We have reviewed the available vector data. We selected the most reliable ones and categorized them thematically. Below, you can easily explore the data without downloading it. Our compilation provides information about the source and the data update. Additionally, we have included the layers you can download, information on the scale they were developed, their size, and format. Our lawyer has also interpreted the licenses to clarify how the data can be used.
DATA FOR POLAND
GEOGRAPHIC
SOURCE
GENERAL GEOGRAPHIC OBJECT DATABASE
Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography
LAYERS
– transport network
– hydrographic network
– land and building registration
– land cover
– utilities
– land use
– territorial division
– other objects
METADATA
COVERAGE: Poland
SCALE: 1:250 000
FORMAT: .shp, .gml
CURRENTNESS: 22.04.2024
ROZMIAR: 188,1 MB
LICENSE
Attribution 4.0 Poland (CC BY 4.0 PL)
Data can be freely distributed and edited for both non-commercial and commercial purposes. Users must provide the source and date of download.
TOPOGRAPHIC
SOURCE
TOPOGRAPHIC OBJECT DATABASE
Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography
LAYERS
– transport network
– hydrographic network
– land and building registration
– land cover
– utilities
– land use
– installations
– territorial division
– other objects
METADATA
COVERAGE: Poland
SCALE: 1:10 000
FORMAT: .shp, .gml
CURRENTNESS: 18.11.2022
SIZE: 1,32 GB
LICENSE
Attribution 4.0 Poland (CC BY 4.0 PL)
Data can be freely distributed and edited for both non-commercial and commercial purposes. Users must provide the source and date of download.
GEOGRAPHIC NAMES
SOURCE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES
Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography
LAYERS
– names of cities
– names of geographic objects and features
METADATA
COVERAGE: Poland
SCALE: 1:10 000
FORMAT: .shp, .gml, .xls
CURRENTNESS: 01.01.2024
SIZE:
– .shp – 18,23 MB
– .gml – 27,34 MB
– .xls – 22,45 MB
LICENSE
Attribution 4.0 Poland (CC BY 4.0 PL)
Data can be freely distributed and edited for both non-commercial and commercial purposes. Users must provide the source and date of download.
ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES
SOURCE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF BOUNDARIES
Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography
LAYERS
– administrative division of the country
– special boundaries
– address package
METADATA
COVERAGE: Poland
SCALE: 1:250 000
FORMAT: .shp, .gml, .xls
CURRENTNESS:
– administrative division of the country – 08.07.2024
– special boundaries – 04.06.2024
– address package – 03.06.2024
SIZE:
– .shp – 1,50 GB
– .gml – 1,25 GB
– .xls – 1,28 GB
LICENSE
Attribution 4.0 Poland (CC BY 4.0 PL)
Data can be freely distributed and edited for both non-commercial and commercial purposes. Users must provide the source and date of download.
GEOLOGY
SOURCE
CENTRAL GEOLOGICAL DATABASE
Polish Geological Institute
LAYERS
– [SM] mineral deposits
– [ZP] groundwater reservoirs
– [OW] boreholes
– [SK] seismic
– [JK] caves
METADATA
COVERAGE: Poland
SCALE: 1:250 000
FORMAT: .shp
CURRENTNESS AND SIZE:
– SM -12.07.2024 / 7,27 MB
– ZP -20.03.2024 / 3,34 MB
– OW -06.06.2024 / 21,83 MB
– SK -19.06.2024 / 20,41 MB
– JK -12.07.2024 / 0,41 MB
LICENSE
Open License
Data can be freely distributed and edited for both non-commercial and commercial purposes. Users must provide the source and date of download.
ENVIRONMENT
SOURCE
THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
LAYERS
– national parks
– national parks
– nature reserves
– protected landscape areas
– areas OZW, SOO, Natura 2000, RAMSAR
– nature and landscape complexes
– documentary sites
– ecological utilities
– nature monuments
– ecological corridors
– physicogeographic mesoregions
– biogeographic regions
METADATA
COVERAGE: Poland
SCALE: 1:1 000 000
FORMAT: .shp
CURRENTNESS: Data is updated continuously and is current as of the date of download
SIZE: 160,1 MB
LICENSE
Attribution 4.0 Poland (CC BY 4.0 PL)
Data can be freely distributed and edited for both non-commercial and commercial purposes. Users must provide the source and date of download.
FORESTS
SOURCE
FOREST DATA BANK
The General Directorate for Environmental Protection
LAYERS
– data for forest districts
– forest district boundaries
– “spend the night in the forest” program areas
METADATA
COVERAGE: Poland
SCALE: 1:100 000
FORMAT: .shp
CURRENTNESS: 2024
SIZE: 126,8 MB for the Regional Directorate of State Forests – Warsaw
LICENSE
Open License
Data can be freely distributed and edited for both non-commercial and commercial purposes. Users must provide the source and date of download. Data is available upon request.
CITY ADDRESSES – WARSAW
SOURCE
Open Data
Warsaw
LAYERS
– postal codes
METADATA
COVERAGE: Warsaw
SCALE: 1:100 000
FORMAT: .shp, .csv
CURRENTNESS: 08.02.2022
SIZE: 8,54 MB
LICENSE
Attribution 4.0 Poland (CC BY 4.0 PL)
Data can be freely distributed and edited for both non-commercial and commercial purposes. Users must provide the source and date of download.
DEMOGRAPHICS
SOURCE
GEOSTATICS PORTAL
Statistics Poland
LAYERS
a polygon of 1km x 1km contains information on:
– total population
– feminisation ratio
– population by gender
– population by age groups
METADATA
COVERAGE: Poland
SCALE: 1:100 000
FORMAT: .shp
CURRENTNESS: data based on the results of the 2021 National Census of Population and Housing
SIZE: 29,5 MB
LICENSE
Attribution 4.0 Poland (CC BY 4.0 PL)
Data can be freely distributed and edited for both non-commercial and commercial purposes. Users must provide the source and date of download.
DATA FOR THE WORLD
ADMINISTRATIVE AND ROAD NETWORK
SOURCE
Natural Earth
LAYERS
– country boundaries/disputed boundaries
– localities
– ports/airports
– road infrastructure
Vector data only contains general information about objects, such as the name of the airport.
METADATA
COVERAGE: the world
SCALE:
– 1: 10 000 000
– 1: 50 000 000
– 1: 100 000 000
FORMAT: .shp
CURRENTNESS: od 2009 do 2012
SIZE:
– for 1: 10 000 000 – 62,0 MB
– for 1: 50 000 000 – 2,6 MB
– for 1: 100 000 000 – 602,2 kB
LICENSE
Open Data Commons Public Domains Dedications and License (PDDL)
Data can be freely distributed and edited for both non-commercial and commercial purposes. Users may optionally provide the source.
PHYSICAL
SOURCE
Natural Earth
LAYERS
– oceans and seas
– rivers and lakes
– coastline boundaries
– glaciers
– bathymetry
METADATA
COVERAGE: the world
SCALE:
– 1: 10 000 000
– 1: 50 000 000
– 1: 100 000 000
FORMAT: .shp
CURRENTNESS: od 2009 do 2012
SIZE:
– for 1: 10 000 000- 30,0 MB
– for 1: 50 000 000- 756,0 kB
– for 1: 100 000 000- 192,1 kB
LICENSE
Open Data Commons Public Domains Dedications and License (PDDL)
Data can be freely distributed and edited for both non-commercial and commercial purposes. Users may optionally cite the source.
GEOGRAPHIC
SOURCE
Open Street Maps – Geofabric
LAYERS
– Road infrastructure
– land use
– hydrology
– buildings
– points of interest
– other
METADATA
COVERAGE: the world
SCALE: 1: 1 000 000
FORMAT: .shp
CURRENTNESS: data is updated every 24 hours
SIZE: 960 MB for Poland
LICENSE
Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL)
Data can be distributed and edited provided that the product is shared under the same license. Users are required to cite the source and the date of retrieval.
CITY PLANS – LAND USE
SOURCE
Copernicus
LAYERS
– Cities with over 100,000 inhabitants 🙂
METADATA
COVERAGE: Europe
SCALE: 1: 10 000
FORMAT: .shp
CURRENTNESS: 2018
SIZE: 178 MB for Warsaw
LICENSE
the European Environment Agency (EEA)
Data can be freely distributed and edited for both non-commercial and commercial purposes. Users are required to cite the source and the date of retrieval.
SEAPORTS
SOURCE
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
LAYERS
– ports (point data)
METADATA
COVERAGE: the world
SCALE: 1: 50 000 000
FORMAT: .shp
CURRENTESS: 26.09.2019 (including historical data from 2010)
SIZE: 2 MB
LICENSE
Attribution CC BY 4.0 International
Data can be freely distributed and edited for both non-commercial and commercial purposes. The NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) does not claim any copyright or other intellectual property rights.
GLACIERS
SOURCE
National Snow and Data Center
LAYERS
– glacier extent
METADATA
COVERAGE: świat
SCALE: 1: 100 000
FORMAT: shp, KMZ, GeoTIFF
CURRENTNESS: 2021 (updated every 24 hours)
SIZE: 154 kB
LICENSE
Licencja NSIDC
Data can be freely distributed and edited for non-commercial purposes. For commercial purposes, NSIDC’s consent is required, and reselling the downloaded products is not allowed.
AIRPORTS v.1
SOURCE
Open Flight Organization
LAYERS
– airports
METADATA
COVERAGE: the world
SCALE: 1: 100 000
FORMAT: .csv
CURRENTNESS: 2006
SIZE: 1,7 MB
LICENSE
Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL)
Data can be distributed and edited provided that the product is shared under the same license. Users are required to cite the source and the date of retrieval. Commercial use of the data is possible with the consent of the Open Flight Organization. The data cannot be used for navigation purposes.
AIRPORTS v.2
SOURCE
Our Airports
LAYERS
– airports
METADATA
COVERAGE: the world
SCALE: 1: 100 000 000
FORMAT: .csv
CURRENTNESS: 29.05.2021
SIZE: 9,6 MB
LICENSE
Open Data Commons Public Domains Dedications and License (PDDL)
Data can be freely distributed and edited for both non-commercial and commercial purposes. Users may optionally cite the source.
DEMOGRAPHICS
SOURCE
Socioeconomic Data and Application Center NASA
LAYERS
– population by age
– population by gender
– population by race
METADATA
COVERAGE: USA
SCALE: 1: 250 000
FORMAT: .shp
CURRENTNESS: 2020-2100 (forecast)
SIZE: 85,9 MB
LICENSE
Attribution CC BY 4.0 International
Data can be freely distributed and edited for both non-commercial and commercial purposes.
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
SOURCE
Socioeconomic Data and Application Center NASA
LAYERS
– roads (without attributes)
METADATA
COVERAGE: the world
SCALE: 1: 250 000
FORMAT: .shp
CURRENTNESS: 2013
SIZE:
– Europe – 85,9 MB
– Americas – 62,0 MB
– Asia – 194,0 MB
– Africa – 13,6 MB
– Eastern Oceania – 420 kB
– Western Oceania – 390 kB
LICENSE
Attribution CC BY 4.0 International
Data can be freely distributed and edited for both non-commercial and commercial purposes.
COASTLINE
SOURCE
Socioeconomic Data and Application Center NASA
LAYERS
– coastline
METADATA
COVERAGE: świat
SCALE: 1: 250 000
FORMAT: .shp
CURRENTNESS: 2020
SIZE: 10,7 MB
LICENSE
Attribution CC BY 4.0 International
Data can be freely distributed and edited for both non-commercial and commercial purposes.
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
SOURCE
GADM
LAYERS
– administrative boundaries
METADATA
COVERAGE: świat
SCALE: 1: 1 000 000
FORMAT: .shp, KMZ
CURRENTNESS: 2020
SIZE: 562,9 MB
LICENSE
GADM License
Data can be freely distributed and edited for educational and non-commercial purposes. For commercial purposes, GADM’s consent is required.
INLAND WATERS
SOURCE
DIVA-GIS
LAYERS
– lakes
– rivers
METADATA
COVERAGE: świat
SCALE: 1: 1 000 000
FORMAT: .shp
AKTUALNOŚĆ: 2007 for Poland
SIZE: 798 kB for Poland
LICENSE
GADM License
Data can be freely distributed and edited for educational and non-commercial purposes. For commercial purposes, GADM’s consent is required.
OPEN STREET MAPS
SOURCE
Open Street Maps
LAYERS
– road maps, satellite
METADATA
COVERAGE: The World
SCALE: 1: 10 000
FORMAT: .shp
CURRENTNESS: updated regularly
LICENSE
Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL)
Data can be disseminated and edited provided the product is shared under the same license. Users are required to cite the source and the date of retrieval.
