This Advanced GIS/RS lab consists of 8 PCs, one IBM RS/6000 Unix workstation,
and one Intergraph Unix workstation, all on the UGA network and Internet.
These computers run standardized software for GIS research and classes,
including ERDAS Imagine, ArcView, and Arc/Info, all for both Microsoft
Windows95 and Unix. The room is suitable for projection of computer screens
or overheads, and may be reserved for instructional lab sessions."
As a result of a major grant from NASA awarded along with the designation
of the CRMS as a NASA Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing, the CRMS
facilities have recently been expanded to include:
1. Sun Enterprise 450 Server with dual 300Mhz processors, 120 GB disk
storage and 140GB Tape Library;
2. Dell 4200 NT Server with 300 Mhz Pentium II processor, 72 GB disk,
CD-Recorder;
3. Five Sun Ultra workstations;
3. Fast Ethernet (100BaseT) network wiring throughout the lab, 3COM
3300 switches and centralized network management;
4. Twelve Dell 333, 400 and 600 Mhz PC workstations running Windows
98/NT; and
5. Trimble Pathfinder Pro XRS with real-time differential GPS capability
- Omnistar reciever.
In addition to the new equipment above, the CRMS maintains equipment for analysis of data in film or hardcopy format includes Epson Expression 12x17"x800dpi color scanner, UMAX Powerlook and Hewlett Packard ScanJet IIc and IVc scanners, Bausch & Lomb Zoom Transfer Scope, Zoom 70 and SIS 95 interpretation units; light tables; reflecting projectors; a Joyce Loebl MK III CS microdensitometer; and a Kern DSR-1 analytical stereoplotter. Hardcopy output is provided by Hewlett Packard DesignJet 2500P, 755cm and 650c color plotters, along with assorted color printers. We also have Altek AC40 and Summagraphics Summagrid IV large format digitizers.
Major software packages employed for CRMS research projects include
Desktop Mapping System (DMS), ESRI Arc/Info and ArcView, ERDAS Imagine,
Research System ENVI, LaserScan Vtrak, and MapInfo. The CRMS also
has direct access to the University of Georgia IBM mainframe computers,
RS/6000 cluster and the Internet via a campus-wide broadband network and
T1 lines. In addition to its research facilities, the CRMS maintains a
small project room equipped for use by graduate students working on studies
sponsored by the CRMS."