GIS and Remote Sensing Lab
The GIS and Remote Sensing Laboratory maintains a state-of-the-art facility for GIS data input, database management, spatial analysis and manipulation, and information output, as well as digital image processing of remotely sensed data. The lab serves students and faculty in both their coursework and research. The lab offers the latest popular GIS and remote sensing software packages, such as ArcGIS and ERDAS Imagine.
Cartographic Research Lab
The Cartographic Research Laboratory was established in 1982. It is a self-supporting, non-profit facility, receiving funding through the sale of publications and through the completion of cartographic and GIS projects for a broad clientele. Adjoining the University Map Library and Place Names Research Center, the lab is ideally situated to handle a multitude of mapping and spatial analysis tasks.
Map Library
The University Map Library is located in room 300 in Farrah Hall on the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa Alabama. The map library is a regional depository for the U.S.G.S. and D.M.A. and includes over 1,700 monographs, 270,000 maps and 75,000 aerial photographs. The library also houses the Place Names Research Center of the United States and is active in toponymic studies. Persons holding proper University of Alabama identification may check out circulating materials. These materials may be on loan for a period of one month. The library's days and hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. There is handicapped parking and an alternate entrance located at the back of the Farrah Hall.
