UW ESRI Site License
The State of Washington has a site license for some ESRI products; this license applies to Institutions of Public Higher Education. Ths page describes how the license applies to the University of Washington. If you have questions about the site license, send e-mail to Phil Hurvitz <phurvitz u.washington.edu>.
Restrictions:
The site license allows general site licensed ESRI software to be used only
on University equipment, and on University-related non-commercial projects. If you are a student and want to install ArcGIS software on your personally owned computer, see the list of available software.
Site licensed ESRI software cannot be installed on non-UW owned
computers, including student, faculty, or staff owned computers.
Site licensed ESRI software cannot be used for any project that
generates a profit.
Site licensed ESRI software cannot be used for any project that
is not related to UW coursework, management, or research.
Site licensed ESRI software cannot be used for any project which
competes in any way with private sector activities.
Software that is available through the site license
Getting software installation media
Installing ArcGIS on Intel-based PCs
(includes obtaining a license file)
Learning to use ESRI GIS software
There are a few options for formally learning to use ESRI software at UW:
Take courses at UW that include GIS instruction
Take courses from ESRI, including those that are available at no cost to UW students, staff, and faculty
Getting help with ESRI products
(technical contacts)
Whom to contact when you need technical assistance
troubleshooting the software
Signing up with uw-gis-l
for software announcement updates
If you will be doing any GIS work or support at UW you should sign up for this mailing list.
List Archives,
updated in real time
Useful Links:
UWare - ArcGIS
The ArcGIS page at UW Technology
UW Consortium for Geographic Information
and Analysis
The University of Washington Consortium for Geographic Information and
Analysis (UWCGIA) is an organization for everyone at the UW who uses GIS,
remote sensing, and related technolgies. This page, and the related page
on GIS courses offered at the UW, provides links to people and units at
the UW who are using these technologies, in an attempt to further collaboration
with each other, and to share what we are doing with those outside the
UW.
WAGDA
A repository of GIS data at the UW Libraries
gis.ess.washington.edu
Another great repository of GIS data
at the UW run by Harvey
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