We help students and researchers find geospatial data and analyze the data using Geographic Information System (GIS) software.
Get started with ArGIS by ESRI
Download ArcGIS Pro
U of G faculty, staff, and students can obtain a site-licensed copy of ESRI software for use in learning, teaching, and research. It may only be used while you are employed or a registered student at the University of Guelph.
For general licensing information or to obtain a copy:
- Go to the CCS Software Catalogue
- Log in with your U of G credentials
- Click the ESRI ArcGIS Pro link
Need help acquiring or installing software? Visit the Computing and Communication Services (CCS) supported products page
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Appointments
Connect with us to ask a question or to book an appointment.
Services for faculty & instructors
We can support your teaching with:
- In-class instruction on finding and analyzing geospatial data.
- Helping your students get started with ArcGIS.
Resources
- Beginner’s guide to geospatial data
- What is GIS
- Understanding projections and coordinate systems
- ArcGIS support documentation
- Get started with ArcMap
- Getting started with geoprocessing
- Getting started with spatial analysis (6-week free online course)
- ESRI provides the U of G community with many web courses and tutorials on ArcGIS. Contact us to access training materials marked "locked" or "requires maintenance."
- Find geospatial data in Scholars GeoPortal for Canadian geospatial data. Find more geospatial data.
- Citing geospatial data and software (Carleton University)
- Best practices in citation of cartographic materials (Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives)
- How to reference geospatial data, maps, atlases, air photos (Brock University)
- QGIS is the primary open source GIS software
- R is used in some disciplines for GIS analysis
- Open Source Geospatial Foundation (Wikipedia)
- Visit the Computing and Communication Services (CCS) supported products page for help acquiring or installing software.
Upcoming workshops
We offer a variety of workshops to support your scholarship through the Data Skills workshop series.
- There are no upcoming workshops at the moment. Check back soon for more, or browse our full workshop calendar to see the other workshops we offer.
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