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Austria GIS data sources

Region
Western Europe
ISO 3166
AT · AUT
Sources
13
Themes
12
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Austria: 13 sources across 12 themes, led by Austrian federal states and Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen. 2 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 3 cover elevation including LiDAR. 8 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Austria

Boundaries & admin 3

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • BEV downloads (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Mixed

    Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen

    Free BEV downloads: administrative boundaries, cadastre (DKM), geographic names and address register.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Addresses & cadastre
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Link
    bev.gv.at

    Verified

  • Statistik Austria regional classifications (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Statistics Austria

    Municipality, district and NUTS boundaries plus grid-based regional statistics.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    statistik.at

    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

  • Digital terrain model Austria 10 m (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    geoland.at · Austria

    Nationwide 10 m terrain model from the provincial LiDAR surveys.

    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    data.gv.at

    Verified

  • ALS elevation grid (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    BEV · Austria

    Airborne laser scanning terrain and surface grids.

    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    bev.gv.at

    Verified

Imagery 2

Satellite and aerial imagery for every country

  • basemap.at (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    Austrian federal states

    • Imagery
    • Transport
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    WMTS
    Link
    basemap.at

    Verified

  • geoland.at (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Austrian federal provinces · Austria

    Joint geodata portal of the nine provinces: orthophotos and terrain models.

    • Imagery
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Open data portal
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    WMTS, GeoTIFF
    Link
    geoland.at

    Verified

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

  • STATatlas (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Statistik Austria · Austria

    Interactive statistical atlas down to municipality and grid level.

    • Census & statistics
    • Population
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    statistik.at

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Hydrology 1

River, lake and hydrology data for every country

  • eHYD hydrographic data (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Federal Ministry of Agriculture · Austria

    River levels, discharge, precipitation and groundwater records from the hydrographic service.

    • Hydrology
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    CSV
    Link
    ehyd.gv.at

    Verified

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

  • GeoSphere Austria Data Hub (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    GeoSphere Austria · Austria

    Weather stations, climate grids (SPARTACUS), geology and seismology data.

    • Climate & weather
    • Geology
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    CSV, NetCDF, GeoTIFF
    Link
    data.hub.geosphere.at

    Verified

Environment 1

Environmental and protected area data for every country

  • Umweltbundesamt Austria (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Umweltbundesamt · Austria

    Environment agency data on air, emissions, land use and protected areas.

    • Environment
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    umweltbundesamt.at

    Verified

Open data portal 1

Open geospatial data portals for every country

Global datasets that cover Austria

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

Boundaries & admin
Elevation / DEM
Imagery
Land cover
Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Addresses & cadastre
Transport
Hydrology
Climate & weather
Geology
Environment
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