Description
ArcGIS Pro is the industry standard Geographic Information System (GIS) software. It can be installed on computers owned and used by Swarthmore students, faculty and staff, while they are affiliated with the College. Swarthmore also shares its site license with Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges, so folks from those institutions have access to the same resources in GIS as people at Swarthmore.
Student access
ArcGIS (Arc Map, Arc Catalog, etc.) is installed on all public Windows machines to be available for student use. We recommend using the Windows computer classroom (Singer 222), which is open for general use when there is not a class in session, or the Windows computers in the Beardsley Media Center, which have more RAM, and larger screens.
Students with their own Windows computers can download and install ArcGIS Pro on those computers for use while enrolled at Swarthmore. See below for details of how to get the installer.
Training
Many online training courses from ESRI are available for free through our site license. Access to these training resources is through our ArcGIS Online instance. Log into https://swarthmore.maps.arcgis.com, click the blue Swarthmore College button to sign-in with your campus network credentials, then select your username in the upper right corner of the screen, and select Training on the pull-down menu. Any course that is listed as "free" or "Requires Maintenance" should be available to you.
Windows Installation Instructions
To install ArcGIS Pro or other ESRI Tools, you must have administrative privileges. After you download the installer (link below), don't just click it. Make sure you right-click and Run as Administrator.
Installation Process
Go to the Swarthmore College ArcGIS Online instance at https://swarthmore.maps.arcgis.com
Click the blue Swarthmore College button to sign-in with your campus network credentials
Click on your username in the upper right corner of the screen.
Choose My settings
Click on Licenses in the left side panel
You should see a link to Download to the right of the line for ArcGIS Pro, click that link to download the installer
Follow these instructions to install ArcGIS Pro: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/get-started/install-and-sign-in-to-arcgis-pro.htm
ArcGIS Online Sign-In Required
You must sign in to the Swarthmore College ArcGIS Online site to get authenticate and authorize your use of ArcGIS Pro.
If you do not own a Windows computer:
ArcGIS is installed and available for use on all public Windows computers on campus, including the Singer 222 classroom, the Beardsley Media Center, and the Dells in McCabe, Cornell, and Underhill libraries.
ArcGIS is also available in virtualized form through AWS AppStream. Connection is made through a web browser from your personal computer. For more information see AppStream
On special arrangement, ITS can also provide Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access to the Dell computers in the Singer 222 classroom. Students need to be specially added to an access group to gain RDP access – faculty can send a list of usernames to support@swarthmore.edu to request semester access. Since the software is openly available for Windows, it would be best to limit RDP access to students who do not have their own Windows computer.
Other Versions
For ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap, Arc Catalog, etc.) or any prior version, please contact support@swarthmore.edu.
You have access to many tools, including data analysis through ArcGIS Online. You may be able to accomplish your mapping goals without a local installation of ArcGIS Pro. We encourage you to explore the online system!