Teaching Labs
THE GISIL
The Geographical Information Systems Instructional Lab (GISIL) is a state-of-the-art computer lab used to teach GIS, cartography and remote sensing. It is also used as a research facility for students and to conduct research into mobile geographical education (MoGEO) using personal data assistants (PDAs). The lab is also used to host visiting students who are considering a future at The University of Iowa. The Opportunity at Iowa program regularly brings high-school students in to look at the campus and the available facilities.
Looking for the GISIL schedule? Click here to view it.
Laboratory TAs are on duty during all of the scheduled operational hours and course TAs monitor those times when classes meet in the lab.
We continue to fund the computer laboratory and have recently upgraded to 24" LCD monitors. Also, starting in Fall 2005 we will use the laboratory to teach ESRI GIS classes.We will add courses as the instructor becomes authorized to teach additional courses. We will offer significant discounts to students, faculty and staff of The University of Iowa. More information will be posted here.
General information about the lab:
Hardware:
25 computers (Core 2 Duo 6600) running Windows XP - 24" LCDs
iSCSI Storage Area Network with approximately 4TB of storage
9 Samsung Q1 UMPCs
ProMark 3 GPS with surveying kit
12 node cluster - P4 3.2GHz
1 Dual-core AMD (4200X2) - 24" LCD
1 Core 2 Duo 6600 PC running Microsoft Vista
2 Linux machines
LCD Projector
20 Compaq iPAQ Pocket PCs with GPS and wireless network cards
10 Dell Axim x50V - 624 MHz PDAs
18 Magellan GPS 2000 XL
CalComp DrawingBoard III Digitizer
HP DesignJet 800 42" Printer
Software:
Windows XP Professional/Vista
Fedora 5 Linux
ESRI products - ArcGIS 9.2,etc.
ERDAS Imagine 9.1
Minitab 15, S-Plus, R, SAS,
SPSS statistical packages
Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator
Visual Studio 2005
World Construction Set - 1 seat
Transcad
STIS
NASA Worldwind
Research Labs
GIS Research Lab
The GIS Research Lab provides GIS processing and computing capabilities with a range of software and hardware necessary for high-end GIS research.
There are currently 8 Intel Pentium D and Core 2 Duo processors.
Remote Sensing Lab
The Remote Sensing Research Lab provides high-end computing and storage for image processing and analyses.
The lab contains 4 dual processor machines each with 1.5 Tb of storage space. Additional network available Raid 5 storage of 2.25 Tb is available.
