Digital Mapping Lab

Lab Description

The Lab is obligated to produce base maps and thematic maps. The Lab is equipped with the following systems

• ISSK system
• LPS system
• PC3 Digital Aerial Surveying system
• PGU5 Aerial image preprocessing system

Ground Surveying Lab

Lab Description

The Lab is obligated to conduct ground surveying and ground truth missions. The Lab is equipped with the following systems

• Eight ASHTECH GPS systems
• 1 March and 3 Garmin GPS systems
• Three balancing systems (one Lica and two Sokkia systems)
• Three total station systems (One Lica and one Sokkia system, one Size system)

Visible Band Scanners Test Lab

Lab Description

The laboratory contains the following:

• Optical bench with :
• Slide with rotary mount
• Collimator with 1600 mm focal length objective
• Testing target 1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5
• Diaphragms
• Telescopes and Microscope
• Illuminator and plug
• Eyepiece ,f=21.5 mm and storage case
• Reticles (for check) , Eyepieces and Huygenian eyepieces
• Barrels and Carrier
• Objectives  and optical sources
• Special camera
• Lenses and holders
• Tilting table with a diameter of 150 mm
• Tilting table with a diameter of 200 mm
•  Table with cross – like movement
• Table with photo – electric transducers adjustable in two mutually perpendicular directions by micro-screws
• Auto-collimating mount
• Thermal vacuum chamber
• Hyper spectral camera with moving mechanism

Infrared Measurements

Lab Description

The laboratory contains the following:

• Optical Bench controlled by computer
• Sources switched on by computer
• a-Visible Collimator 1600 mm
• b-Infrared Collimator 4671 mm
• c- 2D precise moving carriage
• Digital read –out device YII-2
• Simplified table
• Laser calibration sauces
• Transducers
• Optical collimator
• Set of filters
• Set of optical sources
• Spectrophotometer
• Computers

Digital Photogrammetry

Lab Description

This lab dealing with production of DEM and orthoimages and digital mappin.

Lap Equipments:

• Leica photogrammetry suite (LPS)from leica Geosystems
• Image station Iterghraph's Z/I Imaging Image Station

Analytical Photogrammetry

Lab Description

this lab dealing with production of DEM and orthoimages and digital mapping.

Lap Equipments:

• PC3 PGU5 Aerial image preprocessing system ORIMA PRO600

Image Processing

Lab Description

processing of high resolution satellite images

Lap Equipments:

• Erdas Imagine8.7
• ENVI 4.5

Cartography and GIS

Lab Description

cartographic editing and GIS layering.

Lap Equipments:

• Autocad software Microstation software Arc view software Geomedia software Arc GIS software.