Software

Software offerings include site licenses for ArcGIS suite, ERDAS Imagine, TerrSet, ENVI, Trimble, FME, BlueMarble and other products. We also recommend some open source GIS products, and make available a variety of tools and code samples that were developed by CGA.  See the full list of software available through Harvard Site Licenses.

Software Packages Available for Harvard Affiliates:

Agisoft Photoscan
Agisoft Metashape (previously known as PhotoScan) is a professional tool that performs photogrammetric processing of digital images and generates 3D spatial data to be used in GIS applications, cultural heritage documentation, and visual effects...

ArcGIS Enterprise
ArcGIS Enterprise, the next evolution of the ArcGIS Server product line, is a full-featured mapping and analytics platform. It includes a powerful GIS web services server plus dedicated Web GIS infrastructure for organizing and sharing your work in order...

ArcGIS Online
The use of ArcGIS Online software allows any Harvard affiliate to: Create interactive maps and apps and share them easily among collaborators or with the public (blogs, social media posts, etc.), quickly and easily with nothing to install or setup. Access...

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...

ArcPad
ArcPad is mobile field mapping and data collection software designed for GIS professionals. It includes advanced GIS and GPS capabilities for capturing, editing, and displaying geographic information quickly and efficiently. Critical data can be checked...

Batch Distance Calculation using Google Distance Matrix API
Driving, walking, or public transportion travel times and distances between a pair of locations can be calculated with the Google Distance Matrix. This requires signing up for a Google Maps API key. Harvard CGA has developed a python script to perform...

ENVI + IDL
ENVI products create the premier geospatial software foundation to process and analyze all types of imagery and data such as multispectral, hyperspectral, LiDAR, and SAR. They are designed to be used by everyone from GIS professionals to image analysts...

ERDAS Imagine
ERDAS® IMAGINE performs advanced remote sensing analysis and spatial modeling to create new information that lets you visualize your results in 2D, 3D, movies, and on cartographic-quality map compositions. This software is available to Harvard Affiliates...

ESRI Business Analyst Online
ArcGIS Business Analyst is Esri’s location-based market and community intelligence software that combines demographic, business, lifestyle, spending, and census data with map-based analytics for smart decision-making. Note: Access to Business Analyst...

Esri CityEngine
Esri CityEngine is a stand-alone software product that provides professional users in architecture, urban planning, entertainment, simulation, GIS, and general 3D content production with a unique conceptual design and modeling solution for the efficient...

Esri Developer Network (EDN)
Esri Developer Network (EDN) provides a cost-effective way to license Esri ArcGIS products and tools. Whether you're a web, desktop, mobile, or server developer, EDN has the resources you need for building GIS applications and solutions. Please fill out...

FME
The FME Desktop software offers a versatile tool that provides spatial ETL capability for both vector and raster data. FME Server automates flow of data between applications. To know more about the FME software suite and to see what's new, please click...

Geographic Calculator
Geographic Calculator is a Global Coordinate Transformation tool by Blue Marble Geographics. Download Geographic Calculator Installation and license instructions After installation, Geographic Calculator users will need to update the settings.json file...

GeoPlanner for ArcGIS Online
GeoPlanner is a web application for land-based planning and design. With it, students can learn concepts like suitability modeling, scenario-based design, and spatial analysis. GeoPlanner is an Esri Premium App that works with ArcGIS Online subscription...

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...

Google Maps Platform
Google Maps Platform, previously called "Google Maps API Premium", "Google Maps API for Work" or "Google Maps API for Business", is for visualizing location based data or engaging your customers with embedded interactive maps. It allows users to: Explore...

Land Change Modeler 2.0 for ArcGIS
The Land Change Modeler (LCM) for ArcGIS offers an extensive suite of tools to assess and predict land cover change and determine the implications of change for ecological sustainability. LCM 2.0 works with ArcGIS 10.2. This extension is available to...

TerrSet
TerrSet is an integrated geospatial software system for monitoring and modeling the earth system for sustainable development. The TerrSet System incorporates the IDRISI GIS Analysis and IDRISI Image Processing tools along with a constellation of vertical...

Trimble eCognition Developer
eCognition Developer is a powerful development environment for object-based image analysis. It is used in earth sciences to develop rule sets (or applications for eCognition Architect) for the automatic analysis of remote sensing data. The CGA has ONE...

Trimble Pathfinder
Harvard CGA has two single-use licenses for this software available for Harvard users. To reserve it please fill out the request form , and make sure you choose "Require Access to: Trimble Pathfinder " from the picklist. Trimble® GPS Pathfinder® Office...
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