To download and install ArcGIS on a Windows computer, first navigate to https://dartmouth.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html click "Sign In" and choose "Enterprise Login - Dartmouth College"
Note: ArcGIS Desktop runs only on Windows machines. For Mac and Linux users, there are other options for geographic information systems analysis and processing. Please contact us at research.computing@dartmouth.edu
Sign in using your NetID and password. This will self-provision both an ArcGIS Online and a "My ESRI"
Then, follow ESRI's instructions here: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/get-started/install-and-sign-in-to-arcgis-pro.htm
For assistance with downloads or installs, please contact research.computing@dartmouth.edu
Related - for ArcMap and ArcGIS Desktop, see https://services.dartmouth.edu/TDClient/1806/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=64608 and https://rcweb.dartmouth.edu/downloads/esri/software/
ArcMap / ArcGIS Desktop:
- Download the appropriate zip file to a Windows machine by clicking the current version of "ArcGIS Desktop". The final installed disk space is approx. 975 MB. (https://rcweb.dartmouth.edu/downloads/esri/software/)
- When the download completes, double-click the executable file to start
- Follow the standard installation steps
- When the installer is complete, click Finish and close the installer.
- The software is now installed. To authorize the software for use, go to the Windows Start Menu and click All Programs then ArcGIS then right-click ArcGIS Administrator and choose Run as Administrator.
- In the ArcGIS Administrator window, click Desktop in the left-hand pane. In the right hand pane, choose Advanced (ArcInfo) Concurrent Use.
- Click the Change button, and enter rc-arc-license1.dartmouth.edu in the box and click OK. This is an annually renewed site license available to machines on the Dartmouth network or over the College's VPN network (see this knowledge base article for VPN instructions: https://services.dartmouth.edu/TDClient/KB/ArticleDet?ID=72204)
- Your software is now licensed and ready to use. To launch ArcMap, from your Windows start menu, click Start then All Programs then ArcGIS then ArcMap.
- Note: the ArcGIS Administrator tool can also have the following, which adds a backup license server: rc-arc-license1.dartmouth.edu;rc-arc-license2.dartmouth.edu
ArcGIS Pro
- Open ArcGIS Pro
- On the "Licensing" page, choose license type (concurrent, standalone, )
- For concurrent license, set the primary to rc-arc-license1.dartmouth.edu and the backup to rc-arc-license2.dartmouth.edu
For ESRI Data and Maps, see https://rcweb.dartmouth.edu/downloads/esri/
See also the following Dartmouth Libguides: https://researchguides.dartmouth.edu/gis and https://researchguides.dartmouth.edu/gis/software
System requirements to run ArcGIS Desktop: http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/system-requirements/latest/arcgis-desktop-system-requirements.htm