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License Options

ESRI offers a variety of licensing options to meet the needs of individual students, educators, and schools.

For more information about ESRI Software, contact your local ESRI office or the ESRI K-12 Education Team. For information about purchasing software, see the section How to Buy.

Student/Educational Individual Licenses

Educational Individual Licenses are available to students, instructors, faculty, and other educators for academic or research use. These licenses are limited to academic or research use only; commercial use is prohibited. Purchases are limited to one copy of any given software product/release per individual.

Software products available as an Educational Individual license include

  • ArcView 9
  • ArcView 3.x
  • BusinessMAP 3
  • ArcPad
  • ArcPad Application Builder
  • ArcGIS Engine

Schools and Libraries Building Licenses

The Schools and Libraries Building License applies to a single K-12 school, public library, or museum and allows use of the software for instructional purposes only. (Software for administrative or research purposes should be purchased through the LAB KIT Program.) This license provides the right to copy and use the software on up to 500 computers within the physical confines of the building and on teachers' home computers for the purpose of developing curricular materials.

LAB KIT Licenses

LAB KIT licenses are designed for research and administrative use, and are available to accredited educational institutions (colleges, universities, K-12 schools) as well as libraries, museums, and non-profit educational research institutes. LAB KIT licenses provide multiple copies of ESRI software for use within a computer lab/classroom or within a single department. The initial license includes media and documentation and is called the LAB KIT Master License. Additional licenses of the same software and version may be purchased and added to the LAB KIT. Commercial use is prohibited.

District Site Licenses

District Site Licenses are designed for settings where GIS is required by multiple schools. District site licenses provide a cost-effective alternative to individual licenses. A district site license covers a whole school system and permits the use of ESRI software throughout the organization for teaching, research, or administrative purposes for a single annual fee. This fee includes software maintenance, access to virtual campus courses authored by ESRI, user conference passes and technical support services. All site licenses require a signed contract. Please contact ESRI K-12 Education at k12-lib@esri.com for details.

Site License Tiers—Basic and Unlimited

There are two tiers for District Site Licenses: (1) Basic and (2) Unlimited. Each Site License tier includes the same deliverables and controls the number of ArcGIS ArcInfo licenses, user conference passes and tech support contacts. The benefits include:

Basic Site License Benefits

  • Ten ArcInfo licenses (and media)
  • Unlimited numbers of licenses for other software listed in the Deliverables (no ArcEditor)
  • Two User Conference passes (including EdUC)
  • Two Technical Support Contacts
  • Unlimited Virtual Campus Standard Subscription for ESRI authored online courses

Unlimited Site License Benefits

  • Unlimited ArcInfo and ArcEditor seats (and media)
  • Unlimited Seats of other software listed in the Deliverables
  • Five User Conference passes (including EdUC)
  • Three Technical Support Contacts
  • Unlimited Virtual Campus Standard Subscription for ESRI authored online courses

Site License Deliverables Included in Each Tier
One copy of each of the following software media and unlimited numbers of licenses for:

  • Desktop GIS
    • ArcInfo (number of licenses by tier: Basic ten, Unlimited)
    • ArcEditor (Unlimited Site Licenses Only)
    • ArcView 9.x
    • ArcGIS extensions: ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, ArcGIS 3D Analyst, ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst, ArcGIS Publisher, ArcGIS Schematics , ArcScan for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Military Analyst, Maplex for ArcGIS, and ArcGIS Network Analyst
  • Server GIS
    • ArcGIS Server—Enterprise Advanced with Spatial, 3D, and Network Extensions (No Data included with Network Extension)
  • Developer GIS
    • EDN for Education
      The following ESRI software is included with EDN for developing and testing applications:
      • ArcGIS Server (Enterprise and Workgroup)
      • ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit
      • ArcGIS Image Server
      • ArcView (optional)
  • Mobile GIS
    • ArcPad Application Builder including ArcPad
  • Other GIS Software
    • ArcGIS Engine
    • Production Line Tool Set (PLTS) for ArcGIS—Mapping Agency Solution
  • ArcView 3.x Products
    • ArcView 3.x (for Windows)
    • ArcView 3.0a (for Macintosh)
    • ArcView 3.x extensions: ArcView Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst, 3D Analyst, ArcPress for ArcView, and StreetMap 1.1
  • Ten Hardware Keys

Visit the Products Overview section for detailed descriptions of the software products listed above. For more information on ESRI's education programs, please contact us at k12-lib@esri.com.

Third-Party Software

Some ESRI software includes third-party software or data that cannot be made part of the Site License program. Examples of software that contains third-party components include ArcView Business Analyst, ArcGIS Business Analyst, ArcView Tracking Analyst, ArcGIS Tracking Analyst, ArcGIS Data Interoperability, and ArcGIS Survey Analyst.

In the case of ArcView Tracking Analyst, ArcGIS Tracking Analyst, ArcGIS Data Interoperability, and ArcGIS Survey Analyst, ESRI has been able to negotiate a tiered fee per year (per version) to these extensions for educational site licenses. For specific pricing information, please contact your local ESRI Account Representative or the ESRI K-12 Education team.

Once a purchase order has been received by ESRI, the customer service representative will request that a contract amendment be added to the site license. A signed contract amendment is required before keycodes can be issued for these third-party products.

For those interested in Image Analysis for ArcGIS or ArcView Image Analysis, please contact the Leica Geosystems Education Program at heak@gis.leica-geosystems.com or call 866-282-4325.

For a detailed description of the software products listed above, the Products Overview section. For more information on ESRI's K-12 Education licensing programs, please contact the K–12 Education team at k12-lib@esri.com.

Statewide Licenses

Statewide Licenses are designed for use across an entire state. Statewide licenses are extremely cost-effective. A statewide license can be customized in contents to meet the needs of the state, all the way up to permitting the use of ESRI software throughout K-12 education for teaching, research, or administrative purposes. All site licenses require a signed contract. Please contact ESRI K-12 Education at k12-lib@esri.com for details.

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