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South Korea GIS data sources

Region
Eastern Asia
ISO 3166
KR · KOR
Sources
14
Themes
16
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for South Korea: 14 sources across 16 themes, led by Ministry of the Interior and Safety and Statistics Korea. 7 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

National and OpenStreetMap sources for South Korea

Boundaries & admin 2

Administrative boundary data for every country

Land cover 2

Land cover datasets for every country

Buildings 1

Building footprint data for every country

  • Buildings of South Korea (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

  • KOSIS (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Statistics Korea

    Korean Statistical Information Service: official statistics tables with an Open API.

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    kosis.kr

    Verified

  • SGIS – Statistical Geographic Information Service (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Statistics Korea

    Census output-area and administrative boundaries with population statistics; boundary downloads need a free application.

    • Census & statistics
    • Boundaries & admin
    • Population
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, API
    Link
    sgis.mods.go.kr

    Verified

Addresses & cadastre 1

Address and cadastral data for every country

  • Road name address database (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Ministry of the Interior and Safety

    Official road-name address data, building entrances and electronic address maps for download and API use.

    • Addresses & cadastre
    • Buildings
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    TXT, Shapefile, API
    Link
    business.juso.go.kr

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

  • KMA Open Weather Data Portal (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    Korea Meteorological Administration

    ASOS/AWS station records, climate normals and gridded data; free registration.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    Free with registration; see terms
    Formats
    CSV, API
    Link
    data.kma.go.kr

    Verified

Natural hazards 1

Natural hazard data for every country

  • Safety Map (Safemap) (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Ministry of the Interior and Safety

    Flood traces, landslide risk, crime and disaster-safety layers with open map APIs.

    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    WMS, API
    Link
    safemap.go.kr

    Verified

Geology 1

Geology data for every country

  • Geo Big Data Open Platform (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)

    1:50,000 geological maps, boreholes, active faults and other geoscience data; free registration.

    • Geology
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, WMS
    Link
    data.kigam.re.kr

    Verified

Marine & coastal 1

Marine, coastal and bathymetry data for every country

  • KHOA Ocean Grid (Badanuri) (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency

    Tidal observations, currents, sea temperature and coastal information with Open APIs.

    • Marine & coastal
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV, API
    Link
    khoa.go.kr

    Verified

Open data portal 1

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • Public Data Portal (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free with registration

    Ministry of the Interior and Safety

    National open data portal with thousands of datasets and Open APIs; free registration for API keys.

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Link
    data.go.kr

    Verified

Global datasets that cover South Korea

Worldwide and continental layers that include South Korea, 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
Natural hazards
Geology
Marine & coastal
Environment
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