The W. M. Keck Foundation Image Processing Laboratory, located on the second floor of the Stauffer Science Building, is a facility for the analysis of all types of digital images, including remotely sensed data from Earth-observing satellites, interplanetary spacecraft, and medical scanners. Geographical information system software for the integration of spatial data provides a link between maps, aerial photographs, and remotely sensed data.

The primary baseline data for the laboratory is the Fairchild Aerial Photography Collection; acquired during the period 1927-1964, these photographs compose one of the largest libraries of photographic images in the United States. The laboratory computer system is based on DEC Station 5000/200 UNIX-based workstations.