What is GIS?

A framework to organise, communicate, and understand the science of our world.

What is GIS?

A framework to organise, communicate, and understand the science of our world.

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Who uses GIS?

Modern GIS is about participation, sharing, and collaboration.

Who uses GIS?

Modern GIS is about participation, sharing, and collaboration.

A geographic information system (GIS)

A framework for gathering, managing, and analysing data. Rooted in the science of geography, GIS integrates many types of data. It analyses spatial location and organises layers of information into visualisations using maps and 3D scenes. ​With this unique capability, GIS reveals deeper insights into data, such as patterns, relationships, and situations—helping users make smarter decisions.

A geographic information system (GIS)

A framework for gathering, managing, and analysing data. Rooted in the science of geography, GIS integrates many types of data. It analyses spatial location and organises layers of information into visualisations using maps and 3D scenes. ​With this unique capability, GIS reveals deeper insights into data, such as patterns, relationships, and situations—helping users make smarter decisions.

What is GIS:

Hundreds of thousands of organisations in virtually every field are using GIS to make maps that communicate, perform analysis, share information, and solve complex problems around the world. This is changing the way the world works.

Identify problems
Use GIS to illuminate issues that are driven by geography.

Perform forecasting
Use GIS to forecast traffic.

Monitor change
If a picture tells a thousand words, a map tells a thousand pictures.

Set priorities
GIS helps to set priorities based on spatial analysis.

Manage & respond to events
GIS delivers real-time situational awareness.

Understand trends
GIS helps you gain insight into data that might be missed in a spreadsheet.

What is GIS:

Hundreds of thousands of organisations in virtually every field are using GIS to make maps that communicate, perform analysis, share information, and solve complex problems around the world. This is changing the way the world works.

Identify problems
Use GIS to illuminate issues that are driven by geography.

Perform forecasting
Use GIS to forecast traffic.

Monitor change
If a picture tells a thousand words, a map tells a thousand pictures.

Set priorities
GIS helps to set priorities based on spatial analysis.

Manage & respond to events
GIS delivers real-time situational awareness.

Understand trends
GIS helps you gain insight into data that might be missed in a spreadsheet.

How GIS Works

GIS technology applies geographic science with tools for understanding and collaboration. It helps people reach a common goal: to gain actionable intelligence from all types of data.

How GIS Works

GIS technology applies geographic science with tools for understanding and collaboration. It helps people reach a common goal: to gain actionable intelligence from all types of data.

Maps

Maps are the geographic container for the data layers and analytics you want to work with. GIS maps are easily shared and embedded in apps, and accessible by virtually everyone, everywhere.

Data

GIS integrates many different kinds of data layers using spatial location. Most data has a geographic component. GIS data includes imagery, features, and basemaps linked to spreadsheets and tables.

Analysis

Spatial analysis lets you evaluate suitability and capability, estimate and predict, interpret and understand, and much more, lending new perspectives to your insight and decision-making.

Apps

Apps provide focused user experiences for getting work done and bringing GIS to life for everyone. GIS apps work virtually everywhere: on your mobile phones, tablets, in web browsers, and on desktops.