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You can use GWRC mapping tools to find property, geographical, recreational, locational information and more! To browse our map collection, try the links listed below.
Maps Gallery - New!
Our Map Gallery has been updated as some of our existing applications are no longer supported. The gallery offers a curated collection of interactive web apps displaying detailed location data and information about our region.
Although deprecated, you can still use applications in our old gallery for the time being. However, these applications may experience performance issues, feature malfunctions, or application crashes due to browser updates, without available patches or fixes.
Click this link for the old gallery.
LAWA Bathing Water Quality Map Viewer
In the summer season, you can use this map to see the most recent bathing water quality information for popular bathing sites.
Take our Data
GIS data is freely available to the public through our download service.
Download our map data or connect to web map services to reuse our GIS data.
GWRC Open Data Site
Search for and download GIS data for your own use.
GWRC regional aerials on LDS
Colour aerial imagery acquired for the region in 2013, 2017 and 2021.
WAGGIS regional LIDAR on LDS
Regional LIDAR DEM acquired for the region in 2013-14.
GWRC GIS data on Koordinates
Regional GIS data shared on the Koordinates Data Service site.
Developers looking for mapping data can download our layers and API's by going to our Data Services page.
All data unless specifically stated is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
GIS Status
GREEN: no known issues
Last updated: 6 August 2024Changes to web applications
We will be rolling out changes to our web applications following the release of new arcgis applications standards. Our rainfall and river flows application is now available through this link.
Our flood hazards layer is now available through through this link.
Published 06/09/2024LUC Data Shutdown
We have published a new source for the Landform Assessment - Land Use Capability dataset, there is another source available through this link.
The current service providing data to the Landform Assessment LUC dataset is due to be closed down, effective the 8th of March 2024. Please switch to using this service to continue accessing this dataset.
Published 01/03/2024Our News
Regional Topographic basemaps updated
The regional topographic basemaps, first released in 2015, have been fully updated to Version 2. Thse maps incorporate terrain data from LIDAR sources at larger scales.
Published: 25/07/20222021 Wellington Regional aerial imagery layer released.
Colour aerial imagery basemap for the Wellington Region. Imagery captured in Jan-Feb 2021. See also the LINZ Data Service for downloadable images.
Published: 09/08/2021High-resolution 1m contour data now available
1m topographic contours are now available for download. They are derived from the best publicly-available LIDAR elevation data, and cover the whole Wellington Region. Data is tiled by 50k topo map sheet extents. Many sheets also now available as vector tile cache services.
Published: 24/05/2021, updated 9/09/2021OTHER SITES
Some other sites of interest to GIS Users are listed below.
All of these sites provide options for data discovery or data supply.
Retrolens Historical Aerials Portal
Related Sites
Other mapping resources from Local Government in the Region
Many of our partner councils in the Wellington Region provide online GIS mapping systems for public use. These sites are listed below.
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