Global Mapper

Global Mapper is a spatial data management and processing tool by Blue Marble Geographics. 

The Global Mapper Academic Curriculum is a series of hands-on informative labs that provide step-by-step instructions on some of the software's key functions. Free to academic license holders, these lab materials have been developed by Blue Marble Application Specialists to facilitate the deployment of Global Mapper into the academic community while introducing some of the fundamental principles of GIS.

Download Global Mapper, including its LiDAR module.

Follow installation and license instructions.

Harvard site license servers (support Global Mapper Pro v26.1 and prior): 

• Primary license server: license.cga.harvard.edu, port: 27010
• Backup license server: cga2.cga.harvard.edu, port: 27010

Only computers on the Harvard network (LAN or VPN) can access the site license servers.

Note that this software is licensed for use for teaching purposes only at Harvard University, and that any funded research or commercial use of the Software is strictly prohibited.