OSM Land and Water Polygons
OpenStreetMap / FOSSGIS (osmdata.openstreetmap.de)
- License
- Share-alike
- Commercial
- Yes
- Format
- Shapefile
- Coverage
- Global, full OSM detail
- Projection
- EPSG:3857, EPSG:4326 · WGS 84
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 27 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Daily
Land and water polygons processed from the OpenStreetMap coastline at full detail.
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Source and attribution
- Publisher
- OpenStreetMap / FOSSGIS (osmdata.openstreetmap.de)
- License
- Share-alike
- Commercial use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- Yes
- Modification allowed
- Yes
- Redistribution allowed
- Yes
- Share-alike
- Yes
- Region
- Global
- Type
- Vector
- Download
- Land polygons, split, WGS 84 (Shapefile zip, 929 MB)Land polygons, complete, WGS 84 (Shapefile zip, 924 MB)Land polygons, split, Web Mercator (Shapefile zip, 953 MB)Simplified land polygons, Web Mercator (Shapefile zip, 24.5 MB)Ocean polygons, split, WGS 84 (Shapefile zip, 907 MB)Ocean polygons, split, Web Mercator (Shapefile zip, 932 MB)Coastline lines, split, WGS 84 (Shapefile zip, 925 MB)
- Extent
- -180-9018090West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.
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