Facilities

 

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The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) was established at the University of Arkansas in 1991. CAST has a full time staff of 21 and supports numerous graduate students. External support is provided from sources such as DoD, USGS, NSF, USDA, EPA, state agencies, and many other public and private sources.

In July 2007 the CAST offices and staff moved in to the just completed JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Center for Academic Excellence. In addition to the main offices and teaching and research labs now in the JB Hunt building, Center staff also maintain the teaching and student research computer labs in Ozark Hall (Ozark 208, 215 and 209) for the departments of Geosciences, Anthropology and the Environmental Dynamics Program. 

CAST has been selected as a Center of Excellence by Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Intergraph, Trimble, MapInfo, Definiens Imaging, and Skyline Software and has a multi-year CRADA with ESRI. In total the Center has received more than $15 million in hardware and software support from its private partners.

The JB Hunt Center is a 110,000 sq ft state-of-the art research and teaching facility. CAST has 11,000 sq ft in offices, and labs. Details on the CAST facilities are provided in the links to the left. Details on the Center's extensive suite of hardware, software and research instruments are provided at these links. 

With funding from an NSF Major Research Instrumentation grant, CAST has purchased an extensive range of field instruments for remote sensing, survey, photogrammetry, geophysical survey, and related research. Surveying systems include Trimble 5700/5800 GPS receivers configured for both static and kinematic operation and a Trimble 5600 Robotic Total Station DR200+, an Optech ILRIS-3D and a Konica-Minolta Vivid 9i Laser Scanners, seven Trimble handhelds, and a 55 foot lift boom.

Geophysical instruments include a fluxgate magnetic gradiometer system, ground-penetrating radar system with 400 MHz antenna, earth resistivity and IP meter, a resistivity system with MPX15 multiplexer, and an EM conductivity/magnetic susceptibility meter.

Multiple photogrammetric workstations with stereo-eyes technology are part of the center’s configuration. There is a full complement of peripherals including extensive GPS systems, three single and dual-headed digitizers, one E-size and one-B size scanner, and a range of color output devices including three E-sized plotters, photogrammetric scanner, and numerous A/B color and black and white printers.
 

In  addition to CAST, the JB Hunt Center houses: