Geography and Planning Department - CSU, Chico

Equipment List

Use GEOP Inventory Item Count Cost Purpose
general use   Dell laptop computer 1 $1,200.00 Software includes ArcGIS 9.1 with USB hardware key, Photoshop 5, and Freehand 9. Be sure to include manual, mouse, and power supply cord.
general use   eGuide 1 $3,000.00 This computer kiosk has a special agreement for those wishing to utilize it.
general use   Garmin GPS 12 6 $100.00 User needs to supply AA batteries. Unit may come with wrist strap, Manual, case, and/or download cable.
general use   Garmin Vista eTrex GPS 20 $200.00 Purpose: taking positional readings with accuracy +/- 7 meters. User to supply AA batteries. Unit may come with wrist strap, QuickStart/Full Manual, instructional video, Streets/Topo CD, and/or download cable.
general use   Nikon Coolpix 7600 digital camera 1 $400.00 User needs to supply AA batteries--digital camera batteries recommended. Camera may come with S-video/AV cable and/or software CD.
general use   Olympus Digital Recorder 1 $100.00 Record voice input up to 68 hours. Requires AA battery. Downloadable files. Model WS-300M
general use   Panasonic digital projector 1 $1,200.00 Portable. Used with computer/laptop for projection screen display. Includes speakers and video cable.
general use GEOP-P1 Pantograph 1 $200.00 Ott-Precision-Pantograph 100 in wooden box. Purpose: a drawing instrument for magnifying figures.
general use   Philips DVD player 1 $170.00 Display standalone video and audio from a DVD either with or without AC power.
general use   Sharp digital projector 1 $600.00 Transfer of display from computer screen to projection screen. Heavy, older type of projector.
general use Slide scanner 1 $350.00 Creating digital files from 35mm negatives or color positives. Scanner may come with negative tray and/or software CD.
general use   Toshiba laptop computer 1 $400.00 Older model for word processing, only 32MB RAM!
general use   Trimble GPS 2 $2,500.00 Taking positional readings with one meter accuracy.
GEOG 101 T1 to T6 100 meter tape 6 $75.00 Keson metric
GEOG 101 B4 to B7 Brunton compass 4 $50.00 Measuring azimuths, slope angle, strike and dip
GEOG 101 D1 to D3 Bullhorn densitometer 3 $110.00 Determine amount of sunlight by estimating the amount of surrounding vegetation.
GEOG 101 C1 to C4 Clinometer 4 $110.00 Purpose: measuring height of trees or angle of slope. Unit may come with case.
GEOG 101 T9 to T11 DBH tape 3 $30.00 Measuring tree diameter at breast height.
GEOG 101 B1 to B3 Increment tree borer 16 inch 3 $200.00 Extracting a small tree core to enable counting of rings. Borer may come with leather poach. Clean borer periodically with WD-40 or turpentine.
GEOG 101 D4 Spherical densitometer 1 $100.00 Measuring forest overstory density.
GEOG 101 G1 to G5 Tangent height gauge 5 $20.00 Determining tree height.
GEOG 101 N1 to N2 Triangular dip net 2 $75.00 Mesh size = 2 micrometers.
GEOG 101 W1 Water turbidity tester 1 $50.00 Capacity: 120 cm