Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science
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The CRMS occupies approximately 1500 square feet on the second and third floors of the Geography-Geology Building on the campus of The University of Georgia.  We are well-equipped to perform virtually any modern mapping task using the facilities within the CRMS.  Administrative offices are in Room 209a (tel: 706-542-2918) and the research lab is located in Rooms 317/319 (tel: 706-542-2374).

Servers, Workstations

  1. Dell Powervault 745N rack-mounted Data server (with Dell PV22S - 3.3 TB disk array)

  2. Dell PowerEdge 750 rack-mounted Admin server (500 Gb)

  3. Dell PowerEdge 750 rack-mounted Web/Ftp server (500 Gb)

  4. Dell Powervault 745N rack-mounted Backup Server (1 Tb)

  5. Dell Powervault 745N rack-mounted Off-site Backup Server (1 Tb)

  6. Dell Powervault 725N rack-mounted Remote Access server (250 Gb)

  7. Fifteen Dell Dimension 8400 personal computer workstation (dual-monitor, 3.0 Ghz, 500 Gb)

  8. Dell Precision 670 MT64 (Visualization and Graphics-optimized) Workstation (dual-processor, dual-monitor, 2Gb Memory, 750 Gb hard disks)

  9. TabletPC and Compaq iPaq Handheld PC (for GPS/GIS field work)

  10. Assorted Dell Laptops

Network Infrastructure

  1. Fast Ethernet (100BaseT) network wiring throughout the lab, 3COM 3300 switches and centralized network management.
  2. Direct connection to University Gigabit fiber optic network and T3 internet link.
  3. SonicWall Firewall

Peripheral Devices

  1. Two Epson Expression 836xl large format scanners (800 dpi optical resolution)
  2. Hewlett Packard Designjet 2500cp large format color plotter
  3. Hewlett Packard Designjet 755cm large format color plotter
  4. Hewlett Packard Designjet 650c large format color plotter
  5. Dell 3000n Color Laser Printer
  6. Dell 1700n Laser Printers

Survey and Photogrammetric Equipment

  1. Trimble Pathfinder Pro XRS differential GPS unit with Omnistar/Coast Guard Beacon receiver
  2. Six Garmin GPS 5 plus several GPS 12 and Etrex handheld GPS receivers
  3. Digital camera with GPS interface
  4. Two Hasselblad MKW/E metric cameras for close range photogrammetry
  5. Laser range finder/digital compass remote positioning system
  6. Topcon GTS-3 Total Station
  7. Wild Auto Level
  8. Bausch & Lomb Zoom Transfer Scope, Zoom 70 and SIS 95 interpretation units
  9. Light tables; reflecting projectors
  10. Altek AC40 and Summagraphics Summagrid IV large format digitizers.

Major Software Packages 

  1. ESRI ArcGIS 9.1 and ArcView 3.3
  2. Leica-Geosystems Imagine 8.7
  3. VLS Feature Analyst
  4. Visual Nature Studio
  5. eCognition
  6. R-WEL Desktop Mapping System (DMS)
  7. Research Systems ENVI
  8. Aerosys 6.0 for Windows aerotriangulation software
  9. R2V - Raster to  vector conversion
  10. Golden Software Surfer 8.0
  11. Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator CS2
  12. Microsoft Office XP Professional