Land evaluation is the assessment of land quality for a unique purpose, and is a process of the

matching of land condition with land use requirement. It is the core of land resource survey and research for the

follow-up planning, utilization, development, reorganization and protection of land resources. The development of

the geographic information system (GIS) technique with powerful spatial data storage and analysis capability in

recent decades has greatly improved the research and application of land evaluation. This paper gives a review on

the advances in land evaluation research with GIS based on the history of land evaluation, and points out the

possible orientation of the research in future.