Facilities and Equipment

The Geospatial Centroid is housed in Geography's departmental office. The facility has space to simultaneously house four student assistants working on grants, contracts, and projects on dual-screen workstations. We also have several GPS-enabled mobile devices for field data collection.

Visualization equipment includes:

• a large-scale digital screen
• large-scale plotters
• large-scale scanner
• three-dimensional scanner
• three-dimensional printers
• laser cutter/engraver
• color and black-and-white printers

The Geospatial Centroid also has access to an 18-seat computer teaching lab equiped with dual-screen workstations installed with a selection of software including GIS, image analysis, databases, statistical programs, cartographic and graphic design, geovisualization, web applications, and desktop publishing.

Geospatial Software

Esri ArcGIS

Sacramento State-affiliated personnel have free educational, non-commerical access to Esri's ArcGIS Pro, and ArcGIS Online. Software can be downloaded and installed following directions at: https://www.csus.edu/college/natural-sciences-mathematics/geography/computer-labs.html#arcgis-software-installation-on-your-own-computer

If you are interested in ArcGIS Desktop, search for "ArcGIS" on the Sacramento State Software and Tools Catalog.

Esri ArcGIS Online

ArcGIS Online (AGOL) can be accessed by going to: http://csus.maps.arcgis.com. You can use AGOL to create Web Maps, Web Apps, Collector maps, and Survey123 forms.

To log in use your SacLink Single Sign-On. For detailed directions, see the Licensing section under ArcGIS Pro installation