Software

Penn State has an Enterprise License Agreement with Esri.  Multiple Colleges and Units across campus support this ELA, which allows faculty, staff, and students can obtain most Esri software products to install on their own machines at no cost.

There are different versions and processes for students and Faculty/Staff, please read carefully below.

ARCGIS ONLINE (AGOL): (Open to all persons with PSU Access Accounts)

  1. Visit the Penn State ArcGIS Online Organization.
  2. Click “Penn State Webaccess”.
  3. Log in using your PSU username and password.

Content stored on Penn State’s central ArcGIS Online organization is kept as long as you are an active student, faculty or staff member. However, administrators of this website encourage users to delete, transfer or backup older/unused data occasionally so Penn State does to run out of storage. Our ArcGIS Online organization is for active research and education and is not to be used as a data repository.

Details on how to transfer your content to a personal ArcGIS Online account or a different ArcGIS Online organization can be found at https://sites.psu.edu/psugis/software/migrating-agol-content/.

Please note, Penn State ArcGIS Online administrators will delete your content and your account 6 months after you leave the university.

ARCGIS PRO: (Must enable by signing into PSU AGOL as outlined above)

  1. Click here to download the latest version of ArcGIS Pro.
  2. You may need to log in and enter contact information before you can install Pro. You will not have to pay for the software.
  3. On first launch you will be prompted to sign in.  Click the ArcGIS Online button and type pennstate.maps.arcgis.com in the box to complete the organization’s URL.
  4. Click “Continue” and then click “Penn State Web Access” and log in using your PSU username and password.

Here are screen captures to show you the windows you should see when signing in. ArcGIS Pro Sign-in

ArcGIS Pro 3.0 system requirements including information to check your computer system for the ability to install ArcGIS Pro 3.0 and install the required Microsoft ,NET Windows installer.

ArcGIS Pro Software

Current students, faculty and staff can visit the below link to gain access to the ArcGIS Pro installer file.

https://softwarerequest.psu.edu/

Follow the below steps.

  1. Sign into the site. Choose either Penn State or Penn College affiliation.
  2. Click on Products at the top of the site.
  3. Choose the desired product
  4. Click the Academic Use checkbox.
  5. Click the green Order button.
  6. You will then be taken to a page containing your license file, installer and installation instructions.
  7. Download and install the software on your machine.
  8. Follow the instructions that are included to authorize your license.

GETTING HELP

To get help with installation and use of Esri software please contact psulss@psu.edu to open up a support ticket. Please use the subject line “Requesting Esri Support Ticket.” After your ticket is created it will be assigned to one of Penn State’s technical support representatives. Please include your phone number, name and version number of the Esri software you are using, and the name and version number of your operating system.

ESRI SOFTWARE ON CAMPUS

Esri software is also available for free use in some computer labs around campus. Please visit the Classroom and Lab Computing to see availability. Access is available on the WebLabs.