Guides: Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Datasets & Maps

Finding Datasets

Queensland Spatial Catalogue -QSpatial
Queensland Government initiative to provide improved public access to a variety of spatial and associated data. Discover, display, select and download or order data over an area of interest in selected formats, including map coverage data, image data and text file data.
Qld Dept of Natural Resources and Mines- Mapping and Data
Large array of data sources
ABS Census Datapacks
Register and login to download the datapacks.
data.gov.au
Find public datasets from the Australian Government.
National Map
Map-based access to spatial data from Australian government agencies.
Geoscience Australia - Digital topographic data
Research Data Australia - ANDS
CSIRO data access portal
OzCoasts
OzCoasts provides comprehensive information about Australia's coast, including its estuaries, coastal waterways and climate change impact.
ArcGIS Open Data
Explore more than 30,00 different datasets from 3,500 organisations worldwide.
OECD iLibrary
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's online library. It comprises book collections by theme, periodicals, working papers, and the OECD statistical databases.
Amazon Web Services Public Datasets
Includes LandSat 8 data.
United Nations Data portal- UNdata

Gazetteer/Atlases

The Times comprehensive atlas of the world

Maps

Australia

State Library of Queensland -Maps page: cartographic coverage of the world, with a major emphasis on Queensland and Australia. The collection includes topographic, cadastral, hydrographic and orthophoto sheet maps, as well as a unique and extensive range of historic maps and early real estate maps. Atlases, globes and street directories from around the world are also collected

Australian Census geography- Create a range of maps using the online tool and census data.

Queensland Development Assessment Mapping System - The Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning (DILGP) provides mapping that spatially represents matters of state interest in the planning system through two GIS (Geographic Information Systems) platforms: the State Planning Policy Interactive Mapping System (SPP IMS), which is a standalone mapping system, and the Development Assessment Mapping System (DAMS), which incorporates mapping used for a number of different functions in development assessment.

Australian and New Zealand Map Society Inc (ANZMapS) - acts as a medium of communication for all those interested maps.

Geoscience Australia provides free maps of Australia for you to download and use in reports, projects and as a reference source, provided that the Geoscience Australia copyright acknowledgement remains on the image.

National Library of Australia - Map Collection - includes maps from early European charts to current mapping of Australia.

International