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Software: ESRI

Product name
ArcGIS Desktop, ArcInfo Workstation, etc.

Vendor
ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.), http://www.esri.com/

Current version
9.1

Available version
9.1

Platforms
All Products
  • Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP
ArcInfo Workstation
  • Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP
  • Sun Solaris
  • HP PA-RISC HP-UX
  • SGI IRIX
  • IBM RS/6000 AIX
  • HP Tru64 UNIX

General Description
"GIS" = "Geographic Information Systems". ESRI produces software that can manipulate and display various formats of data, particularly associated with analysis and mapping applications involving layers of data tied to spatial locations. See also http://www.gis.com/

Scope of License
Campus-wide internal non-commercial use limited site license.

Details of License
The product is available for installation on campus-owned and machines for use by faculty/staff/students for instructional, research, administrative and management of plant facilities purposes, but not for commercial use. Our level of licensing is "ArcInfo", the higher of the three levels (ArcInfo, ArcEditor, ArcView). The features we have licensed are: ARC/INFO Plotting Network TIN COGO Grid ArcScan ArcStorm ArcStormEnable Publisher TIFFLZW ArcPress Survey Viewer GeoStats Editor StreetMap Maplex Schematics Foundation DataReViewer MPSAtlas MappingAgency .

Cost to CSM end-user
Computing and Networking charges back $10 per seat per year ($1000/year maximum per department) for the use of this license.

Media and Licensing mechanisms
The current collection consists of several score of CDs and DVDs. Most folks will not want quite all of this. A typical MS Windows installation will want:
  • ArcGIS Desktop 9.1 - 1 CD
  • ArcInfo Workstation 9.1 - 2 CDs
  • optionally, ESRI Data & Maps - 2 DVDs or 2 CDs
Other CDs include
  • ArcView GIS 3.3 for Windows
  • ArcInfo, other platforms (HP-UX, HP Tru64, IBM AIX, Sun Solaris)
  • ArcInfo ArcDoc
  • ArcReader
  • ArcGIS Desktop Developer Kit
  • ESRI Software Documentation Library
  • ArcGIS Desktop Tutorial Data
  • Crystal Reports
  • ArcSDE
  • ArcGIS Engine Development Kit
  • ArcGIS Server
  • ArcGIS 3D Analyst/ArcGlobe Data
  • ArcView (single user)
  • ArcEditor (single user)
  • ArcIMS
  • Production Line Tool Set
  • ArcPad 7 and ArcPad Application Builder
  • ArcLogistics Route 3 and US Data
  • MapObjects 2 Standard, Windows, Java)
  • NetEngine, Windows, Unix
  • ArcGIS Schematics and Schematics SDK
  • BusinessMAP
  • ArcGIS Military Analyst
Licensing to use this product expires each year in the summer, and new keys obtained. Mechanisms:
  • Central license server -- this is the usual method.
  • Certain products use a special password (ArcView 3.3, ArcView/ArcEditor single user, ArcPad) -- if these products suffice, this is the usual method for laptops/PDAs taken off the campus network
  • Keyed to specific machine, with Dongle

Method for Obtaining
We'll want to know your name (and see an ID), your advisor or equivalent if you are a student, your phone extension, the machine's operating system, location and owner, and the general use the software will be put to. You'll need an ISSV to Computing and Networking for the appropriate cost. Request a check-out from:

Frequency of Updates
An update such as from 9.0 to 9.1 occurs about once a year.

Documentation

In case of difficulties installing or running the program
Contact us through one of the above links. We are interested in getting you to where the program is properly installed and functional. We can answer some questions about the use of the program, but we expect you to do the bulk of the work in that area.

Other Notes
ArcView 3.3 is a continuation of the style of program ESRI produced before they switched to the ArcGIS Desktop/ArcMap programs they currently feature. Some third-party extensions have not been updated yet, and so we maintain availability of this older style of product.


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Thursday, 13-Sep-2007 09:48:21 MDT