National Planning Agency
Digital planning and Geographical Information
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The National Planning Agency 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 the Icelandic National Planning Agency, along with data from other parties that is useful in planning.
Digital planning
According to the Planning Act, both municipal master plans and local plans must be prepared in digital format. This also applies to coastal and marine spatial plans in accordance with the Act on Marine and Coastal Planning.
This means that land-use maps are to be created in a standardized format within a Geographic Information System (GIS). Digital planning complements traditional planning documents such as land use-maps and planning reports, and the formally approved and signed paper version of a master or local plan remains the legal reference.
You can find map viewers, geographical data, and guidelines for preparing digital plans below:
Other data
Here you can access additional geographic information maintained by the National Planning Agency, 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, you 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