Based on the thinking of the GIS (Geographic Information System) course teaching reform for urban and rural planning major in the era of big data, some teaching reform suggestions and measures were put forward with combining more than ten years of teaching practice. By the teaching reform exploration including introducing academic frontiers and research trends, collaborative teaching with design courses, teacher-student interactive teaching practice, innovative comprehensive test, etc., some teaching experience and teaching reform results were systematically sorted out. The teaching practice had shown that relevant teaching reform measures had a good effect on improving the innovation ability of students in urban planning disciplines and the cultivation of innovative compound talents.