Map of Vienna in Shapefile format
A map built from OpenStreetMap data, ready to download
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What this map contains by default
This is how the map is built as-is — every setting can be changed in the constructor.
.shp
About Shapefile
Map of Vienna in Shapefile: 250 215 buildings, 5 060 km of roads, 60 621 points of interest, 65% green areas — in the WGS 84 coordinate system, units are meters.
Which layers are in the file
This file for the selected area contains:
- Roads
- Buildings
- Water
- Greenery
- Points of interest
Geometry by layer
- Roads — lines (LineString) with OpenStreetMap tags
- Buildings — polygons (Polygon) with OpenStreetMap tags
- Water — waterbody polygons and watercourse lines with tags
- Greenery — green-zone polygons with tags
- Points of interest — points (Point) with names and tags
What the file carries
The Shapefile file for Vienna: the parts come as a set of files inside a ZIP archive, the file is binary — it is opened by a program, not by an editor, each layer is a separate file inside the archive, OpenStreetMap tags are kept as feature attributes.
File size
The expected size of the Shapefile file for Vienna is about 63.8 MB; the exact size depends on the chosen layers and area.
Coordinate systems
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326), selectable in the wizard
Units
Meters (projected in the chosen coordinate system)
| Category | GIS |
| File extension | .shp |
| Tier | Open Beta |
What's in the Shapefile map of Vienna
250,215 buildings (64,817 residential, 2,493 commercial, 1,350 industrial, 338 religious), 5,060.2 km of roads, 60,621 points of interest, 15 landmarks.
The area covers 415 km², with about 603 buildings per km².
Mostly residential streets 1,889.5 km, service roads 1,378.5 km, cycleways 584.9 km.
65.1% of the area is green space.
The map marks 5 parks and 7 water bodies.
Key amenities: doctors — 1,180, supermarkets — 892, restaurants — 2,716.
Public transport: 3,599 bus stops, 1,283 tram stops, 436 metro stations, 173 rail stations.
Shapefile with 250,215 buildings and 5,060.2 km of roads. Open in ArcGIS, QGIS, or any GIS software.
Main streets: Wagramer Straße, Breitenfurter Straße, Höhenstraße, Brünner Straße, Laxenburger Straße
Landmarks: Bezirksmuseum Landstraße, Peace Museum Vienna, Madame Tussauds Wien, Bezirksmuseum Hernals, SchokoMuseum
How to use Shapefile for Vienna
- Select the Vienna map area on the main page
- Choose Shapefile format and configure export settings
- Click Export and wait for processing
- Download the file and use in your application
FAQ: Shapefile for Vienna
Why does Shapefile consist of multiple files?
Shapefile is a set of .shp, .shx, .dbf, and .prj files. We package them into a ZIP archive for convenient downloading.
