Nicholas Copernicus University



Institute of Ecology and Environment Protection


Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences


Institute of General and Molecular Biology


Institute of Geography



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GIS Laboratory

87-100 Toruń, Gagarina 9, phone (+48 56) 611-44-69
Guardian of Laboratory: dr Edmund Kartanas
senior lecturer;   phone (+48 56) 611-44-69;  e-mail:
 kartanas@biol.uni.torun.pl

The GIS Laboratory is located in building A of the Institute in room No 258. The Laboratory is devoted to carry out courses, which require utilisation of computers with GIS software. Equipment of the Laboratory was purchased for funds granted by TEMPUS - JEP 12284-97 and JEP 12539-97.
The basic equipment of the Laboratory make 4 computers Pentium. Two computers (graphic stations SGO) are composed as two-monitor working sites (monitors 22" and 15") and the remaining two have 17" monitors. In addition the GIS Laboratory is equipped with digitizer Numonics AccuGried A0, plotter CadJed color Encad A0 and scanner HP ScanJet IIIC.
In the Laboratory is taught a course "Computer science II: GIS" and are completed projects for MSc and PhD theses.