Welcome to the GIS web portal at Portland State University!

PSU provides great resources for GIS research and education. You can use the menu on this web page to access the information on our GIS research and educational resources.


Click here to find out more about GIS. Also, check out the following geospatial technologies that are closely associated with GIS.

  • Remote Sensing
  • Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
  • Photogrammetry
  • Computer cartography and geovisualization

    For a community-developed inventory of the knowledge and skills that define the Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIS&T) field, see the Association of American Geographers' recent publication: GIS&T Body of Knowledge.