INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Lab Facilities at IGISPosts Geographical Information Systems Lab

Lab staff 

Introduction

The GIS lab, at IGIS is equipped with GIS software and resources. Some of key licences available to students of BE Geo-Informatics and MS Remote Sensing and GIS include, ArcGIS Enterprise Edition, ArcGIS Pro. The lab is fully equipped with i5 computers, with a dedicated 16 GB RAM. The systems are regularly updated and improved as the need appears. Other than that student’s have access to virtual machines, that run any software of their choice on two dedicated clusters. Each hosting 256 GB or RAM and 40 Xeon Processing cores with a dedicated 40 TB storage. Students in the lab frequently use, Free and Open Source GIS software and database solutions, that include GRASS GIS, QGIS, Postgres, Sqlite, Orfeo Toolbox, Mapserver and many more.

Available resources 

Hp large scale plotter 800

Context large format scanner

An overivew of the lab during a session

Geographic Information System Software

One of the most powerful enterprise solution in the market is the ArcGIS software and its pro edition for the GIS users. IGIS licences the software regularly for its students.

 

Another important software used at large by the GIS community is Quantum GIS. Known for its hassle free installation, free availability and ease of use. The software is run on all computers at the institute.

 

Another important tool is the gv SIG. Supported by the Open Geospatial consortium and is available in the lab for students, who have to conduct software specific tasks.

 

Of the many other GIS software, which are a part of the free and open source GIS stack, students are supported and allowed to run these software for their project related tasks.