New Caledonia GIS data sources
- Region
- Melanesia
- ISO 3166
- NC · NCL
- Sources
- 7
- Themes
- 11
- Last verified
Where to download GIS data for New Caledonia: 7 sources across 11 themes, led by Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie and ISEE Nouvelle-Calédonie. 5 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 2 cover elevation. 1 is under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.
Country atlases
- New Caledonia in the LiDAR & elevation atlas None known
- New Caledonia in the aerial & satellite imagery atlas National open imagery
National and OpenStreetMap sources for New Caledonia
Boundaries & admin 1
Administrative boundary data for every country-
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-
ISEE – Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: FreeISEE Nouvelle-Calédonie
Census results by commune and tribal area.
- Census & statistics
- Population
Verified
Transport 1
Road, rail and transport data for every country-
OpenStreetMap extract – New Caledonia (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-
Météo-France Nouvelle-Calédonie (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeMétéo-France
Weather and climate information for New Caledonia.
- Climate & weather
Verified
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 2
Open geospatial data portals for every country-
Géorep (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeGouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (DTSI)
New Caledonia’s spatial data portal with orthophotos, cadastre, DEM and a download catalogue.
- Open data portal
- Imagery
- Addresses & cadastre
- Boundaries & admin
- Elevation / DEM
Verified
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data.gouv.nc (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeGouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie
Territorial open data portal.
- Open data portal
Verified
Global datasets that cover New Caledonia
Worldwide and continental layers that include New Caledonia, 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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- 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 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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- Google Open Buildings (opens in a new tab) Google Research · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Google Open Buildings 2.5D Temporal (opens in a new tab) Google Research · Open licence · Free · Verified
- 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
- Marine & coastal
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- Allen Coral Atlas (opens in a new tab) Arizona State University · Open licence · Free · Verified
- 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
- 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
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- Measuring Lake Mead's shrinking shoreline with Sentinel-2, STAC and Python Intermediate
- Fast vector geoprocessing in Python: spatial indexes, overlays and modern file formats Intermediate
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