GeoSciences Software Availaibility

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GeoSciences Software Availaibility

Please note that Windows Vista is not currently supported.

Package

Licence type

Cost

Labs licenses

MDPC Lab

PhD PC

PhD Mac

PhD Linux

PhD Personal

Staff PC

Staff Mac

Staff Linux

Staff Personal

Unix

Notes

Access

See Office

D

I

N

N

S

D

N

N

Y

X

Adobe Acrobat

Individual

1

Dr B

I

I

I

I

I

I

X

Use CutePDF

Adobe Illustrator

Individual

11

Gr Dr B

I

I

I

I

I

I

X

Adobe Photoshop

Individual

1

Dr B

I

I

I

I

I

I

X

ARC/INFO

School CHEST

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Y

ArcGIS

School CHEST

Y

Y

X

X

S

Y

X

X

Y

X

On request

ArcView

School CHEST

Y

Y

X

X

S

Y

X

X

Y

X

On request

ATLAS.ti

Individual

I

I

I

I

CANOCO

Individual

I

I

I

I

Corel Draw

Individual

40

Gr

I

X

X

S

I

X

X

I

X

CutePDF

Freeware

D

D

X

X

Y

D

X

X

Y

X

eCognition

Individual

4

Dr B

I

X

X

I

I

X

X

I

X

Endnote

School CHEST

D

D

Y

X

S

D

D

X

N

X

ENVI

Individual

5

I

X

X

I

I

X

X

I

Ethnograph

Individual

I

X

X

I

I

X

X

I

X

eXceed

School CHEST

D

D

X

X

?

D

X

X

?

X

Excel

See Office

D

N

N

X

S

D

D

X

Y

X

Firefox

Freeware

D

D

D

D

Y

D

D

D

Y

X

Ghostscript

Freeware

D

D

Y

Y

D

Y

Y

Y

Ghostview

Freeware

D

D

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

GIMP

Freeware

D

D

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

X

IDL

Individual

11

I

I

I

I

Imagine

School CHEST

Dr A

Y

X

X

?

Y

X

X

?

On request

Internet Explorer

Microsoft Windows

D

D

X

X

Y

D

X

X

Y

X

IrfanView

Freeware

D

D

X

X

Y

D

X

X

Y

X

Map Manager 6

School CHEST

Dr A

Y

X

X

S

Y

X

X

Y

X

On request

Map Manager 8

School CHEST

Dr A

Y

X

X

S

Y

X

X

Y

X

On request

MapInfo

Individual

X

Maple

Individual

I

I

I

S

I

I

I

?

X

Microsoft Office

School Campus

D

Y

Y

X

S

D

D

X

Y

X

Microsoft Project

School Campus

Dr A

Y

X

X

N

Y

X

X

Y

X

Microsoft Visual Studio

School Campus

Dr A

Y

X

X

N

Y

X

X

Y

X

Microsoft Windows

School Campus

D

Y

X

X

N

D

Y

X

Y

X

Minitab

Individual

47

Dr A

I

S

I

holyrood

Mozilla

Freeware

D

D

Y

Y

Y

D

Y

Y

Y

NAG Fortran

Machine

X

X

M

X

X

X

M

X

Y

NUD*IST

Obselete

Obselete - replaced by nVivo

nVivo

Individual

I

X

X

I

I

X

X

I

X

OpenOffice

Freeware

D

D

Y

D

Y

D

Y

D

Y

Y

On request

Paintshop Pro

Individual

1

Dr B

I

X

X

I

I

X

X

I

PCORD

Individual

I

I

PowerPoint

See Office

D

I

I

X

S

D

D

X

Y

X

R

Freeware

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Reference Manager

School CHEST

Y

Y

X

S

Y

Y

X

N

SAS

Individual

S

SigmaPlot

School CHEST

Y

Y

N

N

N

Y

Splus

Individual

10

Dr A

I

I

X

I

I

I

X

I

SPSS

Individual

I

I

X

S

I

I

X

I

Stata

Individual

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

Textpad

Individual

50

Dr A

I

I

X

I

I

I

X

I

X

Thunderbird

Freeware

D

D

D

D

Y

D

D

D

Y

Word

See Office

D

I

I

X

S

D

D

X

Y

X

Virusscan

Site

D

D

D

X

Y

Y

Y

X

Y

X

Key:

Dr A

Drummond 1.26

Dr B

Drummond 1.23

Gr

Grant

Y

Available

N

Not licenced

X

Not available on platform

I

Individual licence by purchase

D

Default installation

M

Machine licence

S

http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/information-services/services/computing/desktop-personal/software/conditions/conditions-summary

CHEST licenses

see http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/appendix-a.html

IS information

see http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/information-services/services/computing/desktop-personal/software/conditions/conditions-summary

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