HMS manages the development and implementation of digital planning and geographic databases on planning for maritime and coastal areas as well as environmental impact assessments.

The agency also oversees the development and maintenance of Skipulagsgátt planning portal, the planning map viewer Skipulagsvefsjá and other web-based viewers for digital planning.

Below you can access various planning-related geographical information and data maintained by HMS, with other useful data.

Digital planning

Municipal master plans and local plans must be prepared in digital format. This also applies to coastal and marine spatial plans. This is in accordance with the Planning Act and the Act on Marine and Coastal Planning.

Land-use maps are to be created in a standardised format within a Geographic Information System (GIS).

The formally approved and signed paper version of a master or local plan remains the legal reference. Digital planning complements traditional planning documents such as land use-maps and planning reports.

You can find map viewers, geographical data, and guidelines for preparing digital plans below:

Other data

Geographic information maintained by HMS as well as data from other entities that can be useful in the planning process.

Data from other parties

On the National Geo-Data portal, digital geographical data provided by public entities can be accessed. Among the data sets useful for planning are:

• Protected areas - Part B of the Natural Conservation Register - Waterbodies - River Basins

• Water Protection Zones

• Archaeological Site inventory

• Municipal Boundaries

• Habitat Maps

• Agricultural Land Mapping

• The Icelandic Master Plan for Nature Protection and Energy Utilization