Geographic
Information Systems and
Remote Sensing
Lab and Research Facilities
The Department’s Spatial Analysis Laboratory, located in BSB Room 2167, is a teaching
lab equipped with 20 networked PC workstations with lab licenses for
the leading GIS and remote sensing softwares: ArcGIS 9.1,
ArcView 3.2, and ERDAS IMAGINE 8.7. The Lab includes 2 large-format
digitizers, a large-format inkjet plotter, and a desktop optical
scanner.
Remote sensing field equipment includes a GSSI
SIR-2000 Ground Penetrating Radar system with GSSI’s RADAN
3-D rendering software; a GEM Systems GSM-19TGW Proton Gradiometer
(magnetometer), and a Trimble Pathfinder global position systems (GPS)
system with Pathfinder Office software.
Affiliated
Programs
The
Department is affiliated with the Field Museum, which maintains its own
GIS facilities. For further information, visit the page for
the Field
Museum Laboratory for GIS and Remote Sensing.
Course
Offerings (all courses are joint undergraduate-graduate
level and include hands-on computer lab section)
477
- Remote
Sensing of the Environment - 4h only (Same as GEOG 477)
Principles and practices of processing and
interpretation of remotely sensed imagery including aerial photographs,
radar and multispectral satellite images, and use of
image-processing software.
481 -
Geographic Information Systems I - 4h only (Same as GEOG 481)
Components and performance properties of
geographic information systems. Geographic hierarchies and data
structures. Problems and solutions in handling large geographic files.
482
-
Geographic Information Systems II - 4h only (Same as GEOG 482)
Application of raster (or grid) based
geographic information systems to the spatial analysis of landscapes.
485 -
Computer Cartography - 4h only (Same as GEOG 485)
The fundamentals of cartography and
cartographic design. The use of state-of-the-art, Windows-based
computer mapping software for querying and displaying cartographic data
contained in GIS databases.
For additional information contact
Professor Robert Hasenstab (webpage) at (312)
413-9577 or via email rjhasens@uic.edu
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