Facilities and Instruments

CISR/GISTAR GIS Lab

The UCSC CISR GISTAR Lab is a state-of-the-art facility for geospatial research and education, equipped with high-performance computers featuring GTX 4090/3060 GPUs, SSD storage, and dual monitors. It supports GIS, remote sensing, drone mapping, machine learning and AI with access to drones, a large-format plotter, and a 3D printer. The lab includes a seminar room, student workspace, high-resolution projection systems, an AR map sandbox, and a DTEN interactive display. Software resources include ArcGIS Pro, Esri Drone2Map, QGIS, ENVI, Google Earth Engine, and statistical tools, enabling advanced spatial analysis and research.

Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 486 and 450