Below are some of the areas that GIS is being applied in.

Environment:

• Conservation and Monitoring
• Planning and Policy
• Wetland management
• Wildlife management
• Forest management
• Water pollution
• Air pollution
• Land
• Climate change
• Renewable energy

Natural Resource Management:

• Mountain Environments
• Water resources
• Ocean Environments
• Coastal zone management

Sustainable Development:

• Future land use by analyzing past and present demographics
• Estimated future populations
• Projected climate change
• Future habitat change

Tourism Development and GIS:

• National park and Protected areas
• Planning and Zoning
• Visitor strategies
• Visitor management
• Urban Planning

Utilities:

• Infrastructure
• Services