Product Information 

• About: ESRI software is a Geographic Information System (GIS). A GIS is a computer-based mapping tool that takes information from a database about location and turns it into visual layers. ArcGIS includes a suite of integrated applications: ArcMap, ArcCatalog and ArcToolbox. These three applications allow users to perform any GIS task, simple to advanced, including mapping, data management, geographic analysis, data editing and geoprocessing.
• Current Version: ArcGIS Desktop 10.6, ArcGIS Student Timeout Edition
• Availability:  U of G has a site license for ESRI GIS software, which allows faculty and staff to install and use ESRI software on their own computers or in on-campus teaching labs. This site license also allows the U of G community free access to online courses at ESRI Virtual Campus.  Please see available offerings on the CCS Software Distribution Site [1].
• Eligibility: If you are a faculty, staff or graduate student at the University of Guelph, you may obtain a site-licensed copy of ESRI software for use in learning,  teaching  and research. However, it may only be used while you are employed, or a registered graduate student, at the University of Guelph. For general licensing information or to obtain a copy, go to the CCS Software Distribution Site [1].
  • Our campus agreement with ESRI allows students to acquire a one year license for ArcGIS Desktop. Students can access the Student Timeout Edition offering [2] on the Software Distribution Site to obtain their activation code. Once the activation code is obtained, follow the ArcGIS Desktop Student Timeout Edition Instructions [3].
• Supported Platforms: Windows
• License Information: 

Installation

ArcGIS Desktop 10.6.x system requirements [4]

• Minimum System Requirements [5]

Installing ArcGIS Desktop 10.6.x on your computer [6]

Installation Instruction for ArcGIS Student Timeout Edition [3]

Support

ArcGIS Desktop 10.6.1 quick start guide [7]

ArcGIS Courses at Lynda.Com [8] - ​( [8]what's Lynda.com? [9])

• Learning ArcGIS [10]
• ArcGIS Essential Training [11]

CCS and McLaughlin Library offer a GIS Service based out of the Data Resource Centre [12] in the Library. The GIS Service includes access to and support for ESRI GIS software, GIS data analysis support [13], and a growing geospatial data collection [14].

Additional Resources

• Go to ESRI website [15]
• Go to ESRI Virtual Campus [16]
• Go to ESRI support [17]
• Go to Library GIS website [18]