In addition to access to extensive computing services offered to the entire Ohio State University community, faculty, students and staff working in the geographic information sciences have access to state-of-the-art facilities at the Center for Mapping and four computer labs dedicated to surveying, GIS/LIS, analytical photogrammetry, and digital photogrammetry.

      Selected computer facilities at the Center for Mapping include the SPARCenter 2000 Model 2102 (with 17.4 gigabytes of disk space), several workstation and PC-based GIS/mapping/remote sensing systems, and an Optronics 5040 high-resolution optical scanner, the only such scanner in the Midwest.

      A region-wide laboratory for the OSU CEEGS department offers high-end PCs (over 100) and SGI O2 Unix workstations (over 25), equipped with many engineering-related software packages for research and educational purposes. In addition, remote sensing image processing (ERDAS Imagine, IDRISI, MIPS) and GIS software packages (ArcView, Arc/Info) are available. The computers are networked within the lab and to the campus SONNET network, allowing for easy data transfer across campus and the world. Access to the machines and visualization equipment at the Ohio Supercomputer Center (CRAY T90, CRAY J90, CRAY T3E, SGI Origin 2000, and Beowulf Cluster) is available for advanced research applications. Individual faculty researchers also maintain computer labs for dedicated research projects.

      The OSU Center for Mapping has advanced computational equipment, mapping facilities, and software tools to support remote sensing, GIS, precision mapping, and image processing. Details of these and related projects can be found at (http://www.cfm.ohio-state.edu)