Facilities
UNL has numerous facilities on campus involved in GIS/RS and related activities. In addition, UNL has obtained a site license for all ESRI and ERDAS software. Many other common software packages are maintained individual by various departments and labs. All laboratories listed below have access to the Internet.
Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT)
The Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT) was established in 1986 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska. CALMIT was founded to significantly enhance and expand research and instructional activities in remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), automated cartography and image processing that had, since 1972, been conducted through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Remote Sensing Center. Through formal linkages among universities, public agencies and private enterprise, CALMIT is developing new research, teaching and service opportunities in these advanced land management information technologies at UNL, in the state, and the region.
Environmental Remote Sensing Laboratory
The main thrust of the ERSL is the study of instrumentation and techniques used in remote sensing of the atmosphere and the earth's surface. The ERSL is partially supported by the Center for Electro-Optics of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and all faculty members are affiliated with the Electrical Engineering department.
The department offers specializations in each of three areas: Cartography, GIS, and Remote Sensing, although integration of these spatial technologies is emphasized. The cartography program is entirely dedicated to teaching and research in digital cartography. Areas of particular emphasis are analytical cartography, map animation and multimedia presentation, electronic atlas design and production, and map evaluation. The GIA program emphasizes spatial modeling in environmental applications and GIS-remote sensing integration, along with a developing activity in multimedia/visualization technology. In remote sensing, areas of emphasis include surface water quantity and quality, wetlands as indicators of environmental change, global land-cover characterization, spatial and contextual image analysis, and landscape regionalization. The Department of Geography computer facilities include a Physical Geography, a cartography computer laboratory, and a remote sensing/GIS laboratories. The Physical Geography computer lab consist of 8 PC computers with internet access. The cartography lab consists of 8 PC computers, 2 ink jet printers, 1 laser printer (linked to several machines), digitizing tablets, scanners, and a Calcomp digitizing table. The remote sensing/GIS lab consists of 6 Sun Sparc work stations. The department also houses a small word processing lab for student use. In the Geography Department, students and faculty have access to state-of-the-art image processing and GIS hardware, and to software that currently includes: ARC/INFO, ARC VIEW, IMAGINE, MAPTITUDE, AVS EXPRESS, WORLD CONSTRUCTION SET, BRYCE, ATLAS GIS, COREL DRAW, ANIMATOR PRO, SPSS, SURFER, MAP VIEWER, and others.
GIS laboratories
or facilities are also maintained by the following Departments/Units:
Department
of Biological Systems Engineering
Department
of Community and Regional Planning
Department
of Computer Science and Engineering
School
of Natural Resource Sciences