Czechia GIS data sources
- Region
- Eastern Europe
- ISO 3166
- CZ · CZE
- Sources
- 13
- Themes
- 14
- Last verified
Where to download GIS data for Czechia: 13 sources across 14 themes, led by Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre and Digital and Information Agency. 6 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.
- Czechia in the LiDAR & elevation atlas National open LiDAR
- Czechia in the aerial & satellite imagery atlas National open imagery
National and OpenStreetMap sources for Czechia
Boundaries & admin 5
Administrative boundary data for every country-
Geoportál ČÚZK (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: MixedCzech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
- Boundaries & admin
- Elevation / DEM
- Imagery
- Addresses & cadastre
Verified
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ČÚZK INSPIRE download services (ATOM) (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: FreeCzech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
ATOM feeds for bulk download of ZABAGED, DMR 5G/DMP 1G elevation, orthophotos and cadastral maps.
- Boundaries & admin
- Elevation / DEM
- Imagery
- Addresses & cadastre
- Transport
- Hydrology
Verified
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RÚIAN – Register of Territorial Identification, Addresses and Real Estate (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: FreeCzech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
Monthly and daily VFR exports of addresses, buildings, parcels and all administrative units.
- Boundaries & admin
- Addresses & cadastre
- Buildings
Verified
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ArcČR (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: FreeARCDATA PRAHA / ČÚZK / CZSO
Ready-to-use national vector database at 1:500,000 with admin units joined to census statistics.
- Boundaries & admin
- Transport
- Hydrology
- Census & statistics
Verified
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geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)
API Cost: FreeWilliam & Mary geoLab
JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.
- Boundaries & admin
Verified
Census & statistics 1
Census and statistics data for every country-
Czech Statistical Office (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeCzech Statistical Office
Census 2021 results and regional statistics; join to RÚIAN units via their codes.
- Census & statistics
- Population
Verified
Transport 1
Road, rail and transport data for every country-
OpenStreetMap extract – Czech Republic (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: FreeGeofabrik / OpenStreetMap contributors
Daily OSM extract.
- Transport
- Boundaries & admin
- Hydrology
Verified
Hydrology 1
River, lake and hydrology data for every country-
DIBAVOD – digital water management database (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: FreeT. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute
River network, catchments, water bodies and flood zones built on ZABAGED geometry.
- Hydrology
Verified
Climate & weather 1
Climate and weather data for every country-
CHMI open data (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: FreeCzech Hydrometeorological Institute
Directory of open meteorological, climatological and hydrological station data.
- Climate & weather
- Hydrology
Verified
Geology 1
Geology data for every country-
Czech Geological Survey map applications and data (opens in a new tab)
Web viewer Cost: FreeCzech Geological Survey
Geological, hydrogeological, landslide and borehole maps at 1:50,000 and 1:500,000.
- Geology
- Natural hazards
Verified
Environment 1
Environmental and protected area data for every country-
Nature Conservation Agency open data (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: FreeNature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic
Protected areas, Natura 2000 sites and habitat mapping layers for download.
- Environment
Verified
Open data portal 2
Open geospatial data portals for every country-
Národní katalog otevřených dat (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeDigital and Information Agency
- Open data portal
Verified
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National Geoportal INSPIRE (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeMinistry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
National INSPIRE catalogue of spatial data and services from all Czech public bodies.
- Open data portal
- Environment
Verified
Global datasets that cover Czechia
Worldwide and continental layers that include Czechia, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.
- Boundaries & admin
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- Open Maps for Europe (EuroGlobalMap, EuroRegionalMap) (opens in a new tab) EuroGeographics · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Eurostat GISCO (opens in a new tab) European Commission (Eurostat) · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- GADM (opens in a new tab) GADM project · Non-commercial only · Free · Verified
- Elevation / DEM
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- ALOS World 3D 30 m (AW3D30) (opens in a new tab) JAXA · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Copernicus DEM (GLO-30 / GLO-90) (opens in a new tab) ESA / Airbus (Copernicus) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- ETOPO 2022 Global Relief Model (opens in a new tab) NOAA NCEI · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Imagery
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- AlphaEarth Foundations Satellite Embeddings (annual, COG mirror) (opens in a new tab) Google and Google DeepMind (mirror by Taylor Geospatial on Source Cooperative) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- ASF Data Search (Vertex) (opens in a new tab) Alaska Satellite Facility · Provider terms / varies · Free with registration · Verified
- Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (opens in a new tab) European Space Agency / European Commission · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Land cover
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- Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (opens in a new tab) European Environment Agency · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- LUCAS Land Use and Coverage Area frame Survey (opens in a new tab) European Commission (Eurostat) · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- Copernicus Global Dynamic Land Cover (CGLS-LC100) (opens in a new tab) Copernicus Land Monitoring Service · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Buildings
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- Microsoft Global ML Building Footprints (opens in a new tab) Microsoft · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Population
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- Global Human Settlement Layer (opens in a new tab) European Commission JRC · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Gridded Population of the World (GPWv4) (opens in a new tab) CIESIN, Columbia University / NASA SEDAC · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Kontur Population (opens in a new tab) Kontur · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Census & statistics
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- UNdata (opens in a new tab) UN Statistics Division · Open licence · Free · Verified
- World Bank Open Data (opens in a new tab) World Bank · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Addresses & cadastre
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- OpenAddresses (opens in a new tab) OpenAddresses · Provider terms / varies · Free with registration · Verified
- Transport
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- BBBike custom OSM extracts (opens in a new tab) BBBike.org · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Geofabrik downloads (opens in a new tab) Geofabrik · Open licence · Free · Verified
- GRIP global roads database (opens in a new tab) PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (GLOBIO) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Hydrology
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- Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) (opens in a new tab) Copernicus Emergency Management Service / ECMWF · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC) (opens in a new tab) Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Germany / WMO · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- HydroBASINS (opens in a new tab) WWF / McGill University (HydroSHEDS) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Climate & weather
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- ARCO-ERA5 (analysis-ready, cloud-optimised ERA5) (opens in a new tab) Google Research · Open licence · Free · Verified
- CHELSA climatologies (opens in a new tab) Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL · Open licence · Free · Verified
- CHIRPS rainfall (opens in a new tab) Climate Hazards Center, UC Santa Barbara · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Natural hazards
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- Aqueduct Floods Hazard Maps (opens in a new tab) World Resources Institute · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Copernicus Emergency Management Service: rapid mapping (opens in a new tab) European Commission (Copernicus EMS) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- EM-DAT international disaster database (opens in a new tab) CRED, UCLouvain · Non-commercial only · Free · Verified
- Geology
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- Macrostrat (opens in a new tab) University of Wisconsin–Madison · Open licence · Free · Verified
- OneGeology Portal (opens in a new tab) OneGeology · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- Environment
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- EEA Datahub (opens in a new tab) European Environment Agency · Open licence · Free · Verified
- GBIF occurrence API (opens in a new tab) Global Biodiversity Information Facility · Provider terms / varies · Free with registration · Verified
- Key Biodiversity Areas (opens in a new tab) KBA Partnership / BirdLife International · Non-commercial only · Free with registration · Verified
- Open data portal
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- data.europa.eu (opens in a new tab) Publications Office of the EU · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- Registry of Open Data on AWS (opens in a new tab) Amazon Web Services · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- Humanitarian Data Exchange (opens in a new tab) UN OCHA · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
Tutorials that use this kind of data
- Getting started with GeoPandas: projections, spatial joins and choropleth maps Beginner
- Terrain analysis in Python: stream, clip and analyse a DEM with rasterio and rioxarray Intermediate
- Measuring Lake Mead's shrinking shoreline with Sentinel-2, STAC and Python Intermediate
- Extract building footprints and heights from LiDAR in Python (USGS 3DEP, downtown Madison) Intermediate
Neighbouring countries
- Poland GIS data 16 sources · shares a border
- Germany GIS data 21 sources · shares a border
- Austria GIS data 13 sources · shares a border
- Slovakia GIS data 12 sources · shares a border
- Slovenia GIS data 10 sources
- Hungary GIS data 10 sources