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Thailand GIS data sources

Region
South-Eastern Asia
ISO 3166
TH · THA
Sources
14
Themes
13
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Thailand: 14 sources across 13 themes, led by UN OCHA and Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency. 5 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON. 5 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Thailand

Boundaries & admin 2

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • Thailand - Subnational Administrative Boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of subnational administrative boundaries with P-codes; source: Royal Thai Survey Department.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    File geodatabase, Shapefile, GeoJSON, XLSX
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    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

  • GISTDA (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Mixed

    Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency

    Thai space agency: THEOS imagery, flood, drought and burn-scar monitoring products.

    • Imagery
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    gistda.or.th

    Verified

Land cover 1

Land cover datasets for every country

Buildings 1

Building footprint data for every country

  • Buildings of Thailand (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

Population 2

Gridded population data for every country

  • Thailand - Subnational Population Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of population estimates by administrative unit, joinable to the COD-AB via P-codes; source: National Statistics Office of Thailand.

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    XLSX, CSV
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • WorldPop population data – Thailand (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WorldPop, University of Southampton

    100 m and 1 km gridded population counts, age/sex structure and related layers.

    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    hub.worldpop.org

    Verified

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

  • National Statistical Office (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    National Statistical Office

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

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    nso.go.th

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Hydrology 1

River, lake and hydrology data for every country

  • Mekong River Commission Data Portal (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free with registration

    Mekong River Commission · Mekong River basin

    Hydro-meteorological time series, river network, basin boundaries and water-quality data for the Mekong basin; some datasets need a free account.

    • Hydrology
    • Environment
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV, Shapefile, API
    Link
    portal.mrcmekong.org

    Verified

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

  • Thai Meteorological Department (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Thai Meteorological Department

    Official weather observations, climate data and an open data API.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    API
    Link
    tmd.go.th

    Verified

Natural hazards 1

Natural hazard data for every country

  • GISTDA Disaster Platform (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    GISTDA

    Satellite-derived flood extent, drought, hotspots and PM2.5 layers with APIs.

    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    WMS, API
    Link
    disaster.gistda.or.th

    Verified

Geology 1

Geology data for every country

  • DMR geological GIS (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Department of Mineral Resources

    Geological maps, landslide risk and mineral resource layers for Thailand.

    • Geology
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    gis.dmr.go.th

    Verified

Open data portal 1

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • Thailand open data portal (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Digital Government Development Agency

    National open data catalogue (CKAN); often refuses automated requests.

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

    Not verified (site blocks automated checks) · 18 Oct 2026 (no response)

Global datasets that cover Thailand

Worldwide and continental layers that include Thailand, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.

Boundaries & admin
Elevation / DEM
Imagery
Land cover
Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Transport
Hydrology
Climate & weather
Natural hazards
Geology
Environment
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