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 University Laboratories

Browse through a list of university laboratories of Cartography, GIS and Remote Sensing, as well as university staff cartographers and geographic services.

If you have any questions, contact [email protected]

  • Arizona State University

    Design and construction, cartographic and information graphics. Digital output: files, 35-mm high-resolution slides, 600-dpi laserprints, other output through local service providers. Traditional photomechanical production also available.

  • California State University-Chico

    The GeoPlace Mapping Lab is a student-run spatial data development and map creation service by the Department of Geography and Planning within the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences.  GeoPlace provides free mapping services to faculty, staff and graduate students that includes print and hardcopy maps, digital or web-based maps, and the development of spatial and non-spatial datasets using a full suite of geospatial technology.

  • California State University-Northridge

    The lab consists of two rooms, one with 22 Macintosh computers and two 600 dpi printers, and the other with 10 IBM NT computers, a HP workstation, two digitizers, and a HP755 large-format plotter. The Department also maintains several servers for geographic databases. The Department has a large map library and houses a large collection of Sanborn Fire Maps.

  • Donald W. Hamer Center for Maps and Geospatial Information (Penn State)

    The Donald W. Hamer Center for Maps and Geospatial Information promotes and facilitates the use of maps and geospatial information in research, teaching, and learning at Penn State University. It is located in the basement of Central Pattee Library, University Park campus. We have three main areas of activity: 1) education, outreach, and partnerships; 2) collecting, preserving, and providing access to maps and geospatial information resources; and 3) creating new public domain geospatial datasets of broad interest and/or high research value.

  • Florida State University

    The FREAC cartography laboratory provides services to public agencies and university departments including: preparation of maps and graphs for publication, and typesetting and layout for books and brochures. As a state affiliate with the USGS Earth Science Information Center (ESIC), the laboratory offers several map sets for Florida, and provides information on how to access map and photo information from state and federal agencies.

  • Georgia State University

    The Cartography and GIS Laboratory provides cartographic and GIS services to the faculty, the university, and the Atlanta community.

  • Hofstra University

    GIS, Cartography, and basic Remote Sensing laboratory

  • Humboldt State University

    The Kosmos lab is a two-room lab with 18 PCs and 6 Macintosh computers, as well as a large-format color printer.  It is home to the Institute for Cartographic Design, which provides geovisualization services to the faculty and university.

    • Nick Perdue or Amy Rock
      Dept. of Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
      Humboldt State University
      1 Harpst Street
      Arcata, CA 95521
    • 707-826-3946
    • [email protected]

  • Illinois State University

    Cartographic Services/GEO Map Laboratory creates thematic and GIS created maps for a variety of clients on and off campus. They graphically support the “Illinois Geographer” journal. Services include research support, training, and outreach in data assessment and map creation for both the public and educational sectors through workshops and online tutorials.

    • Jill Freund Thomas
      Cartographic Services/GEO Map Laboratory
      Department of Geography, Geology, & the Environment
      Campus Box 4400
      Illinois State University
      Normal, IL 61790-4400
    • (309) 438-8403
    • [email protected]

  • Louisiana State University

    The Cartographic Information Center, which is open to the general public, maintains a collection consisting of two main parts, material owned by the Department of Geography and Anthropology, and the GPO Federal Depository material housed under a selective housing agreement with the Regional Depository Library in Middleton library. The material in the Cartographic Information Center consists of maps, aerial photographs, globes, journals, monographs,  slides, and atlases. Patrons using the collection include the faculty and students in the Department of Geography and Anthropology and from other geoscience departments (Geology and Geophysics, as well as the Coastal Studies Institute). Beyond the geosciences, the Center serves many patrons from the College of Design and the greater Louisiana State University community as well as local businesses, Louisiana state agencies, and the general public.

  • Memorial University of Newfoundland

    GISciences Lab consists of 32 computers with all the latest software. In the lab we teach GIS, Remote Sensing, and Cartography. We do also complete work for faculty/staff who are publishing books or journal articles, and also for outside agencies needing maps.

  • Northern Illinois University

  • Ohio State University

    The Dept. of Geography Numerical Cartography Laboratory at Ohio State University was founded in 1974 by Prof. Harold Moellering. It serves as a multifunction laboratory for work in numerical and analytical cartography ranging from student class projects to externally funded faculty research grants. Please note that it is not a production facility, but a teaching and research laboratory in the spatial data sciences

  • Oklahoma State University

    • Michael P. Larson
      Manager Geospatial Systems
      OSU Cartography Services
      Department of Geography
      319 Murray Hall
      Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078-4073
    • (405) 744-7344
    • [email protected]

  • Portland State University

    Projects include mapping, remote sensing, environmental inventory and spatial analysis. The common element being some kind of graphic or cartographic product.

    • David Banis
      Center for Spatial Analysis and Research
      Geography Department
      Portland State University
      Portland, OR 97207-0751
    • 503-725-8903
    • [email protected]

  • Rutgers

    Rutgers Cartography Services designs and creates thematic maps for clients on and off campus.

    • Michael Siegel, Staff Cartographer
      Rutgers Cartographic Services
      Department of Geography, Rutgers University
      54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue (Lucy Stone Hall)
      Piscataway, NJ 08854-8045
    • (848) 445-4054
    • [email protected]
    • http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu

  • Slippery Rock

    The Cartography and GIS Computing Lab at SRU is primarily a teaching lab. It is equipped with 19 PCs, digitizers, printers, and a 3-D printer. Software supported in the lab includes ArcMap, ArcPro, Erdas Imagine, Pix4D, Trimble InSphere, Google Earth Pro, Adobe Suite, and QGIS.

    • Stentor Danielson
      Cartography and GIS Laboratory
      308 Advanced Technology and Science Hall
      Slippery Rock University
      Slippery Rock, PA 16057
    • (724) 738-2048
    • [email protected]

  • Syracuse University

    Syracuse University Cartographic Laboratory is a focus for cartographic activities at Syracuse University. The primary responsibility of the Laboratory is to meet the Geography Department’s need for maps and graphics in scholarly publications. The Lab also provides the University community with advice and assistance for the professional, educational, and technical aspects of cartography and mapping. Cartographic services are available, at cost, to the University community and nonprofit organizations.

    • Joe Stoll
      Syracuse University Cartographic Lab.
      Department of Geography
      144 Eggers Hall
      Syracuse, NY 13244
    • (315) 443-3937
    • [email protected]

  • Temple University

    The lab was established in 2012 as a research, education and service-based core facility at Temple University for geographic information technologies, spatial data, geographic modeling and mapping. The principal mission of the lab is to support research and education in geographical information sciences at Temple University and surrounding communities.

    • Kevin Henry, Director
      Spatial Analytics Lab at Temple (SAL@T)
      Temple University
      Philadelphia, PA 19122
    • 215-204-2961
    • [email protected]

  • University of Alabama

    The Cartographic Research Laboratory (Cart Lab) is a map production facility operating under the auspices of the College of Arts and Sciences on the University of Alabama campus. The purpose of the lab is to provide high quality cartographic and GIS services. Staffed by a full time cartographer as well as several graduate and undergraduate assistants, the Cart Lab not only provides real-life experience and skill application to student workers, but also publishes nationally recognized materials. Experience gained by
    student workers in the Cart Lab often make them a hot target for potential employers.

  • University of California, Berkeley

    studio.geo-? is an experimental geographic research, teaching and design studio, located at the University of California, Berkeley. Projects hosted by the studio work across maps and media to produce critical and collaborative geographic work focused on the question of how we represent our worlds.

  • University of Kansas

    The Cartographic Laboratory at Department of Geography and Atmospheric Science aims to foster excellence of KU members’ research and scholarship by promoting geospatial technology. We provide both contract service and work with faculty on grant-funded research. Our services include but not limited to cartography, remote sensing, GIS and statistical analysis.

    • Dee (Di) Shi
      Director of Cartographic Services
      Department of Geography & Atmospheric Science
      Lindley Hall, Room 212
      University of Kansas
      Lawrence, KS 66045
    • 785-864-5535
    • [email protected]
    • https://spatial.ku.edu

  • University of Kentucky

    The Gyula Pauer Center for Cartography & GIS at the University of Kentucky lies within the “realm” of the geography department. Therefore, we satisfy the department’s cartographic needs whether it be an individual map for a faculty member’s journal article submission or hundreds of graphics for a geography textbook or atlas. Our scope is very broad based as is our clientele. We support the cartographic needs of all university departments, some state agencies, as well as private individuals and organizations in the community. We produce, primarily, thematic maps for our clients, but have been known to produce an occasional reference map (e.g. map of Lexington and environs, UK campus map). During our more than thirty years of mapmaking we have made thousands of maps for a diverse clientele.

  • University of Maryland Baltimore County

    Description: The Department of Geography and Environmental Systems provides majors with hands-on experience in computer cartography through its Cartography Lab. The lab is utilized most often by students to supplement the lecture portion of a course. Students are also extended opportunities to work in the lab on selected projects or areas of interest through internships and independent study courses. The Cartography Lab is used only by Geography majors but is also available for other non-majors currently enrolled in a Geography class.

  • University of Massachusetts

    • Roy Doyon, Manager
      Cartographic Laboratory
      Department of Geography-Geology
      University of Massachusetts
      Amherst, MA 01003-0026

  • University of Minnesota

    • Mark Lindberg, Senior Cartographer
      University of Minnesota
      Department of Geography, Environment & Society
      414 Social Sciences
      267-19th Avenue South
      Minneapolis, MN 55455
    • 612-625-0892
    • [email protected]

  • University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

    The Laboratory for Landscape Characterization and Spatial Analysis is a research facility dedicated to the study of biophysical and human landscapes.

    • Stephen J. Walsh
      Department of Geography
      Landscape Characterization & Spatial Analysis Laboratory
      University of North Carolina
      Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3220
    • (919) 962-3870
    • [email protected]
    • http://salab.unc.edu

  • University of North Carolina-Charlotte

    • Laurie Garo, director
      Cartography Lab
      McEniry 417
      Department of Geography & Earth Sciences
      University of North Carolina - Charlotte
      Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
    • (704) 687-5981
    • [email protected]

  • University of North Dakota

    Geographical Analysis and Remote Sensing Lab (GARSL)

  • University of Northern Iowa

    • Bingqing Liang, PhD
      Department of Geography, ITTC 205
      University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614
    • 319-273-3609
    • [email protected]

  • University of Oregon

    The InfoGraphics Lab founded in 1988, is a mapping and geospatial technology facility in the Department of Geography at the University of Oregon. We serve the University community of faculty, staff, and students; the State of Oregon and other public agencies through the application of innovative geospatial technologies, cartographic design, and geographic information science. Atlas design and production is a specialty of the Lab. We support research, instruction, and public service activities at the University.

  • University of the South

    The Landscape Analysis Lab, or LAL, is a GIS research and teaching lab that provides support for spatial analysis for faculty, students, and staff at Sewanee: University of the South. The LAL maintains spatial data for the Domain and provides GIS support for faculty, staff, and students in departments and offices across the university, local community, and regional organizations.

    • Christopher Van de Ven
      The Landscape Analysis Lab
      University of the South
      112 Snowden Hall
      Sewanee, TN 37383
    • 931-598-3354
    • [email protected]

  • University of Utah

    We operate within the University’s research infrastructure to provide support for both theoretical and applied geographic information analysis and application development. Our goal is to offer students real world experience, and at the same time, deliver the highest quality of geographic information services. The DIGIT Lab also supports faculty research in the Department of Geography as well as other departments at the University of Utah. The DIGIT Lab has worked for (or with) more than twenty different departments across campus.

  • University of Washington

    GIS Lab

    • GIS Lab
      University of Washington Libraries
      Seattle, WA 98195
    • 206-543-4164

  • University of Western Ontario

    This multi-faceted facility has developed an international reputation for the production of custom cartographic products, diagrammatic representations and the visualization of conceptual models for high-end multi-media output including books, journals, web sites, interactive CD-ROMs, slides, outdoor signage. Cartographic production primarily supports the research activities of the Department of Geography. The facility also services the university community at large as it provides the only official source of campus maps designed for UWO publications.

    • Karen VanKerkoerle
      Cartographic Specialist
      The Cartographic Section
      Geography Department
      Social Science Centre
      The University of Western Ontario
      London, Ontario N6A 5C2
    • (519) 661-2111 ext. 82878
    • [email protected]

  • University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

    Our lab provides cartography and GIS services on a contractual basis. This includes high quality maps for publication in journals and textbooks, individual sheet maps, construction of digital databases, geographic information analysis, and consultation on any aspect of geographic information.

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

    The University of Wisconsin Cartography Laboratory is a full service graphic/cartographic production facility. Established in 1953, it has a long history of excellence in cartographic production. The Lab provides mapping services to the University community, Local, State and Federal Agencies as well as to Non-profit and For-profit corporations. The Lab has the necessary staffing, hardware and software to successfully complete most mapping projects. Estimates and quotes are given for all projects.

  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

    The Cartography and Geographic Information Science Center specializes in all stages of Geographic Information Systems, from concept to the production of professional online interactive maps, print publication-ready maps, and the display of spatial information and graphics while providing student internship opportunities. The Center also creates geographic and attribute files for analysis with Geographic Information Systems.

    • Donna G. Genzmer, GISP
      Director, Cartography & GIS Center
      University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
      PO Box 413
      3210 N. Maryland Ave./Bolton 420
      Milwaukee, WI 53201
      USA
    • (414) 229-4865
    • [email protected]
    • http://uwm.edu/cgis

  • Valparaiso University

    The Geographic Applications Lab within the department of Geography and Meteorology, trains undergraduate students in Data Analysis, GIS, and Remote Sensing, Cartography, Visualization, and Design.

  • Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center

    The Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (WyGISC) is an interdisciplinary research institute at the University of Wyoming focused on the development of geospatial information and technologies and their applications in science, education, government and business.