Adjust eductional system and teaching contents to cultivate practical GIS professional

The GIS college education system covers a wide range of knowledge. It requires high standards of technologies to support it. Colleges and their students have both been greatly challenged in the process of teaching and learning. The main purpose of the GIS college education is to bring up professional engineers who can meet the demands of the society. Through analyzing the GIS college educational system domestically and abroad, details of teaching, as well as practical needs from industries both domestic and abroad, the authors have made suggestions to improve the educational system and teaching contents. One important aspect is that, the authors suggest to use prevailing GIS software establishing a subject full of GIS features and characteristics.