Facilities

The Geographic Information Learning Laboratory (GILLs)  hosts several teaching and learning facilities. The centerpiece of the Lab  is SANDI - Guam’s First and only  Augmented Reality (AR) Sandbox, used in teaching principles and concepts in Geography, particularly that of topography, watersheds, hydrology among others.   Other highly-interactive and immersive  STEM-based learning systems in the GILLs Lab include:

• 3D Holographic Display
• Augmented Reality (AR) Fishpond
• Real-time Global Earthquake Monitoring Display
• Real-time Global Weather Monitoring Display
• Interactive Rock Collection with QR-Coded Information
• Tsunami Wave Simulation Model
• All-In-One Earthquake Table Simulator – simulates Subduction/Plate movement, Earthquake Waves, and Seismograph
• Sun-Earth-Moon System for simulating seasons
• Celestial Sphere
• Cloud-Maker and Adiabatic Heating and Cooling Setup
• Galileo Thermometer
• Astronomical Telescopes
• Global Positioning systems (GPS)
• Turn-Key Public Address (PA/Audio) System
• Live Window Projection Bulletin Board System (broadcasting upcoming events and courses offered by the Geography Program)

There are 22 Windows-based computer desktops  installed with state-of the -art free and open source software (FOSS). These include Multispec  developed by  Purdue University for educational purposes; QGIS which is a geographic information system (GIS)  software  that supports viewing, editing, printing, and analysis of geospatial data in a range of data formats.   QGIS supports Windows, macOS, and Linux.

On regular semesters, GIS, remote sensing (satellite image processing) and other Geography courses  are being taught in the GILLs Lab.  Short-term training courses are also being conducted in the  GILLs Lab.

Learn more about the Geography Program