Established with a large federal grant and completely upgraded in Fall 2002 with substantial funding from the College of Liberal Arts, the Automated Cartographic Information Center (ACIC) is a state-of-the-art Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping and analysis laboratory.
Ten computer workstations are available to Borchert Map Library patrons for geographic research. Each workstation is equipped with a wide range of GIS and supporting software, providing access to the Borchert Map Library’s large and growing collection of digital geospatial data as well as data available via the Internet.
- Samsung Syncmaster 210T 21.3" analog/digital LCD monitors
- Flat-bed and slide scanners
- DVD and CD-ROM writeable drives
- Color and B&W laser printers (printing fees apply)
- Large-format ink-jet printers (printing fees apply)
- ESRI GIS software, including ArcGIS 9.3 (ArcInfo) and ArcView 3.3
- MapInfo Professional 9.0
- IDRISI Andes Edition
- Adobe CS2 software
- Microsoft Office XP (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint)
- Resources Available in the Automated Cartographic Information Center (ACIC)
- Commercial atlases on DVD and CD-ROM
- Digital orthophoto quadrangles (DOQs) from USGS and the Metropolitan Council
- GeoLytics - U.S. Census data from 1970-2000
- Minnesota data, including natural resource and socio-economic data and imagery
- Various U.S. government data, including USGS digital raster graphics (DRGs)