r/gis is a subreddit with 150k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution 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
: "Job board pulling GIS roles from state and local government boards — updated nightly"
7 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Does anyone have experience working with CentralSquare EAM? An Enterprise Asset Management application that is based on Lucity, I believe. Specifically in terms of integrating it with ArcGIS?"
4 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "I made a lightweight free GeoJSON web app"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/gis
#1
Gis
40 posts
#2
Looking For
34 posts
#3
Mapping
11 posts
#4
Struggling
10 posts
#5
Hard Time
8 posts
#6
Data
4 posts
#7
Job
3 posts
#8
Hate
3 posts
#9
Internship
3 posts
#10
Remote
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
Discussion
: "Job board pulling GIS roles from state and local government boards — updated nightly"
21 posts
#2
General Question
: "The arcmap gang must let go"
14 posts
#3
Student Question
: "GIS feedback requested: how should game locations be represented geographically?"
8 posts
#4
Cartography
: "Finished a vector boundary layout of the Strait of Malacca in QGIS—Looking for cartographic feedback"
7 posts
#5
Professional Question
: "I want to do software engineering"
7 posts
#6
Hiring
: "GIS tech opening"
6 posts
#7
Esri
: "Anyone planning to take the Utility Network Associate Exam 2026?"
4 posts
#8
Remote Sensing
: "Career guidance as GIS student"
4 posts
#9
Meme
: "A true legend"
3 posts
#10
Open Source
: "I built an open-source quality and regression linter for GeoJSON - would love feedback from people running production GIS pipelines"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/gis
Yearly
+19k members(14.8%)
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Last updated: August 12, 2026