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American Samoa GIS data sources

Region
Polynesia
ISO 3166
AS · ASM
Sources
7
Themes
10
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for American Samoa: 7 sources across 10 themes, led by US Census Bureau and NOAA Office for Coastal Management. 5 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 2 cover elevation including LiDAR. 6 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for American Samoa

Boundaries & admin 2

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • TIGER/Line shapefiles (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    US Census Bureau

    Census boundaries (districts, villages, blocks), roads and water features; Island Areas are included in the national files.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Transport
    • Hydrology
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    Shapefile, File geodatabase
    Link
    census.gov

    Verified

  • geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    William & Mary geoLab

    JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Varies (open; see metadata)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, Shapefile, TopoJSON
    Link
    geoboundaries.org

    Verified

Elevation / DEM 2

Free DEM, LiDAR and elevation data for every country

  • Data Access Viewer (Digital Coast) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    NOAA Office for Coastal Management

    Custom downloads of coastal LiDAR, topobathy DEMs, imagery and C-CAP land cover.

    • Elevation / DEM
    • Imagery
    • Land cover
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    LAZ, GeoTIFF
    Link
    coast.noaa.gov

    Verified

  • The National Map Downloader (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    US Geological Survey

    3DEP elevation and LiDAR, hydrography and other USGS layers by area of interest.

    • Elevation / DEM
    • Hydrology
    • Imagery
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, LAZ, Shapefile
    Link
    apps.nationalmap.gov

    Verified

Population 1

Gridded population data for every country

  • 2020 Census – Island Areas data products (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    US Census Bureau

    2020 census population and housing tables for American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    CSV, XLSX
    Link
    census.gov

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

  • OpenStreetMap extract – American Oceania (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Geofabrik / OpenStreetMap contributors · Extract covers American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and US Minor Outlying Islands

    Daily OSM extract.

    • Transport
    • Boundaries & admin
    • Hydrology
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    PBF, Shapefile
    Link
    download.geofabrik.de

    Verified

Marine & coastal 1

Marine, coastal and bathymetry data for every country

  • Benthic habitat maps (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

    Shallow-water benthic habitat maps of US Pacific territories and freely associated states.

    • Marine & coastal
    • Environment
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    Shapefile
    Link
    products.coastalscience.noaa.gov

    Verified

Global datasets that cover American Samoa

Worldwide and continental layers that include American Samoa, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.

Boundaries & admin
Elevation / DEM
Imagery
Land cover
Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Transport
Hydrology
Marine & coastal
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