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Idrisi Site Licensed Software at the SFU Library

Introduction
Site License
Documentation
News & Announcements
Software Downloads
License Server
Technical Support

Introduction.

Idrisi GIS is a powerful raster-based GIS system produced by Clark Labs, an off-shoot of Clark University. The current version of Idrisi is Kilimanjaro 14, available only for Windows-based systems.

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Site License.

Overview & Authorized Uses

The Simon Fraser University licensing agreement covers the Burnaby campus for Clark Labs Idrisi & CartaLinx products. This licensing program is only available to departments - not to individuals. The software must be installed on University owned computers only. Home use is forbidden and departments must buy separate licenses for portable computers.

Site License Expiration

The Site License agreement is renewed on an annual basis.

Product List

Idrisi Kilimanjaro GIS
Cartalinx

Off-campus Use

Off-campus use of the site-licensed is prohibited. However, students may purchase a Student Starter License (fully functional, but expires after one year) for a reduced price ($39 US) directly from Clark Labs.

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Documentation.

In addition to the software downloads, the Idrisi documentation can be downloaded in PDF format from this site.

At Simon Fraser University Library.

A copy of documentation for all the Idrisi products will be available in the library. To consult the guides and other documentation please visit the Research Data Library and Maps office on the seventh floor of the library, Room 7002.

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News And Announcements.

To keep abreast of the latest news about Idrisi and general GIS issues at SFU you may want to subscribe to the gis-sfu mailing list.

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Software Downloads.

Idrisi Site License Software Downloads
Product	Setup Notes	Platform	File Size
Idrisi Andes 15 (floating)	sfu_idrisi_readme.txt	Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP	250 MB
Idrisi Andes Documentation (PDFs)			7 MB

* Other Idrisi site-licensed software can be obtained from the RDL on CD media.

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License Server.

To license Idrisi Kilimanjaro you must specify a license server address in order to get the software working. Use the library license server: lib-lm.lib.sfu.ca. The easiest way of doing this is by setting the following system environmental variable and then restarting your computer:

NAME : LSHOST
VALUE: mall.lib.sfu.ca

 

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Technical Support.

Online.

The vendor provides technical support & information on the web, including:

- Technical Notes
- User Forum
- Software Patches and Updates

Vendor Technical Support.

Only the accredited university technical contact may call the vendor. Please forward queries by email to Neal Baldwin, Library Systems at .

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