Iceland GIS data sources
- Region
- Northern Europe
- ISO 3166
- IS · ISL
- Sources
- 8
- Themes
- 10
- Last verified
Where to download GIS data for Iceland: 8 sources across 10 themes, led by Náttúrufræðistofnun and Government of Iceland. 3 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 1 covers elevation. 2 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.
Country atlases
- Iceland in the LiDAR & elevation atlas None known
- Iceland in the aerial & satellite imagery atlas Partial open imagery
National and OpenStreetMap sources for Iceland
Boundaries & admin 2
Administrative boundary data for every country-
Natural Science Institute data download (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: FreeNáttúrufræðistofnun · Iceland
IS 50V topographic data, elevation model, land cover and geology of Iceland.
- Boundaries & admin
- Elevation / DEM
- Land cover
- Geology
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-
Statistics Iceland (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeStatistics Iceland
National statistical office (from the UN Statistics Division directory).
- Census & statistics
Verified
Transport 1
Road, rail and transport data for every country-
OpenStreetMap extract – Iceland (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: FreeGeofabrik / OpenStreetMap contributors
Daily OSM extract.
- Transport
- Boundaries & admin
- Hydrology
Verified
Climate & weather 1
Climate and weather data for every country-
Icelandic Met Office (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeVeðurstofa Íslands · Iceland
Weather, climate, earthquake, volcanic and hydrological data.
- Climate & weather
- Natural hazards
Verified
Open data portal 3
Open geospatial data portals for every country-
Icelandic open data portal (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeGovernment of Iceland
- Open data portal
Verified
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Natural Science Institute metadata catalogue (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeNáttúrufræðistofnun · Iceland
INSPIRE metadata catalogue for Icelandic geodata.
- Open data portal
Verified
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Kortasjá map viewer (opens in a new tab)
Web viewer Cost: FreeNáttúrufræðistofnun · Iceland
National map viewer.
- Open data portal
Verified
Global datasets that cover Iceland
Worldwide and continental layers that include Iceland, 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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- ArcticDEM (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 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
- 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
- Copernicus Atmosphere Data Store (CAMS) (opens in a new tab) ECMWF / Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service · Open licence · Free with registration · 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
- 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
- Land cover classification in Python: a Sentinel-2 random forest with scikit-learn Intermediate
- Street network analysis with OSMnx: routes, isochrones and walking accessibility Intermediate
Neighbouring countries
- Faroe Islands GIS data 6 sources
- Isle of Man GIS data 5 sources
- Ireland GIS data 15 sources
- Norway GIS data 19 sources