About

The Geographic Information Sciences Laboratory (GISL) is located in 324 CINA Hall on the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) campus in the Department of Geography. This lab is used as a teaching facility for all of the GIS and cartography courses in the Department of Geography. In addition, its staff and its services contribute to the UMD Campus as an educational resource, and as a research facility for cartographic and geographic information system (GIS) needs. The mission of the GISL aims to:

• Promote GIS in UMD research, provide GIS project support and resources for UMD staff and faculty
• Promote GIS in student curriculum in many departments
• To facilitate student projects demonstrating different uses of GIS to students
• Provide a lab and resources for UMD Graduate students and faculty to explore GIS in their work
• Provide hands-on GIS experience for students wishing to intern in the GIS lab