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Software Applications
Hardware
Computing Environment

GIS - RS CENTER
SHOP SPECIFICATIONS

Software Configurations

Geographic Information Systems + Remote Sensing
ArcGIS 8.1 NT (Desktop + Workstation)
Extensions: Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, Geostatistical Analyst
Fragstats*ARC 3.0.2

ArcView 3.2
Extensions: Network Analyst, Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, Image Analysis

ERDAS Imagine Professional 8.5
Modules: Photogrammetry, Sub-Pixel Classification, Virtual GIS

ER Mapper 6.1
Idrisi
ENVI 3.4
Geomatica PCI 8.1

GIS Demographic Data Extraction
Wessex
Census CD+Maps

Statistics
SAS
S+

Architecture + Design
AutoCAD
3D Studio VIZ

Supporting Software
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, and Power Point)
Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0

Hardware Configurations

SERVERS

ATLAS
DELL PowerEdge 4400 Dual Pentium III 1.0GHz with redundant power Supply
2 GB RAM
PERC2 4 Channel UltraSCSI RAID5 Card w/ 16MB Hardware Cache
6 - 36.1GB Hard Drives in RAID 5 Configuration for a total of 333GB of usable space

GISLAB
DELL PowerEdge 4300 Dual Pentium III 500MHz with redundant power Supply
256 MB RAM
PERC2 4 Channel UltraSCSI RAID5 Card w/ 16MB Hardware Cache
6 - 18.1GB Hard Drives in RAID 5 Configuration for a total of 81GB of usable space

GISSRVR
Pentium Pro 200MHz
128 MB RAM
2 - 4GB Internal HardDrives
1 - 24GB Extrenal SCSI2 HardDrive

GISLAB
Pentium II 333MHz
64 MB RAM
1 - 9GB SCSI HardDrive

WORKSTATIONS

3 - Gateway E4400 Pentium 4 - 1.4GHz
512 MB RAM
18GB SCSI III Hard Drive
DVD/CD-ROM Drive

3 - DELL Precision 610 Pentium III Xeon 500MHz (Dual processor Capable)
256 MB RAM
9GB SCSI II Hard Drive
CD-ROM Drive

6 - DELL Precision 420 Pentium III 600MHz (Dual processor Capable)
256 MB RDRAM
18GB SCSI III HardDrive
CD-ROM Drive

18 - DELL Precision 410 Pentium III 600MHz (Dual processor Capable)
256 MB SDRAM
18GB SCSI III HardDrive
CD-ROM Drive

OUTPUT/INPUT DEVICES

2 - PROCOMM Ethernet Networkable 7-bay CD-ROM Towers

1 - GTCO 36"x24" Backlit power tilt/height adjustable w/16 button puck digitizing tablet.

1 - HP 5M PS 600 dpi Color Laser Network Printer
1 - HP 2500CP 36" 600dpi Color InkJet network Plotter with 64MB RAM and an internal 2GB hard drive
1 - HP 4000 Laser Jet 600dpi Black & White Laser Network printer
1 - HP 1600 DeskJet 600dpi Color BubleJet Network Printer

Data storage and serving devices include zip drives, jazz drives, recordable CD-ROMs and a 4/8 GB tape back-up.
In addition, there are a DEC Alpha workstation to support UNIX applications, a Dell P5MX200 instructor workstation, and a Dell Pentium OptiPlex GM590 (with Window 95) for the Lab Monitor.

The lab is well equipped with multi-media teaching tools including a Video projector, an overhead projector, two TV monitors, and a camera.

Local Access Network Environment

Currently all the 22 workstations are connected to the NT servers through the Library's ATM connection. The speed to the workstations is ATM 25 mb, and 155 mb to the Server. The color laser printer and plotter will also be networked. The GIS lab will have its own subnet/domain, (although temporarily, it's under the library subnet) and each workstation now has its own IP address. TCP/IP is the file transferring protocol we are using. The GIS LAN is hooked up to the back-bone of the University Computer Service mainframe.
The Scanner and the Digitizer will be connected to a workstation which can distribute files to the all the workstations in the lab.

The two CD-ROM towers will be connected to the NT server as a CD-ROM network which will distribute spatial and statistical data and programs that come in the format of CDs.

GIS Lab and the Rest of the World

Providing the fact the GIS lab is connected to the rest of the world, ideally, faculty and students should be able to transfer data from the lab through authorized telnet or anonymous FTP, however, the speed may be affected due to file size and telecommunication traffic. The Lab can reach the rest of the world through Netscape. However, the restriction is that users are required to visit GIS or other educational sites only.