r/gis is a subreddit with 151k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests, and the community frequently discusses gis, looking for, mapping, struggling, and hard time, and they frequently recommend/review mapping software, pc components, and laptop.
A community dedicated to everything GIS (Geographic Information Systems).
Popular Themes in r/gis
#1
Advice Requests
: "Recent GIS graduate struggling to land my first full-time role after internships, looking for advice on what to do next"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/gis
#1
Gis
: "Recent Gis graduate struggling to land my first full-time role after internships, looking for advice on what to do next"
46 posts
#2
Looking For
32 posts
#3
Mapping
11 posts
#4
Struggling
10 posts
#5
Hard Time
8 posts
#6
Job
: "Looking for a Remote GIS Job/project"
5 posts
#7
Data
3 posts
#8
Internship
3 posts
#9
Remote
2 posts
#10
Tutorial
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/gis
Mapping Software
25 reviews
#1
QGIS
4.4★ from 5 reviews
#2
Maptive
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#3
Caliper
3.5★ from 2 reviews
Pc Components
6 reviews
#1
WD 12TB Storage
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
ASUS TUF Gaming X570
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Corsair 750W Power Supply
4.0★ from 1 review
Laptop
5 reviews
#1
Lenovo
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
Dell
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Windows
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/gis
#1
General Questions
: "Why use AI for stuff like this?"
20 posts
#2
Professional Questions
: "Are we all making mincemeat salaries, or do we pick up jobs on the side?"
18 posts
#3
Open Source
: "I Compared scheduled vs. actual (GTFS-RT) transit timetables for a whole city. Changes in accessibility due to delays"
7 posts
#4
Student Questions
: "Which university is better for a Master’s in GIS: TU Wien or Politecnico di Milano?"
7 posts
#5
Projects
: "GeoINT project: an update"
7 posts
#6
Cartography
: "Mercator projection with the Bay Area at the top"
5 posts
#7
News
: "The world map is changing: The UN has backed replacing the 500-year-old Mercator projection with the accurate Equal Earth projection"
3 posts
#8
Events
: "Early Bird Pricing for FOSS4G North America ends Sept 17th"
3 posts
#9
Remote Sensing
: "Are most remote sensing and geospatial masters programs online."
3 posts
#10
Programming
: "I bet some of these idiots who “build” mapping/GIS tools with vibecoding are making interesting things, but I cant take any of them seriously because of their total lack of background knowledge of GIS or mapping sciences"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/gis
Yearly
+20k members(15.0%)
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Last updated: September 14, 2026