## Welcome

/r/gis is a community dedicated to everything GIS (Geographic Information Systems). Please take a minute to read through the [new Wiki page](https://www.reddit.com/r/gis/wiki/index). If you don't find what you need jump in and submit new content.

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## What is GIS?

A geographic information system or geographical information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of spatial or geographical data. - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system)

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## Related Subreddits
We are trying to include as much as we can here at /r/gis but there is information spread out in other subs. Here are a few:

* [Geography](http://www.reddit.com/r/geography)
* [GeoSpatial](http://www.reddit.com/r/geospatial)
* [Cartography](http://www.reddit.com//r/cartography)
* [AskGIS](https://www.reddit.com//r/askgis) 
* [Maps](http://www.reddit.com/r/maps)
* [Map Projects](http://www.reddit.com/r/mapprojects)
* [Map Porn](http://www.reddit.com/r/mapporn)
* [Old Maps](https://www.reddit.com/r/oldmaps)
* [Basins](http://www.reddit.com/r/basins) 
* [CAD](http://www.reddit.com/r/cad)
* [QGIS](https://www.reddit.com/r/QGIS)
* [ArcGIS](https://www.reddit.com//r/ArcGIS) 
* [Urban Planning](https://www.reddit.com/r/urbanplanning)
* [DataIsBeautiful](https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful)

A community dedicated to everything GIS (Geographic Information Systems).