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IGN Géoservices

France's national mapping agency portal, providing authoritative reference geographies, imagery, and topographic data through downloads and OGC services.

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Géoservices is the data and services platform of IGN, the French national mapping and forestry institute. It distributes reference products such as the BD TOPO topographic database, BD ORTHO aerial imagery, the parcel cadastre, and elevation models — by bulk download and through OGC web services (WMS, WMTS, WFS) and vector tiles.

IGN moved most of its data to open licensing, so these authoritative French base layers are now freely reusable. Géoservices is the place to find precise topographic and cartographic data that goes beyond the more general open datasets on data.gouv.fr.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Since 2021 IGN has released the large majority of its public-interest datasets under open licensing, free for reuse including commercial use.

Yes. Géoservices offers WMS, WMTS, and WFS endpoints plus vector tiles, so you can add IGN imagery and base maps directly without downloading files.

BD TOPO is IGN’s detailed vector topographic database covering buildings, transport, hydrography, vegetation, and administrative units across France.

Details

AgencyInstitut national de l'information géographique et forestière (IGN)

LevelNational

RegionEurope

CoverageFrance

LicenseEtalab / Open Licence

Formats

ShapefileGeoPackageWMS/WMTSVector Tiles

Update FrequencyFrequent

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