LINZ Datasets, Downloads & Software

Here you can access a variety of land and sea data published by LINZ.

An index of online sources and working examples of New Zealand geospatial data, published by different organisations, is available on the New Zealand Geospatial Strategy website.

Survey system

• Download geodetic mark data
• PositioNZ downloads
  GPS 30 second RINEX files from active control stations
• Download geodetic software
  including SNAP, CONCORD, GD2000it, New Zealand Geoid 2005 grids, and NZGD1949 & NZGD2000 horizontal coordinates distortion grid
• Meridional Circuit boundaries
  shape files
• Landonline Bulk Data Extract
  geodetic, cadastral, and land titles data, including information on the former Digital Cadastral Database (DCDB) and digital meshblocks

Hydrographic data

• Tide predictions
• Tidal streams
• Charts
  high resolution TIFFs and low resolution JPEGs
• Electronic Navigational Charts information
• Raster Navigational Charts - NZMariner
  compiled using the Hydrographic Chart Raster Format (HCRF) v2.0
• Maritime boundary downloads
  shape files
• Sea level data

Topographic data

• NZTopo technical information
• NZTopoOnline
  download small amounts of data as shape files
• NZTopoOnline WMS connection
• New Zealand small scale topographic maps
  JPEGs
• Antarctic topographic data
• Orthophotos

Other

• New Zealand Place Names Database (archived)
  see also the New Zealand Gazetteer of Official Geographic Names
• Electoral streets & places