Datasets for Map Academy

All the data you'll need to follow the tutorials

Download everything here

This page contains all datasets for my Udemy courses but you may find the files useful even if you're not signed up to one of my courses. See below where you can download all the data in one go for each course. If you're looking for quick QGIS tips, check out my Map Academy channel on YouTube.

Data sources

I've used free and open data for Map Academy, in addition to free and open software (QGIS). I've also added in a few direct links below to some of the data sources I used for Map Academy, plus a few others.

  1. Natural Earth - vector data (country borders, states, cities, rivers, roads and much more), plus some raster data (terrain, bathymetry, etc).
  2. Geofabrik - download extracts of OpenStreetMap data in shapefile format, for use in QGIS.
  3. GHSL - the Global Human Settlement Layer, global population density data in raster format.
  4. Ordnance Survey - a treasure trove of data for Great Britain, via the OS Data Hub.
  5. DIVA-GIS - boundary data for all countries worldwide.
  6. GIS data from Automatic Knowledge - a variety of datasets, from US buildings to UK election data.
  7. Robin Wilson's BIG LIST - a categorised list of links to over 500 sites providing freely available geographic datasets - all ready to load straight into QGIS.