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Israel GIS data sources

Region
Western Asia
ISO 3166
IL · ISR
Sources
11
Themes
12
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Israel: 11 sources across 12 themes, led by Survey of Israel and Israel National Digital Agency. 4 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 1 covers elevation. 3 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Israel

Boundaries & admin 3

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • Survey of Israel (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Mixed

    Survey of Israel

    National mapping agency; much of its vector data is published as open data on data.gov.il.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    gov.il

    Not verified (site blocks automated checks) · 18 Oct 2026 (no response)

  • Survey of Israel open datasets (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Survey of Israel

    Survey of Israel layers on the national open data portal, e.g. rivers, settlements and cadastral blocks.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Hydrology
    • Transport
    • Addresses & cadastre
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoJSON
    Link
    data.gov.il

    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

Buildings 1

Building footprint data for every country

  • Buildings of Israel (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HDX)

    OpenStreetMap building footprints exported by HOT and refreshed regularly.

    • Buildings
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    GeoPackage, GeoParquet, Shapefile, GeoJSON, PMTiles
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

Population 1

Gridded population data for every country

  • WorldPop population data – Israel (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WorldPop, University of Southampton

    100 m and 1 km gridded population counts, age/sex structure and related layers.

    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    hub.worldpop.org

    Verified

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

  • Central Bureau of Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Central Bureau of Statistics

    National statistics; census statistical-area boundaries are published as GIS layers.

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    cbs.gov.il

    Verified

Addresses & cadastre 1

Address and cadastral data for every country

  • GovMap (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Survey of Israel

    National map viewer with parcels (gush/helka), orthophotos and many government layers.

    • Addresses & cadastre
    • Imagery
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    govmap.gov.il

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

  • OpenStreetMap extract – Israel and Palestine (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Geofabrik / OpenStreetMap contributors · Israel and Palestine

    Daily OSM extract covering Israel and Palestine (shared extract).

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

    Verified

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

  • IMS meteorological database (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free with registration

    Israel Meteorological Service

    Station observations and climate records with a free API (token on request).

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV, API
    Link
    ims.gov.il

    Verified

Marine & coastal 1

Marine, coastal and bathymetry data for every country

  • ISRAMAR – Israel Marine Data Center (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research

    Oceanographic observations, bathymetry and forecasts for the Eastern Mediterranean and Gulf of Eilat.

    • Marine & coastal
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    NetCDF, CSV
    Link
    isramar.ocean.org.il

    Verified

Open data portal 1

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • data.gov.il (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Israel National Digital Agency

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Link
    data.gov.il

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Israel

Worldwide and continental layers that include Israel, 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
Marine & coastal
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