GIS Lab Open Hours for current semester (PDF)

The GeoData Center maintains a modern geospatial laboratory facility in building 13 on the UWF Pensacola campus. The lab is used for course instruction, research, and training courses.

Facilities

The primary laboratory is equipped with:

• 21 Gateway pentium class workstations with dual flat-screen monitors
• Individual Uninteruptable Power Supply (UPS) for each workstation
• 2 large format digitizers
• 4 small format digitizers
• color scanning and printing
• 42 inch 1200 DPI color plotter
• LCD projector

Additional hardware available through the GeoData center includes a Sokkia total station surveying unit, a Trimble Pro XR D-GPS unit, and two handheld GPS/mobile GIS units running Windows CE and ESRI ArcPad.

Databases and Software Access

Two internet mapping servers (IMS) provide the general public access to GIS databases such as Saint Michael’s Cemetery interactive map and the PERCH water quality study. Students in the GeoData center have access to a 6TB SQL Server databases via direct connect or ArcSDE, and a remote install / license server.

GeoData Center software packages include:

• ESRI ArcGIS Desktop 9.3
• ESRI ArcIMS
• ESRI ArcSDE
• ESRI ArcInfo Workstation
• IDRISI Kilimanjaro
• SPSS 16
• ERDAS Imagine 9.2
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

Specialist software includes:

• GMS 4 for ground water modeling
• Trimble Pathfinder for GPS extraction and correction
• Creator and SiteBuilder for 3D modeling
• VLS LiDAR Analyst
• ArcHydro Tools
• ERDAS Stereo Analysis for ArcGIS
• ERDAS Image Analysis for ArcGIS
• GIMP Image Processing
• Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor

The center also houses numerous spatial datasets for the state of Florida including DRGs, DOQQ(s) and 6" color aerial photography.