Laboratories

Cal Poly, Pomona

Center for Geographic Information Science Research (CGISR)
Cal Poly Pomona is committed to advancing its GIS academic programs to provide instruction, research, and outreach to students, faculty, staff, and constituents around the world. To make this a reality, Cal Poly Pomona launched an ambitious initiative in 1998 aimed at incorporating GIS technology across campus: The GIS Literate Campus Initiative.

Dominguez Hills

The Dominguez Hills Technology Laboratory was funded by the National Science Foundation in 1997 and will be installed during 1998. The laboratory focuses on the integration of remote sensing and GIS technologies. The mission of the laboratory is to 1) make technical training available to student groups that traditionally have not had access to such programs and to future elementary and secondary school teachers, 2) provide access to remote sensing facilities to students of other California State University campuses in the southern California area, 3) provide area community colleges an avenue for their science technology students to seamlessly progress into a four year academic institution, and 4) provide access to communications, data and programs now on the internet through the recently installed CSUDH internet backbone.

The CSUDH Computer Services Department maintains 7 computer laboratories on campus that are used both for instruction and student use. This includes 2 Macintosh Labs, one with 24 PowerMacs and one with 14 Mac LCs, and 5 IBM clone laboratories with, 24 Pentium-200 MHz machines, 24 486-25 MHz machines, 24 Pentium-75 MHz machines, 24 486-33 MHz machines and 20 Pentium-200 MHz machines. The Earth Science Department has a spatial analysis laboratory dedicated to research with 4 Pentium-200 MHz machines and received an NSF-ILI grant last year to install a 12 seat laboratory for undergraduate teaching in remote sensing and GIS.

San Bernardino

Geography Lab

Computers
two 75 MHz Pentiums
nine 166 MHz Pentiums
one 200 MHz Pentium

Peripherals
HP Laserjet III black-&-white laser printer
HP Deskjet 1200C/PS color inkjet printer
large format Calcomp DrawingBoard III digitizing tablet
HP ScanJet 5pse desktop color scanner
large format CalComp Pacesetter plotter

Software
MapInfo, AtlasGIS, ArcView, and Arc/Info

Humboldt State University

Spatial Analysis Lab <http://www.humboldt.edu/~salab> (teaching and research)

Advanced Spatial Analysis Facility <http://www.humboldt.edu/~asaf> (research)

Satellite Stations (teaching and research)--Wildlife Department; Geology
Department; Engineering; Geography

All labs run the latest ESRI software as well as a variety of other spatial
analysis software packages, graphic design packages, etc.

Long Beach

We have a teaching lab with 10 Pentium-Win95 computers, color printers and digitizers. These labs run ArcView, pcArc/Info, IDRISI and similar applications. We also provide Arc/Info--WinNT access to advanced students. The APLAB facility houses Sun Sparc unix and NT workstations running Arc/Info, GRASS and enamap. This facility has large-format input/output devices. All computers on campus have internet access. The department runs its own WWWeb Server http://humboldt.geog.csulb.edu/classes/

San Diego State University

Center for Earth System Analysis Research (CESAR)
The Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation Center for Earth Systems Analysis Research (CESAR) is a computer-based research and instruction facility administered by the Department of Geography. The purpose of the Center is to apply state-of-the-art technology in image processing, remote sensing, geographic information systems, automated cartography and numerical modeling to problems with a spatial dimension. Research conducted by the CESAR is directed at both applied and fundamental problems in fields ranging from biophysical remote sensing to urban planning. This research includes computer-based map and image data processing and spatial simulation modeling as well as field experimentation. CESAR facilities include four laboratories with a total of more than 4,000 sq. ft. of floor space and 80 computer stations. Two of the laboratories contain 25 Sun workstations networked to an in-house Sun Enterprise server with four processors. The other two laboratories contain 12 Macintosh computers and 30 Pentium PCs linked to an in-house NT server. A Silicon Graphics computer, two HP E-size Inkjet plotters and six 36" X 42" digitizers, laser printers, scanners, and GPS equipment round out the hardware capabilites.

CESAR has extensive GIS, Remote Sensing, and cartography software resources including Arc/Info and related products, IDRISI, and ERDAS. The Center research equipment is augmented by facilities in the Department of Geography including three field vehicles, a wide array of field measuring devices, a class "A" weather station and a physical geography laboratory.

San Francisco State University

Geographic Analysis Teaching Laboratory
Supports courses with up to 36 students (18 student workstations) on 2.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 computers, using Windows 2000, and running ArcGIS, ArcView, Photoshop, ERDAS, Excel, Freehand, Powerpoint, Netscape, and other software managed through a server. In-lab support for flatbed and slide scanning, and color ink-jet printer (B or A3 format). Computerized faculty lectern linked to ceiling-mount projector.

Institute for Geographic Information Science
Supports research and graduate student access to GIS and remote sensing technology. Houses two UNIX workstations – IBM RS/6000 and Sun – and seven 2.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 computers supporting the same software as above. A large-format digitizer, up to 60” format and one back-lit. HP Designjet 1055 CM plotting up to D-format (A1).

Remote Sensing Laboratory
Supports faculty research and graduate student access to remote sensing technology, with Leica Geosystems ERDAS 8.6 software running in a Windows 2000 environment.

Sonoma State University

Most GIS teaching and research is carried out in the Geographic Information Systems Laboratory. The Lab contains 10 Intel-based Windows NT workstations and one Sun SparcStation. A Windows NT Server provides networking for the lab with Fast Ethernet connections. Each workstation is equipped with digitizing tablets, including one large-format digitizer. A HP E-size inkjet plotter and two inkjet printers provide for output.

Software features most ESRI products including ArcView and its extensions and Arc/Info (Workstation and PC versions). Other software includes Idrisi, AutoCAD, Atlas GIS, and Erdas, plus a number of ancillary applications for graphics, word processing and other tasks. ArcView is also installed in one other general-purpose campus computing lab.