About the GIS/ASA Lab

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About the GIS/ASA Lab

The GIS/ASA lab works to support research and applications in geographic information systems, remote sensing, spatial analysis, and related fields. The lab is sponsored by the departments of Geography and Earth Sciences, the Environmental Studies program, the Biology department, and Academic Computing. Generous support for the lab has come from alumni donations, the J. Robert Porter '57 Fund, and other sources.

The lab's resources are available for several types of projects, including:
Research by faculty and staff affiliated with the lab's "home" departments.
Research by personnel from other departments on campus.
Smaller, non-funded "exploratory" projects by students, faculty, staff, or others (as resources permit, and when the project will contribute to the lab's mission).
Support for instructional use of GIS and remote sensing technology across campus.

The lab is located in 114 Fairchild Hall. To learn more about the lab, or to discuss a project that might benefit from access to the lab, please contact us.

Facilities
Although several projects are already under way, the lab's facilities are still in development. Computational resources include two Dell Precision T3400 and M4300 workstations, four Dell OptiPlex workstations, and a 2TB Buffalo TeraStation Network Attached Storage (NAS) unit. These are complemented by a variety of peripheral equipment, including plotters, printers, external drives, battery backup units, etc. The lab also will house one workstation and two NAS units from the University of Wisconsin's Space Science and Engineering Center, which are being used to support a cooperative research program on satellite remote sensing of lakes.

The primary software available (or to be installed) in the lab includes ArcGIS, ENVI, ERDAS Imagine, and other packages for GIS, spatial analysis, and remote sensing / image processing. This is supplemented by a wide range of database, statistical, graphic design, and other software.

The lab's data library includes spatial data and satellite imagery for New England, other regions of North America, and the world. During the coming months, portions of this data archive will be made available on the Data Sharing section of this website.

Finally, the GIS/ASA lab benefits from close connections with several other related facilities on campus, including the Geography Department's Rahr Cartography/GIS lab (013 Fairchild), the Earth Science Department's Image Processing Laboratory (113 Fairchild), the Dartmouth Flood Observatory (121 Fairchild), and the Dartmouth College Library's Evans Map Room (Second floor of Baker/Berry).

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