Resources

The Center for Applied GIScience uses the latest specialized hardware and industry-standard software to collect, store, analyze, visualize, and distribute geographic data products and their derivatives. Further, the Center has access to advanced supercomputing resources held by NSF XSEDE , Open Science Grid, RENCI (Renaissance Computing Institute), and URC (University Research Computing) at UNC Charlotte.

Computing Hardware

  • High-performance computing clusters
    • Sapphire: computer cluster based on desktop grid technology
      • 70 computing nodes
      • 280 computing cores
      • 2.2 TB memory
      • 32TB disk space
      • Windows
  • Servers and workstations
    • Diamond: Large-memory workstation
      • CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (10 cores)
      • GPU: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 (# CUDA Cores: 3072; 48 GB memory
      • Memory: 256 GB
      • Hard Drive: 4TB disk space
      • Linux
    • Wastewater: Advanced GPU
      • Dell Precision T7500 Workstation
      • CPU: Quad-core Intel Xeon, 2.53GHz, 12GB memory
      • GPU: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 (# CUDA Cores: 3,072; 48 GB memory)
      • Memory: 65 GB
      • Hard Drive: 4 TB disk space
      • Windows
    • 1 HP Blade 3000 System
    • 5 HP BL460c Workstation Blades
    • 2 HP BL460c Server Blades
    • AG Node pc (Dell precision 390)
    • 16 Lab Workstation PCs
    • 1 Dell Workgroup Server
  • 15 TB backuped networked storage space
  • 2 Field Laptops
  • 4 PDAs
  • 70″ flat LCD screen (Wireless Display supported)
  • High-res video conferencing

GPS Hardware

  • PDA based
    • Recreational grade
  • Trimble GeoXM/XT
    • Mapping grade
    • Rugged shells
    • Survey grade
    • Pole mounted antenna
    • Connects to GPS
    • Maps features remotely in field
  • Trimble ProXR
    • Real-time Laser Range Finder

Computing Software

  • GIS and Remote Sensing SW
    • ESRI ArcGIS (full GIS)
    • ESRI ArcPad (mobile GIS)
    • IDRISI (full GIS)
    • ENVI (remote sensing)
    • ERDAS Imagine (remote sensing)
  • Statistical packages
    • SPLUS
    • SAS
    • SAS JMP
    • SPSS
    • R (open-source)
  • Database platforms
    • Oracle 9 (relational DB)
    • SDE (middleware)
    • MySQL (open-source)
    • PostGRE SQL (open-source)
  • Internet/Web GIS
    • ArcGIS Server
    • GeoServer (open-source; server side)
    • OpenLayers (open-source; client side)

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