Computing Facilities

The Center for Geospatial Technology is housed in the south wing of the new Experimental Sciences Building on the main campus of Texas Tech University.

The center operates in a fully-networked, multi-user server environment with three research labs, a teaching lab, a seminar classroom and office space.  Each of the research labs is equipped with state-of-the-art workstations and licensed software.

Our server hardware and data storage are housed in the University Computer Center.

Geoprocessing Lab

124 Experimental Sciences

Database Development, Remote Sensing, Cartographics and Visualization

The Geoprocessing Lab is the main workroom in the Center.  The lab is equipped with six workstations, a large format scanner (Contex ScanPlus IV 636C) and two plotters (HP Designjet 5500ps and HP Designjet 130nr).  The six workstations are networked to our servers housed in the University Computer Center.  The Contex scanner provides the capability to scan large format maps and air photos.  The two plotters are used for producing hardcopy maps and posters.

Geospatial Applications Lab

123 Experimental Sciences

Application Programming, Database Design
and Enterprise Solutions

The Geospatial Applications Lab is dedicated to larger projects that require application programming and database design.  The main purpose of the lab is to develop enterprise solutions and experiment with new technologies.  The lab contains five workstations and a conference meeting area.

Geospatial Analysis Lab

122 Experimental Sciences

Special Projects, Remote Sensing Applications
and Graduate Student Research

The Geospatial Analysis Lab largely dedicated to special projects, including the development of remote sensing applications and graduate student research.  The lab contains five workstations and a conference meeting area.

Servers & Data Storage

The Center for Geospatial Technology is a fully networked, multi-user environment - with all of our workstations connected to servers and data storage housed in the University Computer Center.

Server Management

The Center maintains a close working relationship with the Technology Operations and Systems Management (TOSM) group on campus.  TOSM manages all of our servers and storage - providing weekly intermittent and full 30-day backups for all of our software, applications and data.

University Computer Center

Server Hardware

The Center currently has eight servers managed by TOSM.

Four are Dell PowerEdge 2850/2950 servers, one is a Dell PowerEdge 1660SC and three are Dell Blade Servers. 

Dell PowerEdge Servers

Dell Blade Servers

Data Storage

The Center maintains several terabytes of space for data storage.  Most of our GIS data layers and imagery are housed on the university Storage Area Network.

GB switches

         The university Storage Area Network (SAN)

Teaching Computer Lab

125 Experimental Sciences

ESRI Authorized Training, ArcGIS I and ArcGIS II

The Teaching Computer Lab is primarily used for teaching ESRI Authorized Training Courses.  The lab is equipped with 16 computers and audiovisual equipment.  The two day ArcGIS I and three day ArcGIS II courses are offered intermittently throughout the year. 
To find out more about the Center's GIS training program, visit our ESRI Authorized Training web page.