GeoProcessing Laboratory (GPL) Facilities
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The MHC AIMS-1 Sensor
Installed in a Cessna 206
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Forest Modeling
in the Cibola National Forest, NM
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Alana Belcon
GPL Student Teaching Assistant
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Chris and Christine
Measuring DBH in the Field
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New...Read About Research with the AIMS-1 Sensor (pdf) ...
What people are saying about the
GPL....
The program and facilities developed by
Professor Millette are extraordinary for a liberal-arts institution. Exposure to
geo-processing should be an important part of ES and MHC for
educational and career reasons, since application of geographical
information systems has become a technical field that is growing
rapidly in a range of environmental activities in government, business,
and universities.
- Mount
Holyoke College Environmental Studies Review
People
at GPL
Research
and Projects at GPL
Research Focus
- Development of the AIMS1 (Airborne Imaging
Multispectral Sensor)
- Land cover database development from satellite
and aerial imaging data
- Integration of remote sensing and GIS for
non-point source pollution modeling
- Artificial intelligence applied to image
analysis and resource management
- GIS based land use and forest modeling
- Development of institutional delivery models
for GIS products and services
Specific
Projects
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Working
with the Massachusetts Parks and Recreation Department to use AIMS1
data for forest monitoring. Specific projects include detecting and
quantifying Hemlock Wooley Adelgid infestations, and using laser
altimetry data to measure stand height. |
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Working with the Marine
Biological Laboratory to construct spatial databases of the various
drainage features of the Plum Island Sound Long Term Ecological
Research Site |
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Development of the
AIMS1, a remote sensing platform consisting of a multispectral digital
3 CCD camera, a laser altimeter, a real-time differential global
positioning system (DGPS), and an attitude heading and reference system
(AHRS) |
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Working with the US Forest Service
Southwestern Region Geometronics Group to assess the abilities of the
Most Similar Neighbor imputation software to predict forest stand
dynamics |
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Using satellite
imagery to assess and characterize the driving forces for land cover
change and forest degradation in the Middle Mountains of the Nepalese
Himalayas |
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India IRS Satellite
Data of Naubise Region Nepal |
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Naubise Region Land
Cover
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Northeast Instream Habitat Program |
 A
GIS Based Regional Forest Land Evaluation and Site Assessment Model (click
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View series of maps showing ....
- Characterizing historical land cover change in
the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans of Northeast India
- Land cover change impacts on the Lake Champlain
Basin of Vermont, New York, and Southern Quebec
- Spatial modeling and urban design - how to use
GIS modeling to help make urban settings richer places to live
Hardware
GeoProcessing hardware includes:
- 14 Workstations Pentium 4 3.2 GHZ processors, 1 GB
RAM
- 1 File Server with dual 933 MHz processors, 1
GB RAM
- 1 Spatial Data Server with a single 1396 MHz, 2
GB RAM
- 3 StereoGraphics Z-screens for digital
stereoscopic viewing
- Bausch & Lomb Zoom 500 Analytical
Stereoscope
- 48" x 60" Numonics Digitizer
- 36" Contex Large Format Color Scanner
- HP Design Jet 800 Plotter
- HP Laser Jet 5M B&W Printer
- HP Desk Jet 1220 Color Printer
- Textronix Phaser IIX Printer
- LCD Projector
Software
The Mount Holyoke GeoProcessing Lab is a dedicated
computer facility for training and research in Remote Sensing and
Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The MHC GeoProcessing Lab (GPL)
presently maintains a broad collection of GIS software including:
- ArcGIS 9.x
- ArcIMS and ArcGIS Server 9.x
- Erdas Imagine 9.x with Photogrammetry Suite
- IDRISI Andes
- Definiens Professional 5.x
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