We are living in the 21st century when a society is highly information-oriented and the demand for information has rapidly increased. So the information standard of local government has become an index of economic development of local society. GIS has emerged as a new national information infrastructure with which a society can manage and analyze spatial information. Accordingly, many local governments have recognized the importance of GIS and are establishing master plan for an efficient GIS development necessary to implement GIS technology in many aspects of information management. So this study analyzed the present status and problems of master plan made by local governments and proposed a guideline for improving GIS master plan on a basis of it.