Free feature serviceCape Town
City of Cape Town Zoning Feature Service
City of Cape Town
Official integrated zoning feature layer with query support and GeoJSON/PBF responses.
REGIONAL GIS DATA GUIDE
Cape Town GIS Data & Zoning Downloads
A curated directory for City of Cape Town zoning, parcels, planning layers, Western Cape open data, environmental resources and commercial geospatial data.
Official sources firstFree + commercialSouth African context
HOW TO USE THIS PAGE
Start with authoritative data, then add commercial detail where needed
These links are a curated starting point rather than a redistribution service. Provider coverage, formats, licensing and update cycles can change, so review the source metadata before analysis or commercial use.
Some official municipal sources provide viewers or ArcGIS services rather than direct file downloads. Where downloads are not exposed publicly, follow the provider's request or export process.
CAPE TOWN DATA
3 sourcesCity of Cape Town zoning & land administration
Official City map services for zoning, parcels and planning.
Free map serviceCape Town
City of Cape Town Land Administration
City of Cape Town
Land-administration map service containing parcels, zoning, property and related layers.
Free map serviceCape Town
City of Cape Town Spatial Planning
City of Cape Town
Spatial planning service with City planning layers and policy-related geographies.
CAPE TOWN DATA
3 sourcesWestern Cape open spatial data
Provincial open-data and spatial warehouse resources.
Free / publicCape Town
Western Cape Open Data Portal
Western Cape Government
Provincial portal for spatial and non-spatial datasets, applications and downloadable services.
Free map servicesCape Town
Western Cape Spatial Data Warehouse
Western Cape Government
ArcGIS services covering administrative, conservation, facilities and hazard datasets.
Free / officialCape Town
Municipal Demarcation Board GIS Data
MDB
Official metro and ward boundaries for Cape Town.
CAPE TOWN DATA
3 sourcesCensus, property & cadastral context
Core demographic and cadastral sources for Cape Town projects.
Free / officialCape Town
Stats SA Census 2022
Statistics South Africa
National Census 2022 datasets and geography for Cape Town demographic analysis.
Free / officialCape Town
Chief Surveyor-General Cadastral Data
DALRRD / CSG
Cadastral spatial data and survey resources applicable to Western Cape properties.
Free / publicCape Town
WorldPop South Africa
WorldPop
Fine-resolution population grids suitable for Cape Town accessibility and exposure analysis.
CAPE TOWN DATA
3 sourcesEnvironment, elevation & imagery
Open environmental and Earth observation data for the Cape Town region.
Free / publicCape Town
SANBI BGIS
SANBI
National biodiversity datasets with strong relevance to Cape Town environmental planning.
Free registrationCape Town
Copernicus Data Space
Copernicus
Free Earth observation data for vegetation, coastline and change monitoring.
Free / officialCape Town
CD:NGI Geospatial Portal
National Geo-spatial Information
National mapping, aerial photography and elevation resources.
CAPE TOWN DATA
3 sourcesCommercial Cape Town data
Premium location and imagery providers for detailed professional workflows.
CommercialCape Town
AfriGIS Data Catalogue
AfriGIS
Detailed South African address and location intelligence.
CommercialCape Town
Maxar Geospatial Platform
Maxar
Premium imagery, basemaps and 3D content.
CommercialCape Town
Airbus OneAtlas
Airbus
Premium optical, radar and elevation products for detailed mapping.
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