ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Pro is a powerful application for creating and working with spatial data on your desktop. It provides tools to visualize, analyze, compile, and share your data, in both 2D and 3D environments. 

This software is available to Harvard Affiliates only. Please follow the installation instruction below to download, install and authorize your license. 

ArcGIS Online users may download the newest version of ArcGIS Pro installer directly from their AGOL profile. All users with a HarvardKey has an account in Harvard's ArcGIS Online Organization (harvard-cga.maps.arcgis.com).

Downloading ArcGIS Pro and running it with a Named User license:

  1. Login to Harvard ArcGIS Online using your HarvardKey at: https://harvard-cga.maps.arcgis.com using these instructions.
  2. Download the ArcGIS Pro installer using these instructions.
  3. When starting ArcGIS Pro, at the login prompt, DO NOT click "ArcGIS login", click "Your ArcGIS organization's URL" and enter harvard-cga. Then click "Continue" and "Harvard University Center for Geographic Analysis @Harvard University" to login with your HarvardKey.
    • If you encounter an error in a Firefox browser, please switch to a Chrome browser.
    • If you need help with setting up a HarvardKey, please see https://reference.iam.harvard.edu/.

Since 2020, all Harvard ArcGIS Online users have ArcGIS Pro Named User License by default, including all extensions. Earlier users - If your Harvard ArcGIS Online account does not have access to ArcGIS Pro licenses, you may contact the CGA to request for them. Please enter your Harvard ArcGIS Online account ID in the request message.

If you need to run ArcGIS Pro on a machine without a connection to the network, follow the instructions here to request and activate an offline license.

To start learning how to use ArcGIS Pro, see this tutorial created by the CGA in 2020.  Additionally, Esri's ArcGIS Pro Quick-Start Tutorials offer many introductory exercises. 

For Harvard Lab Managers, that need the latest ArcGIS Pro installation files, please contact us.

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