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Italy GIS data sources

Region
Southern Europe
ISO 3166
IT · ITA
Sources
16
Themes
13
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Italy: 16 sources across 13 themes, led by ISPRA and INGV. 7 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 2 cover elevation including LiDAR. 9 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Italy

Boundaries & admin 4

Administrative boundary data for every country

Elevation / DEM 1

Free DEM, LiDAR and elevation data for every country

  • TINITALY DEM (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    INGV

    10 m digital elevation model of Italy.

    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    tinitaly.pi.ingv.it

    Verified

Land cover 1

Land cover datasets for every country

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

  • National Institut of Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    National Institut of Statistics

    National statistical office (from the UN Statistics Division directory).

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    istat.it

    Verified

Addresses & cadastre 1

Address and cadastral data for every country

  • Cadastral map WMS (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    Agenzia delle Entrate · Italy

    Cadastral parcels and buildings as a WMS.

    • Addresses & cadastre
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    WMS
    Link
    agenziaentrate.gov.it

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Natural hazards 2

Natural hazard data for every country

  • IdroGEO (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    ISPRA · Italy

    Landslide inventory (IFFI) and flood/landslide hazard zones.

    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    Shapefile
    Link
    idrogeo.isprambiente.it

    Verified

  • INGV earthquake catalogue (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    INGV · Italy

    Real-time and historical earthquake locations.

    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    CSV, QuakeML
    Link
    terremoti.ingv.it

    Verified

Geology 1

Geology data for every country

  • CARG geological mapping (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    ISPRA · Italy

    1:50 000 geological map of Italy.

    • Geology
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, WMS
    Link
    isprambiente.gov.it

    Verified

Environment 1

Environmental and protected area data for every country

  • Geoportale Nazionale (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica

    • Environment
    • Imagery
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Formats
    WMS
    Link
    gn.mase.gov.it

    Verified

Open data portal 3

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • dati.gov.it (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    AgID

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Link
    dati.gov.it

    Verified

  • Geoportale Lombardia (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Regione Lombardia · Lombardy

    Regional geodata including topographic database, DTM and land use.

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, WMS
    Link
    geoportale.regione.lombardia.it

    Verified

  • GEOscopio (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Regione Toscana · Tuscany

    Tuscany regional geodata: orthophotos, LiDAR, geology and cadastre.

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    WMS
    Link
    regione.toscana.it

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Italy

Worldwide and continental layers that include Italy, 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
Natural hazards
Geology
Environment
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