Free serviceKwaZulu-Natal
KZN Provincial Spatial Development Framework
KZN COGTA
The KZN PSDF service includes towns, rivers, road networks, municipal boundaries, protected areas, development nodes and priority areas.
REGIONAL GIS DATA GUIDE
KwaZulu-Natal GIS Data Downloads
Curated KZN spatial planning, land-use, municipal, environmental and Earth observation resources for GIS professionals, planners, researchers and businesses.
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.
KWAZULU-NATAL DATA
3 sourcesProvincial spatial planning
KwaZulu-Natal COGTA map services for provincial and municipal planning.
Free serviceKwaZulu-Natal
KZN Land Use Scheme Service
KZN COGTA
Provincial service containing multiple municipal land-use schemes, including eThekwini and other KZN municipalities.
Free serviceKwaZulu-Natal
KZN Land Development / PSDF Layers
KZN COGTA
Spatial development, corridor, environmental and agricultural planning layers.
KWAZULU-NATAL DATA
3 sourcesDurban & eThekwini GIS
Official eThekwini spatial services and municipal datasets.
Free feature serviceKwaZulu-Natal
eThekwini Municipal Boundary
eThekwini Municipality GIS
Official eThekwini municipal boundary service.
Free map serviceKwaZulu-Natal
eThekwini District GIS Service
eThekwini Municipality GIS
Public ArcGIS service for eThekwini district spatial data.
Free map serviceKwaZulu-Natal
eThekwini Electricity Supply Areas
eThekwini Municipality
Municipal service describing electricity supply boundaries and related areas.
KWAZULU-NATAL DATA
3 sourcesBoundaries, census & cadastre
National official sources that support KZN analysis.
Free / officialKwaZulu-Natal
Municipal Demarcation Board GIS Data
MDB
Official KZN district, local municipality and ward boundary downloads.
Free / officialKwaZulu-Natal
Stats SA Census 2022
Statistics South Africa
Census data and geographies for KZN municipalities and settlements.
Free / officialKwaZulu-Natal
Chief Surveyor-General Cadastral Data
DALRRD / CSG
Cadastral resources with provincial Surveyor-General coverage.
KWAZULU-NATAL DATA
3 sourcesEnvironment, land cover & imagery
Public environmental and satellite resources for KZN.
Free / publicKwaZulu-Natal
SANBI BGIS
SANBI
Biodiversity and conservation layers relevant to KZN environmental planning.
Free / publicKwaZulu-Natal
South African National Land Cover
SANSA / SAEOSS
National land-cover mapping suitable for clipping to KZN.
Free registrationKwaZulu-Natal
Copernicus Data Space
Copernicus
Free satellite imagery for vegetation, coast, flooding and change analysis.
KWAZULU-NATAL DATA
3 sourcesCommercial KZN data
Premium location, routing and imagery sources.
CommercialKwaZulu-Natal
AfriGIS Data Catalogue
AfriGIS
Commercial location intelligence for South African operational and customer datasets.
CommercialKwaZulu-Natal
Planet Imagery
Planet
High-frequency imagery for agriculture, coastal and land-change monitoring.
CommercialKwaZulu-Natal
TomTom Orbis Maps
TomTom
Commercial routing and network data for logistics and accessibility studies.
ANALYSE THE DATA
Bring KwaZulu-Natal datasets into GeoLayers Studio
Combine public and licensed spatial data with your own project layers, run analysis and create maps, dashboards and decision-ready outputs.