12-783 Geographic Information Systems

12 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are information systems specifically designed to store and analyze geographic data. GIS represents almost all elements on the earth, such as roadways, rivers, utilities, cities, mountains, natural resources, energy infrastructure and so forth. GIS is used to visualize, analyze and compute the data about the world and human activities. What makes GIS different from other IS is that the data is stored and visualized on a map. The spatial analysis on the map reveals unique patterns in the geographic scope, which is the main advantage over table or text based data representation.

Prerequisites: none listed

Offered: Fall 2026, Fall 2025

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