Access to photogrammetric systems is important for both research and teaching, and CAST has a number of different options. CAST operates a suite of two terrestrial laser scanners. One, the Optech ILRIS-3D is a long range time-of-flight scanner suitable for moderate resolution (as small as 5 mm) at ranges from 5 meters to 1000 meters. The Konica-Minolta Vivid 9i, is a triangulation laser scanner with resolution as high as 0.1 mm at ranges from 0.5 meters to about 3 meters. Together, these instruments constitute an extremely powerful and flexible 3D data collection system.

CAST operates 10 photogrammetric workstations running the latest version of Leica Geosystems Photogrammetry Suite (LPS) and four high-end workstations equipped with Crystal-Eyes stereo goggles and 3D feature collection devices running Leica's advanced ORIMA and GPRO applications. With GPRO and ORIMA, CAST can process Leica's advanced ADS40 three-line scanner data. In addition, a range of workstations are available running PCI Geomatica's OrthoEngine and 3D Stereo.