French Southern and Antarctic Lands GIS data sources
- Region
- Seven seas (open ocean)
- ISO 3166
- TF · ATF
- Sources
- 2
- Themes
- 5
- Last verified
Where to download GIS data for French Southern and Antarctic Lands: 2 sources across 5 themes, led by TAAF administration and Shom. 1 offers vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 1 covers elevation. 0 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.
Country atlases
National and OpenStreetMap sources for French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Marine & coastal 1
Marine, coastal and bathymetry data for every country-
data.shom.fr (opens in a new tab)
Web viewer Cost: FreeShom (French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service)
Nautical charts, bathymetry, maritime boundaries and coastline; many layers are free to download.
- Marine & coastal
- Elevation / DEM
- Boundaries & admin
Verified
Open data portal 1
Open geospatial data portals for every country-
Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeTAAF administration
Official territory site with information on the TAAF national nature reserve and districts.
- Open data portal
- Environment
Verified
Global datasets that cover French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Worldwide and continental layers that include French Southern and Antarctic Lands, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.
- Boundaries & admin
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- GADM (opens in a new tab) GADM project · Non-commercial only · Free · Verified
- geoBoundaries (opens in a new tab) William & Mary geoLab · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) Natural Earth · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Elevation / DEM
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- Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA) (opens in a new tab) Polar Geospatial Center (University of Minnesota) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- 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
- 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 Global Dynamic Land Cover (CGLS-LC100) (opens in a new tab) Copernicus Land Monitoring Service · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Dynamic World (opens in a new tab) Google / World Resources Institute · Open licence · Free · Verified
- ESA CCI Land Cover (opens in a new tab) European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative · Open licence · Free · 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
- Marine & coastal
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- Copernicus Marine Service (opens in a new tab) Mercator Ocean International (Copernicus) · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Global Fishing Watch datasets (opens in a new tab) Global Fishing Watch · Non-commercial only · Free with registration · Verified
- Marine Regions (maritime boundaries and EEZ) (opens in a new tab) Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Environment
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- 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
- OpenAQ (opens in a new tab) OpenAQ · Provider terms / varies · Free with registration · Verified
- Open data portal
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- 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
- Source Cooperative (opens in a new tab) Radiant Earth · 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
- Sentinel-1 ship detection in Python: a CA-CFAR detector off the Port of Rotterdam Intermediate
- Burn severity mapping with Sentinel-2 and dNBR in Python (Saddleworth Moor 2018) Intermediate
Neighbouring countries
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands GIS data 3 sources
- Antarctica GIS data 10 sources