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CNIG (Spain)

Spain's national geographic information center, the authoritative source for topographic maps, orthophotos, elevation, and boundaries.

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The CNIG (Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica), the distribution arm of Spain's Instituto Geográfico Nacional, provides the country's authoritative geographic data. Through its download center it offers topographic maps, the PNOA orthophoto program, lidar elevation, administrative boundaries, and place names.

Spain released this data under CC BY, free for reuse, available as downloads and OGC services. CNIG is the reference source for precise national cartography, complementing the datos.gob.es open data catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

PNOA (Plan Nacional de Ortofotografía Aérea) is Spain’s national aerial orthophoto and lidar program, distributed through CNIG.

Yes. Spain’s national geographic data is released under CC BY, free for reuse with attribution.

Through the CNIG download center and OGC web services (WMS/WMTS) from the IGN.

Details

AgencyInstituto Geográfico Nacional / CNIG

LevelNational

RegionEurope

CoverageSpain

LicenseCC BY 4.0

Formats

ShapefileGeoPackageWMS/WMTSGeoTIFF

Update FrequencyFrequent

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