Consulting Prices
Within ISU: $40.00 per technician hour / $50.00 per analyst hour
Non ISU (Govt, Not for Profit): $50.00 per technician hour / $60.00 per analyst hour
Non ISU (Private): $60.00 per technician hour / $70.00 per analyst hour
Printing
Printing services provided to staff, faculty and students doing GIS related posters and publications.
This ability is temporarily suspended (HP DesignJet 800PS)
Large format inkjet printer will print on regular white paper up to 42" wide. Minimum 1 hour charge ($30 + print size cost)
Opaque Bond - 42 in. wide x $18/ linear foot - this is the standard installed roll
The GIS Facility can be hired on internal and external projects. Please contact Josh Obrecht (jobrecht@iastate.edu) or Brian Gelder (bkgelder@iastate.edu) for more information or to discuss projects. Current fees are as follows:
| Service | Internal (ISU) | External |
|---|---|---|
| Work performed by Students | $31.89 per hour | $38.11 per hour |
| Work performed by Analysts (Varies by Analyst) | $62.43 - $80.75 per hour | $74.16 - $95.79 per hour |
| Computer usage to run scripts and analyses without supervision | $16.60 per hour | $20.60 per hour |
| Analyses performed by Students using Planet imagery | $156.89 per hour | $186.43 per hour |
| Analyses performed by Analysts using Planet imagery (Varies by Analyst) | $187.43 - $205.75 per hour | $222.48 - $244.11 per hour |
| Drone Usage and Data Administration (Varies by Analyst) | $180.67 - $198.99 per hour | $214.24 - $235.87 per hour |
| Fees valid through 7/31/2025 |
Large Format Printing
The GIS Facility also has a large format printer, 42 inches, where we can print posters for you. The cost is $0.21 per inch (e.g. a 36" x 42" poster would be $7.68) plus an amount for GISF employee time depending on the employee that will print. Please contact Josh Obrecht (jobrecht@iastate.edu) for the detailed cost.
Free GIS consultations for students and faculty (“GIS clinic”)
We can assist for free with some types of projects, assuming they will be limited in scope. My expertise is primarily in vector and raster GIS (but not remote sensing) and in Python programming (Arcpy and ArcGIS API for Python).
• Help with GIS for student MS/PhD projects in primarily non-GIS disciplines
• Assist in creating geospatial teaching materials (maps, georeferencing, elevation models, etc.)
• Instruction session for research groups that need to learn a few specific GIS related tasks for their general research (e.g. making contour maps of lakes)
• Extracting or converting geospatial data sets.
• This excludes helping students who are taking a GIS course with their assignments.
Contact: charding@iastate.edu