<p>This article will release possibles uses uses of the Geographic Information Systems and its capabilities, and it will illustrate about the spatial character issues that can be addressed with them. Likewise, a compilation of researches related to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), obtained from an extensive literature re-view is presented. References are done to researches carried out over the past decade with the help of these tools, to know the progress and posibilities ofered by the use of this. The mentioned researches has been carried out both in Colombia and in other countries throughout the world, regarding the universality of the use of geographic information systems for the analysis of spatial problems; on the other hand, it covers a wide range of work in different areas such as geotechnical engineering, agriculture, risk management, hydrology among others, whereby the versatility of SIG’s is evident.</p>