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Software list

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Windows computers

Remote sensing

Software	General Use Labs 1 and 2	Geddes / Galileo	Magellan
eCognition Trial		✓	✓
ENVI		✓	✓
Sentinel’s Application Platform (SNAP)		✓	✓
PCI Geomatica		✓	✓
QT Reader		✓	✓
FLAKE		✓	✓
Snow Pack SN_GUI		✓	✓
Snow Pack		✓	✓

Geographic information system (GIS)

Software	General Use Labs 1 and 2	Geddes /Galileo	Magellan
ArcGIS Desktop	✓	✓	✓
ArcGIS Pro	✓	✓	✓
FME		✓	✓
GeoDa		✓	✓
GRASS	✓	✓	✓
IDRISI Taiga			✓
Map Comparison Kit		✓	✓
QGIS	✓	✓	✓
SAGA	✓	✓	✓
SaTScan		✓	✓
THUNEN		✓	✓

Statistics

Software	General Use Labs 1 and 2	Geddes / Galileo	Magellan
Beyond 2020	✓	✓	✓
Fragstats		✓	✓
IBM SPSS Statistics	✓	✓	✓
R	✓	✓	✓
R Studio	✓	✓	✓

Programming

Software	General Use Labs 1 and 2	Geddes / Galileo	Magellan
Active Perl	✓	✓	✓
Eclipse		✓	✓
Python 2.7.14 (32 bit)	✓	✓	✓
Python 2.7.10 (64 bit)		✓	✓
Python 3.6.2	✓	✓	✓
Repast-Simphony		✓	✓
Tweepy	✓	✓	✓

Database tools/clients

Software	General Use Labs 1 and 2	Geddes / Galileo	Magellan
PostgreSQL Client		✓	✓
PostgreSQL pgAdmin		✓	✓
SpatiaLite		✓	✓

Productivity/other

Software	General Use Labs 1 and 2	Geddes / Galileo	Magellan
7-ZIP	✓	✓	✓
Adobe Acrobat Reader	✓	✓	✓
AutoCAD		✓	✓
FileZilla	✓	✓	✓
Firefox	✓	✓	✓
Google Earth Pro	✓	✓	✓
Life Tables	✓
Microsoft Office	✓	✓	✓
Notepad++	✓	✓	✓

Mac computers

Both General Use Labs 1 and 2, and the Design and Modeling Centre (DMC) Mac computers have the following software installed:

Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
Artlantis Studio
Google Earth
Google Sketchup
Microsoft Office
Parallels Desktop
- ArcGIS
- VNS