ArcGIS Online is an online, collaborative web GIS that allows you to use, create, and share maps, scenes, apps, layers, analytics, and data. It is included in the ESRI Site License at York University. The licence is financed by the ESRI License Partners (Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, Lassonde School of Engineering, and York University Libraries). Commercial use and/or for-profit uses are not allowed.

ArcGIS Online for Individual Use

All current faculty, staff, student, and faculty associated with the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, or Lassonde School of Engineering have access to the basic and premium features, as well as individuals can request access to additional products and trials from ArcGIS Marketplace if required. Librarians and staff working at York University Libraries also have access to the premium version of ArcGIS Online.

Individuals from the other Faculties are not eligible for the premium products or the additional products.

Please note, when a student or a faculty/staff member departs York University, they will no longer have access to their ArcGIS Online accounts.

The current annual license term runs from November 19, 2023 to November 18, 2024

To acquire an ArcGIS Online account, click here.

ArcGIS Online for Courses

Instructors teaching a course in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, or Lassonde School of Engineering are eligible to use ArcGIS Online for teaching purposes (course assignments and projects). Courses offered by other Faculties are not eligible to use ArcGIS Online. For a course to eligible the associated Faculty must be an ESRI License Partners.

Accounts are created by an ArcGIS Online administrator for each student in the course and the accounts once the semester is completed. Course instructors are also provided with the ability to view the student content.

To acquire accounts for a course, please click here.

Basic Features of ArcGIS Online

Create, update, and delete groups
Join organization groups
Join external groups
Create, update, and delete content
Publish hosted feature layers
Share content with groups
Share content with organization
Share content with public
Make groups visible to organization
Make groups visible to public
Spatial Analysis

Premium Features of ArcGIS Online

Only available to individuals and courses affiliated with Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, Lassonde School of Engineering and Libraries.

Publish hosted tile layers
Publish hosted scene layers
Demographics
Geocoding
Network Analysis
GeoEnrichment
Elevation Analysis

Additional Products Available Upon Request

Only available to individuals and courses affiliated with Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, Lassonde School of Engineering and Libraries.

ESRI Community Analyst for ArcGIS Online
ESRI Business Analyst for ArcGIS Online
GeoPlanner for ArcGIS Online
ESRI Store Apps that require an ArcGIS Online Organizational Account.
Trials from ArcGISOnline Marketplace

To obtain these any of these additional products listed above, please contact your ESRI License coordinator for your respective Faculty/Unit:

Faculty/School	Contact
Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change	EUC IT Services
Lassonde School of Engineering	Rob Reynolds