ESRI Software and Services
NCSU has a campus site license for many ESRI products and online services. All installation file downloads require authenticating using your NCSU UNITY ID. If you are not a current NCSU faculty, staff, or student, please do not ask for access to these files.
Esri software may be installed on any computer that is either owned by NCSU or personally owned by faculty, staff, or students for educational purposes only.
As of May 2025, here is a list of ESRI products available for NCSU campus:
ArcGIS Online
See the ArcGIS Online page for login instructions through NCSU's Organizational Account. You will also need an AGO account for using ArcGIS Pro, Business Analyst Online, E-Learning, and numerous other Esri apps.
ArcGIS Pro 3.4.3, 3.5.2
Option 1: Download Site - contains core setup installer files, plus optional add-on products. Requires an ArcGIS Online account.
Option 2: The ArcGIS Pro install file may also be downloaded from your ArcGIS Online account, but it's not obvious how to find it. Click your name in the upper right and go to My Settings > Licenses. On the list of product licenses, you'll see a Download link for ArcGIS Pro.
Versions: The version installed in Library Data labs is posted here. Other campus labs may be different. It is also in the Virtual Computing Lab (VCL) through a Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) environment.
Logging in: When you launch ArcGIS Pro for the first time, in the login window click the expandable option that says "Your ArcGIS organization's URL" and enter "ncsu" so that the URL path becomes ncsu.maps.arcgis.com From there, click the blue button saying "North Carolina State University (Single Sign On) and proceed to logging in through Shibboleth.
Drone2Map Standard 2025.1
- When launching Drone2Map, you will be asked for your ArcGIS Online account login.
- Optional Coordinate System data may be downloaded from the ArcGIS Pro files.
- The differences between the Standard and Advanced licenses may be found here and here.
- If you need an advanced license, contact OIT Software Licensing Management.
CityEngine 2024.1
Download Folder - Windows and Linux versions are provided.
Business Analyst - US Data 2024
To avoid file corruption, download using a Mapped Drive connection, described on the Geodata page. The folder path is /Esri_ArcGIS/ESRI_Business_Analyst/
This is a very large compilation of data to download and install -- over 100GB. In addition, disk space is needed for the zip files you download and for decompressing these files prior to installation. After installation, you will be asked for the .sdlic license file which is also included in the download folder. Unless you specifically need to use the desktop version of Business Analyst, it is recommended to instead use Business Analyst Online through ArcGIS Online.
Other Software
If there are other Esri products you are looking for, please contact Data Science Services with requests and questions.