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Spain GIS data sources

Region
Southern Europe
ISO 3166
ES · ESP
Sources
16
Themes
13
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Spain: 16 sources across 13 themes, led by IGN Spain and Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. 7 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 2 cover elevation including LiDAR. 6 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Spain

Boundaries & admin 3

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • Centro de Descargas CNIG (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica

    MDT elevation, PNOA orthophotos and LiDAR, BTN topography.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Imagery
    • Land cover
    • Transport
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF, Shapefile, LAZ
    Link
    centrodedescargas.cnig.es

    Verified

  • INE census section cartography (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Instituto Nacional de Estadística

    Census section boundaries and street maps (callejero) of the electoral census.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    ine.es

    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

Imagery 1

Satellite and aerial imagery for every country

Land cover 1

Land cover datasets for every country

Addresses & cadastre 1

Address and cadastral data for every country

Transport 2

Road, rail and transport data for every country

  • CartoCiudad (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    IGN Spain · Spain

    Street network, addresses and postcodes with a geocoding API.

    • Transport
    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    Shapefile, API
    Link
    cartociudad.es

    Verified

  • OpenStreetMap extract – Spain (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Geofabrik / OpenStreetMap contributors

    Daily OSM 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

  • AEMET OpenData (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free with registration

    AEMET · Spain

    Observations, climatologies and forecasts from the Spanish met agency (free API key).

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    JSON
    Link
    opendata.aemet.es

    Verified

Geology 2

Geology data for every country

  • IGME map viewer (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Instituto Geológico y Minero de España · Spain

    MAGNA 1:50 000 geological maps, hydrogeology and natural hazards.

    • Geology
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    WMS
    Link
    info.igme.es

    Verified

  • IGME (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Instituto Geológico y Minero de España · Spain

    Spanish geological survey with access to geoscience databases.

    • Geology
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    igme.es

    Verified

Marine & coastal 1

Marine, coastal and bathymetry data for every country

  • PORTUS (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Puertos del Estado · Spain waters

    Real-time and historical wave, sea level and current data.

    • Marine & coastal
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV
    Link
    portus.puertos.es

    Verified

Environment 1

Environmental and protected area data for every country

Open data portal 3

Open geospatial data portals for every country

Global datasets that cover Spain

Worldwide and continental layers that include Spain, 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
Geology
Marine & coastal
Environment
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