Geographical Information Systems Software

The School has the following software available:

ArcGIS Pro, Map & Online

ArcGIS Pro is a full-featured GIS software for visualising, analysing, creating, and managing data with a spatial component.

ArcMap is the traditional ArcGIS Desktop applications to create maps, perform spatial analysis, manage geographic data, and share your results. If you are new to GIS, we recommend using ArcGIS Pro, as this product is nearing the end of its life.

ArcGIS Online is a cloud-based mapping and analysis solution. Use it to make maps, analyze data, and to share and collaborate. Get access to workflow-specific apps, maps, and data from around the globe, and tools for being mobile in the field. Your data and maps are stored in a secure and private infrastructure and can be configured to meet your mapping and IT requirements.

The University has a campus licence for ArcGIS Online, for both students and staff. Postgraduates and staff in the School who wish to use ArcGIS on their personal computers should contact Andrew Rae to get the software installed.

You can read more about each of these applications via the ESRI website.

City Engine

CityEngine is an advanced 3D modelling software for creating huge, interactive, and immersive urban environments in less time than traditional modeling techniques. The cities you create using CityEngine can be based on real-world GIS data or showcase a fictional city of the past, present, or future.

QGIS

QGIS (or Quantum GIS) is an open source geographic information system, meaning that it can be downloaded and installed on your desktop free of charge. It runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. There are also numerous plug-ins that extend the functionality of QGIS.

Read more about QGIS on the QGIS website.

ENVI Software

ENVI (Image Processing and Analysis Solutions) is used to process and analyse geospatial imagery. Its wizard-based approach gives users of all levels access to scientifically-advanced image processing at all levels of geospatial imagery. The School has twenty five licences.

Read more about ENVI on the Harris website.

FME Desktop

FME Desktop is a flexible and powerful spatial Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) toolset that makes it easy to translate, transform and integrate spatial data between file formats or applications.

The software is available to use in the following undergraduate labs: CO110, KK116, KK117 and KK118.

Read more about FME Desktop on the Safe Software website.

Agisoft Metashape

Agisoft Metashape is a stand-alone software product that performs photogrammetric processing of digital images and generates 3D spatial data to be used in GIS applications, cultural heritage documentation, and visual effects production as well as for indirect measurements of objects of various scales.

The software is available to use on the school’s Linux cluster. Please contact Aleksandr Beliaev.

Read more about Agisoft Metashape on the Agisoft website.

GPS Pathfinder

GPS Pathfinder is a software to manage and process GPS data. It allows users to view, correct and edit GPS data, and export into GIS suitable formats. The School has two licences. Please contact Dez Tessler about using the software.

More information is available from Trimble Docushare.