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What is GIS

Image showing layers of data that make up a GIS. Layers include political boundaries, streets, parcels, land usage, and elevation. Geographic Information System (GIS) integrates hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information.

GIS allows us to view, understand, question, interpret, and visualize data in many ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the form of maps, globes, reports, and charts.

GIS License Access

UC San Diego has a campus-wide license for Esri's ArcGIS software. Current UC San Diego affiliates can access Esri Resources using their AD credentials. If you are a UC San Diego Extension student, contact your professor for access. Our Esri software license does not permit members of the public, or past or future UC San Diego community members to use the software and associated data. 

Copyright for UC San Diego GIS Resources

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