r/gis is a subreddit with 153k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and 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
Solution Requests
: "Calculating area weighted sums in GeoPandas but struggling with GCO and PCS."
1 post
#2
Advice Requests
: "Looking for a GIS mentor"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/gis
#1
Gis
37 posts
#2
Looking For
32 posts
#3
Mapping
11 posts
#4
Struggling
9 posts
#5
Hard Time
7 posts
#6
Job
4 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
: "What's your relationship with IT?"
11 posts
#2
Projects & Feedback
: "Looking for Feedback on My Resume After a Career/Academic Switch"
10 posts
#3
Student Questions / New to GIS
: "Looking for a GIS mentor"
9 posts
#4
Professional Questions
: "Help me explain to my boss that ArcGIS isn't as simple as Excel, and that someone who just took a class can not immediately work independently."
8 posts
#5
Open Source
: "RustGIS"
4 posts
#6
Programming
: "Coding and AI"
3 posts
#7
Esri
: "Fieldmaps: drawn feature dissapears in map, only visible after restart"
3 posts
#8
Memes
: "$35 an Hour for a Masters"
2 posts
#9
News
: "Just learned my job is being outsourced to India"
1 post
#10
Cartography
: "Meteor Crater, Arizona in 1 m 3DEP lidar as a DEM-to-contours test"
1 post
Member Growth in r/gis
Yearly
+20k members(15.2%)
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Last updated: October 15, 2026