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Department Facilities

The Department of Geography is based in recently renovated Gunter Hall.

Gunter Hall

Gunter Hall

The Geography Department facilities includes: three classrooms, four computer labs, soils labs, environmental science lab, and faculty offices. Gunter Hall has wireless Internet access. Classrooms have Internet access and computer projection equipment.

Computer lab

Gunter 212, specializing in GIS, remote sensing.


Three PC-based computer labs are equipped with specialized equipment and computer programs used in mapping, geography, environmental science and engineering design courses.

Computer lab

Gunter 224, specializing in hydrology and environmental design.


Software include AutoCad (computer aided design) used in engineering and surveying courses, ArcInfo (GIs software) used in GIs and planning courses, ENVI remote sensing software, FreeHand, and others.

computer lab

Gunter 223, specializing in mapping sciences.

computer lab

Gunter 225, student work lab


The Department of Geography has extensive field equipment and laboratories used for surveying (7 Total Stations with data collectors), soils investigation and hydrology.

soils lab

Above: Soils Preparation Lab

soils lab

Soils Analytical Measurement Lab

soils lab

Soils Teaching Lab


The Department of Geography has extensive field equipment and laboratories used for surveying, soils investigation and hydrology.

GPS equipment

The Department of Geography has an extensive collection of Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment.

student surveying

The Department of Geography has seven Total Stations with data collectors for use in surveying class and on student projects.

 

 

 

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