All teaching activities for the certificate program take place in the Geographic Analysis Teaching Lab (GATL), the teaching facility for the SFSU Department of Geography and Human Environmental Studies. The GATL includes hardware and software for image processing and geospatial analysis, as well as a wide array of ancillary and supporting equipment. The heart of the computer systems is our relationship with the Department of Geography and HES, Institute of Geographic Information Science (IGISc) and the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSS) computing department.

Hardware
The foundation of the GATL is a 155Mb ATM network connecting 24 workstations and a Dell Poweredge Server housing the mass storage devices (total amount of disk space nearly 3 Tb). The GATL facility also includes a wide array of input-output devices including image scanners, laser printers, large format color plotter, as well as an array of data storage devices. To facilitate instruction there is a computerized faculty lectern linked to a multi-resolution projection system.

Software
A large suite of applications software provides state-of-the-art capabilities for image processing, mapping, modeling, statistical analysis, and visualization:

ArcGIS (ArcInfo Desktop)
A university site license for ArcGIS and extensions (3D Analyst, Geostatistical Analyst, Street Map, Spatial Analyst, Survey Analyst, Tracking Analyst, ArcPress, ArcScan, Publisher, Maplex), as well as ArcPad and ArcIMS, provides the primary GIS analysis and modeling tools for GATL users.

ERDAS Imagine
SFSU has a license for ERDAS Imagine and ER Mapper (70 seats) as well as extensions including Atcor, Objective, DeltaCue, OrthoBase/Pro, Virtual GIS, and Stereo Analyst.

Definiens
Object-oriented image analysis can be conducted using Definiens Developer, the most advanced image segmentation software on the market.

SPSS
SFSU has a site license for SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) for statisitcal analysis of geographic data.