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Geospatial Science at UMN

Facilities and Resources

The U of M hosts several facilities and other resources geospatial analysis. These include laboratories and software for student use and student-specific software deals. Also look at the people, research, and curriculum pages for further information.


Student-Centered Labs

There are several computing labs at the U of M that offer geospatial analysis software and computers to students.


Geospatial Software

U of M has access to most geospatial software packages. See information for individual research projects, software labs above, and people to learn more.


Student Software

Students can acquire less expensive student versions of Idrisi and ArcGIS

Idrisi is available for $39 directly from Clark Labs as part of the UMN site licence; the student version would otherwise be $95. Contact Clark Labs and inform them that you are a U of Minnesota student.

 

ArcGIS is available for free for students enrolled in a GIS class (ArcView with ArcGIS extensions). Importantly, the course instructor must enroll the class at ESRI. Your professor may or may not decide to do this.