	Introductory Tutorial: the BILKO 1.3 Image Processing Software

Section 2:	Practical Lessons Using Marine and Coastal Image Data

	1:	Imaging in-situ bio-optical and physical parameters
	2:	Spatio-temporal evolution of coastal upwelling in the Senegalese and 
		Mauritanian littoral
	3:	Variation of AVHRR-derived sea-surface temperature with satellite 
		zenith angles
	4:	Seasonal and yearly variation of surface temperature distributions 
		in the North Sea
	5:	Analysis of the turbid plume of the Gironde Estuary (France) using 
		SPOT data
	6:	Detection of sea-surface life with an Airborne Synthetic Aperture 
		Radar
	7:	Bathymetry prediction from satellite altimeter data

Note: Module 4 is also available in Russian (see Module4r directory on the CD-ROM). 


Module 3

Contents of Third Module (MARINF/83, February 1992)

Introduction

Section 1:	Introductory Tutorial: the BILKO 1.3 Image Processing Software

Section 2:	Practical Lessons Using Marine and Coastal Image Data

	1: 	Extent and content differentiation of coastal plumes 
	2:	Using Landsat for coastal management - 1: Mapping and determining 
		major substrate categories
	3:	Using Landsat for coastal management - 2: Vegetation mapping
	4:	Detection of potential areas for coastal aquaculture using the 
		Indian remote sensing satellite - IRS 1A
	5:	Study of coastal lagoonal features using IRS-1A LISS data
	6:	Temporal and spatial variations in sea-ice concentration in the 
		Southern Ocean
	7:	Global waves and winds from Geosat
	8:	Ocean eddy dynamics generated by a numerical model


Module 2

Contents of Second Module (MARINF/81, February 1991)

Introduction

Section 1:	Introductory Tutorial: the BILKO 1.2 Image Processing Software

Section 2:	Practical Lessons Using Image Data

	1:	Analysis of a synthetic aperture radar image of the Straits of Dover
	2:	Seasonal variation of phytoplankton distribution in the Arabian Sea
	3:	Studies of South American coastal discharge using Landsat data
	4:	Display and analysis of acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) 
		data
	5:	Wind-driven upwelling off the coast of South Australia
	6:	Thermal structure of the southern Coral Sea

Section 3:	A Lesson for Lesson Creators


Module 1

Contents of First Module (MARINF/70, July 1989)

Introduction

Section 1:	Introductory Tutorial: the BILKO Image Processing Software

Section 2:	Practical Lessons in Satellite Oceanography

	1:	Images of open ocean sea-surface temperature
	2:	Thermal images of ocean fronts
	3:	Coastal zone colour scanner data off Iceland
	4:	Comparison of coincident AVHRR and CZCS data
	5:	Shelf seas thermal structure. 
		North Sea, early summer
		Early summer stratification in the Irish Sea
	6:	Airborne thematic mapper data- Southampton Docks

Section 3:	Sea-Surface Temperature Exercise

Section 4:	Further Action