GIS LABORATORY

The Guam Hydrologic Survey GHS provides funding to support the operation of our state of the art computer analysis and Geographic Information System (GIS)/Engineering Graphics laboratory. The GIS and engineer graphics laboratory includes office space for the GIS/Network administrator and a 6 station teaching laboratory. Equipment includes ten high speed workstations, one plan sized photo quality capable plotter and a plan sized digitizing tablet. The GIS laboratory provides the required hardware and expertise in GIS analysis and serves as a data archive for GIS generated databases.

The University of Guam computer center houses a site for a National Geodetic Survey continuously operating differential correcting Global Positioning System (GPS) site. This allows WERI researchers using differential correction capable GPS equipment to easily correct positions taken in the field. The University of Guam computer center also serves as the host site for a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GIS metadata server for the islands of the Western Pacific. This site allows WERI researchers and others access to the Metadata files for the multitude of GIS coverages available for the islands of the Western Pacific.