The Scholars’ Lab Spatial Technologies team provides training, consultations, and collaboration on the latest software, equipment, and methods used in GIS, remote sensing, cultural heritage conservation, and immersive environment creation, including high resolution 3D scanning, photogrammetry, virtual and augmented reality, and more.
GIS & Mapping
What we do?
University support of GIS: See our GIS Research Page for all things GIS: download software, find spatial data, attend a workshop, or schedule a consultation with our staff specialists.
Find & curate GIS data: We help you use, collect, and analyze GIS data. Most of our GIS resources, including the Charlottesville Sanborn Maps and Albemarle historical aerials collections, can be found in the UVA Open Data Portal.
GIS instruction: In addition to one-on-one consults, we teach a series of friendly, jargon-free workshops each fall and spring. You can read about upcoming and past workshops on our events page. We also collaborate with faculty to integrate spatial tools, techniques, and datasets into their classes. Email us with your questions and course requests.
Contact Us
- Staff: Chris Gist and Drew MacQueen
- Office: Shannon Library, Room 308 H
- Hours: Generally available weekdays 9-5, but please email uvagis@virginia.edu for an appointment.
3D / Cultural Heritage Scanning & Virtual Reality
What we do?
- Visit the cultural heritage informatics page to learn more about our ongoing projects; view our equipment, data, and demos; and access our 3D data repository.
- See our techniques and methods documentation for step-by-step instructions to get you started.
Contact us
- Staff: Will Rourk and Arin Bennett
- Office: Shannon Library, Room 308 G (Will), H (Arin)
- Hours: by appointment
- Email spatial@virgina.edu to discuss a project or schedule a consultation.
Spatial Tech Staff
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3D Visualization Specialist -
GIS Specialist -
GIS Specialist -
3D Technologies Specialist
Tools, Data, & Equipment
GIS software & extensions
- ArcGIS Pro
- ArcGIS Server
- Drone2Map*
- City Engine*
- Business Analyst
- Network Analyst
- Spatial Analyst
ArcGIS Online Enterprise Access
- Story Maps
- Experience Builder
- Business Analyst Online
- Community Analyst Online
- ArcGIS Insights
Supported GIS tools
- QGIS
- StoryMap JS
- Google Earth
- Google Tour Builder
GIS Data
VR & AR Spaces
- VR spaces
- Clemons 3rd Floor Viz Lounge (reserve a space to get started)
- Scholars’ Lab (Shannon 308) VR station for collaborative project development, immersive presentations, and demos. To request a project consultation, email spatial@virginia.edu.
- Virtual reality and augmented reality equipment^
3D laser scanning
- FARO Focus 3D laser scanner*
- Creaform Zscanner 700 CX*
- FARO Scene*
- Creaform VX Elements^
Photogrammetry
- DJI Inspire 1 quadcopter*
- Photoscan Pro^
- Autodesk Recap
Tactile surface scanning
- Microscribe*
- Rhino 3D^
Data & modeling software
- FARO Scene LT
- Autodesk Recap
- Geomagic*
- Mesh Lab
- Cloud Compare
- Sketchup
- Blender
- Maya 3D (in G-Lab)
* = by appointment/request only. ^ = not distributed