Geospatial Analysis
Tools
We provide access to and instruction in up-to-date geospatial software tools. If you have any questions, contact us at cga@wm.edu.
ArcGIS
Online
If
you’re looking to get
started with ArcGIS Online and
Esri Story Maps, follow the
steps below to setup your
account.
- Go to ArcGIS online and click “sign in”
- Select “Your ArcGIS organization’s URL”
- Type “wm-gis”.maps.arcgis.com
- Select “College of William & Mary”
- Enter your W&M user id and password (same as logging into banner)
- You are ready to get started!
If you any questions/issues while downloading either program, please email us at cga@wm.edu.
ArcGIS
Pro
Software
As
of June 30, 2022 Esri is no
longer issuing student licenses
of ArcGIS Desktop products. Esri
is discontinuing support of the
ArcMap product and we suggest
you transition to ArcGIS Pro
(see download instructions
above).
Your GIS data will
continue to work in ArcGIS Pro.
Esri has a free traWe are happy
to make Esri’s GIS
software available to William
& Mary students, faculty,
and staff for use on their
personal computers. The software
can only be run on Windows
computers or Macs running
Windows. Follow the links below
for instructions on how to
download and install ArcGIS Pro.
ArcGIS
Desktop
Software
As
of June 30, 2022 Esri is no
longer issuing student
licenses of ArcGIS Desktop
products. Esri is
discontinuing support of the
ArcMap product and we
suggest you transition to
ArcGIS Pro (see download
instructions
above).
Your
GIS data will continue to
work in ArcGIS Pro. Esri has
a free training about
transitioning from ArcMap to
ArcGIS Pro found at:
https://learn.arcgis.com/en/projects/migrate-from-arcmap-to-arcgis-pro/
Open Source GIS: QGIS
QGIS is an open-source geographic information systems (GIS) program and, over the years, has evolved to being a strong competitor as a personal GIS platform. QGIS has a decent user interface and it can be used to script and automate analyses. One of the strengths of QGIS is that—in addition to providing a GIS interface of its own—it also integrates tools from a range of other GIS programs. Notably, these include:
- The Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL), which provides a suite of tools and programs for converting and manipulating spatial data.
- The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS GIS), which is a complete GIS system in its own right, but has until recently been largely a command-line application.
The CGA recommends downloading the Long-Term Release (LTR) for stability. Resources to learn QGIS can be found here.