Top 5 Real World Applications of GIS in Architecture

KULDEEP SHARMA
2 min readJun 16, 2022

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A geographic information system (GIS) is a system that creates, manages, analyzes, and maps all types of data. GIS connects data to a map, integrating location data (where things are) with all types of descriptive information (what things are like there).

GIS has many potential uses in architectural research and practice, especially in the areas of urban design, community planning, and the site selection process. One of the main areas where architecture and GIS overlap is in the digital representation of real-world objects. Architectural projects tend to be site-specific, but many will incorporate ancillary local and regional scale datasets. GIS is a valuable source for such information and the digital features necessary to render them in site drawings.

GIS can also be used in conjunction with other visualization tools, such as AutoCAD, Google Earth, Adobe Illustrator, and Google Sketchup, to create dynamic and complex drawings. GIS's analytical capabilities provide additional benefits, wherein multiple phenomena can be linked by location and viewed through a spatial lens. Information on an area’s geology, soil type, infrastructure, and demographic information, for example, can all be taken into consideration when planning a structure or selecting a site and these types of data are commonly available in GIS formats.

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Top 5 Real World Applications of GIS in Architecture

Architecture is one of the most common fields where GIS not only applies well but adds immense value. GIS has been applied in the field of architecture in many ways. Below are some of the applications of GIS in Architecture.

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References:

01.https://www.delopus.com/articles/articles/9ccf70e4-ec60-401c-90db-09d3e330d301+Top+5-Real-World-Applications-of-GIS-in-Architecture+Delopus+
02.https://www.esri.com/en-us/what-is-gis/overview
03.https://libguides.wustl.edu/gisforarchitecture#:~:text=GIS%20has%20many%20potential%20uses,representation%20of%20real%20world%20objects
04.https://grindgis.com/gis/application-of-gis-in-architecture

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