GeoSpatial Data Systems Group
Goal
The GeoSpatial Data Systems group is the remote sensing, GIS, GPS and digital mapping arm of the Energy & Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah (EGI). The group provides services to government agencies, geothermal and petroleum industry.
Expertise
• Group led by Dr. Gregory D. Nash, Associate Professor, Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geography
• Fully integrated laboratory utilizing Sun and Pentium II workstations, and Arc/Info, ArcView, ERDAS Imagine and ER Mapper software. A UNIX based Oracle server is also housed in the Geomatics Laboratory
• The group cooperates with the DIGIT Laboratory, Department of Geography, to supplement the full-time staff members. This cooperative effort offers multidisciplinary expertise to address a wide spectrum of GIS and remote sensing problems.
• The group has participated in research related to energy exploration, structural mapping, lithologic mapping, hydrothermal alteration mapping, geobotanical anomaly mapping, surface temperature mapping and GIS database development.
Example Research Projects
• Petroleum Basins of North Africa: An Arcview GIS Synthesis
• Deep-Water Sands: Exploration Plays & Reservoirs (ArcView/ArcInfo GIS)
Analytical Services
The group provides a broad range of services:
• Remote sensing, GIS, GPS and digital mapping services
• Data capture, GIS database development
• Georeferencing and data conversion
• Digital image acquisition and processing
• Digital cartography
• Custom GIS interface design
• Large format color map printing
• Fast turnaround solutions to Corporate Associate problems
Training
• Desktop GIS: A Data Synthesizing and Analysis Tool for the Natural Resource Exploration and Extraction Industries
For more information contact:
Dr. Greg Nash (801)585-3889 gnash@egi.utah.edu
Dr. Beth Murphy (801)585-5982 bmurphy@egi.utah
Mr. Chris Kesler (801)585-3542 ckesler@egi.utah.edu