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"A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographical data."

- Wikipedia.com

"A geographic information system (GIS) lets us visualize, question, analyze, interpret, and understand data to reveal relationships, patterns, and trends."

- ESRI.com

GIS on campus at The University of Iowa typically falls under the software package ArcGIS, from ESRI (including ArcMap, ArcCatalog, etc.), though there are additional resources including various types of remote sensing software, available in specific computer labs. 

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General Support Information

Current Status

There are currently no alerts.

Maintenance

Services scheduled for maintenance over the next 7 days. Please refer to the calendar view of alerts for a complete schedule.
There is currently no planned maintenance.

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Alert History

Start: 
Sunday, July 23, 2023 - 8:00am
End: 
Monday, July 24, 2023 - 12:00pm
Description

GIS online maps will be offline for a system upgrade. Access will be restored as soon as possible.

If you have questions, contact fm-gis-help@uiowa.edu.

Services
Last updated: 
Monday, July 24, 2023 - 12:00pm
Start: 
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 - 12:00pm
End: 
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 - 1:00pm
Description

TheArcGIS desktop license manager (gislm.iowa.uiowa.edu) will be migrated from Hyper-V to VMWare.

Services
Last updated: 
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 - 1:00pm
Start: 
Thursday, August 4, 2022 - 7:00am
End: 
Thursday, August 4, 2022 - 8:00am
Description

ITS will update the ArcGIS license server, gislm.iowa.uiowa.edu, to support ArcGIS Desktop Release 10.8.2.

Services
Last updated: 
Thursday, August 4, 2022 - 8:00am
Start: 
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 - 7:00am
End: 
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 - 8:00am
Description

The ArcGIS license server (gislm.iowa.uiowa.edu) will be updated to support ArcGIS desktop version 10.8.

Services
Last updated: 
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 - 8:00am
Start: 
Thursday, July 9, 2020 - 5:00am
End: 
Thursday, July 9, 2020 - 10:00am
Description

The Facilities Management ArcGIS servers will be unavailable due to an update. During this time the maps website (http://maps.uiowa.edu) as well as the collector-based editing maps will be unavailable.

Services
Last updated: 
Thursday, July 9, 2020 - 10:00am
Start: 
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 - 9:00pm
End: 
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 - 11:00pm
Description

During this time the Facilities Management ArcGIS server will be updated. The maps site at maps.uiowa.edu as well as the collector-based editing maps will be unavailable. ArcMap and ArcCatalog users are not affected.

Services
Last updated: 
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 - 11:00pm
Start: 
Wednesday, August 14, 2019 - 12:00pm
End: 
Wednesday, August 14, 2019 - 1:00pm
Description

ITS will be updating the license server (gislm.iowa.uiowa.edu) to support ArcGIS Desktop Release 10.7.1.

Services
Last updated: 
Wednesday, August 14, 2019 - 1:00pm
Start: 
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - 7:00am
End: 
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - 8:00am
Description

The ArcGIS license server (gislm.iowa.uiowa.edu) will be updated to support ArcGIS desktop version 10.7. 

Services
Last updated: 
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - 8:00am
Start: 
Monday, April 8, 2019 - 8:00am
End: 
Monday, April 8, 2019 - 9:30am
Description

The ESRI ArcGIS maps service will be down for maintenance. This will affect any systems that connect to maps.facilities.uiowa.edu, including the UI Tree Inventory app or the construction closures map. 

Services
Last updated: 
Monday, April 8, 2019 - 9:30am
Start: 
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - 7:00am
End: 
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - 8:00am
Description

The ESRI ArcGIS license manager (gislm.iowa.uiowa.edu) will be updated to allow desktop client installations to use version 10.6. This will require a brief outage while the license server is updated.

Services
Last updated: 
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - 8:00am
Start: 
Thursday, August 24, 2017 - 7:00am
End: 
Thursday, August 24, 2017 - 8:00am
Description

The ESRI ArcGIS license manager (gislm.iowa.uiowa.edu) will be updated to the new yearly subscription.  This will require a brief outage while the license server is updated.

Services
Last updated: 
Thursday, August 24, 2017 - 8:00am
Start: 
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 - 12:00pm
End: 
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 - 1:00pm
Description

The ESRI ArcGIS license manager will be updated  to version 10.5.1 on gislm.iowa.uiowa.edu during this time.  A brief outage will occur during the upgrade. 

Services
Last updated: 
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 - 1:00pm
Start: 
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 2:00pm
End: 
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 3:00pm
Description

New ArcGIS product licenses are available. During this maintenance window the license manager will add the new licenses and remove the old licenses. This will create a brief outage while the new licenses load. After the upgrade, City Engine 2016 will be available as an option. All versions of the desktop software will remain the same.

Services
Last updated: 
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 3:00pm

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