Spatial Data Hardware + Software
Teaching + Learning
Maps + Mapping
Social Science Data Services
US Census
GIS Lab
Rotch Library, building 7-238
Contact Us
gishelp@mit.edu
There are a variety of facilities for working on GIS projects around the MIT campus, provided by the MIT Libraries, Academic Computing, and individual departments.
- MIT GIS Lab - Rotch Library (7-238)
- WinAthena cluster - 37-312
- Athena
- Computer Resource Network for DUSP
- Running ArcGIS on your personal computer
MIT GIS Laboratory
Rotch Library (7-238)
The GIS Lab in Rotch Library provides indvidual user assistance during office hours and is open for use during Rotch Library operating hours. The GIS Lab in Rotch holds equipment purchased by Academic Computing and the MIT Libraries.
Windows Machines:
Precision 370 workstations
2 GB RAM
3.8 GHz pentium 4 processor
Nvidia quadro fx 1400 128 mb graphics card
36 GB 10,000 rpm SCSI and 80 GB 7200 rpm serial ATA
dvd read/write
19” visible ultrasharp flat panel screens with adjustable heights
1 census machine:
1 GB RAM
3.19 GHx Processor
2 80 GB Hard Drives
DVD & CD read/write; Drives: 3.5 Floppy
Monitor: 21"
WinAthena Machines:
Precision 370 workstations
2 GB RAM
3.8 GHz pentium 4 processor
Nvidia quadro fx 1400 128 mb graphics card
36 GB 10,000 rpm SCSI and 80 GB 7200 rpm serial ATA
dvd read/write
19” visible ultrasharp flat panel screens with adjustable heights
Printer
13 x 19 HP (1220c) color printer
Information Systems & Technology, Academic Computing
Information Systems & Technology, Academic Computing, manages several electronic classrooms which are available for use by MIT courses. Each classroom is networked and has a number of individual workstations, one of which is connected to a projector for the instructor to use. Room 37-312 is one such classroom with high end computers running WinAthena with ESRI and PCI Geomatica software on each machine. Two classrooms have both color (11x17) and black and white printers. More information on the electronic classrooms is available at http://web.mit.edu/ist/services/computingfacilities/electronic-class.htmlAthena Clusters
Athena is MIT's UNIX-based campus-wide academic computing facility. Students, faculty, and staff can use over 500 workstations provided through Athena to access software programs and data files. ESRI's ArcExplorer, ArcView and ArcInfo, and PCI Geomatica are available on the Athena machines. (ArcGIS has not been developed for UNIX by ESRI, hence it is not available on Athena.) For more infomation please visit http://web.mit.edu/arcinfo/www/home.html For information about loading GIS software on an athena machine go to: http://web.mit.edu/acs/www/simulation.html#geo. A full table of applications available on Athena can be found at http://web.mit.edu/acs/www/table.htmlFor DUSP Students
The Computer Resource Network (CRN) of the MIT Department of Urban Studies & Planning (DUSP) serves DUSP students, faculty, and staff, including members of the SPURS and CRCP Programs. A full list of CRN software resources can be found at http://dusp.mit.edu/crn/page.lasso?target=3:2:0
Running ArcGIS on your personal computer
Fill out the online ESRI GIS software order form. (You will need MIT certificates to access this page.) If you need to work with ArcGIS from off-campus you will either need to set up a VPN connection or obtain a dongle (email dsheehan@mit.edu - note, there may be a fee for purchase). Installation instructions are available to help guide you. ArcGIS does not run on the MAC OS but it can be run on Macintosh over the network through the citrix server http://citrix.mit.edu/staging.
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