For a list of software titles available in our labs see our lab facilities page.

Student ArcGIS

A student copy of ArcGIS Desktop (including ArcGIS Pro) can be obtained from the OIT Software Distribution site for installation on students’ own computers.

Note that ArcGIS can only be installed on a Windows operating system. Students with a Mac can refer to this article for options on Windows configurations.

Accounts on the UT ArcGIS Online Organization are also available to UT students, faculty and staff. See the OIT Software Distribution for setup instructions.

Open Source / Open Access / Free

Title	OS	Description
QGIS	Windows/Mac/Linux	Highly recommended comprehensive desktop GIS package.
SAGA	Windows/Linux
GRASS	Windows/Mac/Linux	Desktop GIS originally created for the US federal government.
PostGIS	Windows/Mac/Linux	Spatial database extension for the popular PostgreSQL RDBMS paltform.
Orfeo Toolbox	Windows/Mac/Linux	Image processing and remote sensing toolbox.
Whitebox Tools / GAT	Windows/Mac/Linux	Flexible open-access spatial analysis toolset that can be used by command line, its own Java GUI (GAT), or integrated as a plugin for QGIS or ArcGIS. Especially useful for LiDAR and terrain analyses.
GeoDa	Windows/Mac/Linux	GUI tool for exploratory spatial data analysis including spatial autocorrelation and regression functions.
CloudCompare	Windows/Mac/Linux	Point cloud visualization and processing for LiDAR and TLS (Terrestrial Laser Scanner) data.
Leaflet	Web	Relatively easy to use Javascript library for building interactive web maps