TechnicalGIS

Singapore GIS data sources

Region
South-Eastern Asia
ISO 3166
SG · SGP
Sources
11
Themes
9
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Singapore: 11 sources across 9 themes, led by Urban Redevelopment Authority and GovTech Singapore. 5 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON. 7 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Singapore

Boundaries & admin 1

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • 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

Land cover 2

Land cover datasets for every country

  • Master Plan 2019 Land Use layer (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Urban Redevelopment Authority

    Statutory land use zoning and gross plot ratio polygons from the 2019 Master Plan.

    • Land cover
    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Singapore Open Data Licence 1.0
    Formats
    GeoJSON, KML
    Link
    data.gov.sg

    Verified

  • URA SPACE (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Urban Redevelopment Authority

    Interactive Master Plan, planning boundaries and development control map.

    • Land cover
    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    eservice.ura.gov.sg

    Verified

Buildings 1

Building footprint data for every country

  • Buildings of Singapore (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

Census & statistics 2

Census and statistics data for every country

  • URA Data Service API (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free with registration

    Urban Redevelopment Authority

    Property transactions, car park availability and planning decisions via API; free access key.

    • Census & statistics
    • Transport
    Licence
    Singapore Open Data Licence 1.0
    Formats
    API, JSON
    Link
    eservice.ura.gov.sg

    Verified

  • Singapore Department of Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Singapore Department of Statistics

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

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    singstat.gov.sg

    Verified

Addresses & cadastre 1

Address and cadastral data for every country

  • OneMap (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    Singapore Land Authority

    SLA national map with base map tiles, geocoding, routing and themes via a free API (registration for tokens).

    • Addresses & cadastre
    • Transport
    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Singapore Open Data Licence 1.0
    Formats
    API
    Link
    onemap.gov.sg

    Verified

Transport 2

Road, rail and transport data for every country

  • LTA DataMall (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free with registration

    Land Transport Authority

    Real-time bus, taxi and traffic APIs plus static road and rail geospatial layers; free account key.

    • Transport
    Licence
    Singapore Open Data Licence 1.0
    Formats
    API, Shapefile, CSV
    Link
    datamall.lta.gov.sg

    Verified

  • OpenStreetMap extract – Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Geofabrik / OpenStreetMap contributors

    Daily OSM extract; Geofabrik bundles Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei into one file.

    • 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

  • Historical daily weather records (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Meteorological Service Singapore

    Daily rainfall, temperature and wind records for each station as monthly CSV files.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV
    Link
    weather.gov.sg

    Verified

Open data portal 1

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • data.gov.sg (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    GovTech Singapore

    Singapore's open data portal, with GeoJSON/KML layers such as Master Plan land use, parks and facilities, plus real-time APIs.

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Singapore Open Data Licence 1.0
    Link
    data.gov.sg

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Singapore

Worldwide and continental layers that include Singapore, 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
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