Maps

HERE Data Layers

Explore, visualize and download the map data you need to build solutions for cities with ease

Reliable and accurate

Benefit from highly accurate and customizable city maps from the world’s leading location platform.

Rich and detailed

Get comprehensive, robust and advanced location data offerings with over 500 mapping attributes that accurately reflect reality.

Ready for analysis

Customize our urban geospatial datasets by layer to have them ready for analysis or AI/ML in a widely-used format.

License and generate the data components you need

Generate stand-alone datasets tailored to your needs and enrich maps without processing large volumes of irrelevant data.

Selectively generate and license our content in thematic layers as self-contained datasets, based on the type of content you need or the specific geographic area in which you operate.

Choose one or all data layers, as well as the cities of your choice from one of the most complete and detailed map datasets available today.

Administrative Divisions

This layer includes a full administrative hierarchy as defined in a country, with its corresponding spatial representation of the area. Examples include countries, states, provinces, municipalities, cities or built-up areas.

Map data with administrative boundaries and related naming
Geocode addresses, streets, admin areas and places based on their corresponding admin areas
Resolve an address with its street name based on the city name
Connect your external content to enrich the user experience

Buildings

This layer represents two-dimensional building footprints with corresponding attributes (like height and building type) to depict man-made building structures.

Map data with building footprints and related naming
Download visual renderings of specific buildings
Connect your external content to generate customized map solutions with fixed referencing to HERE maps

Destination Signs

This layer represents directional signs as published along roads to inform drivers of destinations the road is heading to.

Localize and enrich maps using sign positions, text, images or shapes
Optimize road infrastructure maintenance

Hydrography

This layer publishes cartographic content that represents various water features, such as lakes, rivers, bays, oceans and more.

Create map data with hydrographic features based on categories or names
Create rendered maps for different zoom levels

Land Cover

This layer publishes cartographic content related to the physical coverage of Earth, including natural world information like woodlands, wetlands, grasslands, deserts, or glaciers.

Create map data with land cover cartographic features based on categories or names
Create map data for different zoom levels
Combine with Land Use features to render richer maps with more features

Land Use

This layer publishes cartographic content related to the functional usage of land, including man-made features like airports, shopping centers, amusement parks, animal parks, colleges or universities, hospitals, or cemeteries.

Create map data with land use cartographic features based on categories or names
Create rendered maps for different zoom levels
Combine with Land Cover features to render richer maps with more features

Navigable Roads

This layer represents roads with their corresponding attribution. Publish geometry for the centerline of roads and include attributions to make roads navigable.

Render road networks based on specific display attributions
Build a navigable graphs for road networks, with a focus on passenger cars
Compute routes using basic and more advanced navigable attributions
Connect your external data to the HERE road network to enrich your customers' experience
Track the whereabouts of assets against the HERE road network
Perform basic search and geocoding functions

Places

This layer represents specific places with their corresponding location, as well as related attribution to get more information about a specific place, such as restaurants, hotels, gas stations, shops and more.

Search destinations based on specific criteria
Enrich the map display based on places
Connect external content to HERE Places to enrich the experience

Traffic Restrictions

This layer represents specific paths in the road network where legal or physical restrictions apply.

Provide safer and more accurate routes with advanced navigation content that applies to specific road situations
Highlight locations in the map display where turn restrictions apply to warn drivers of potentially illegal maneuvers

Traffic Signs

This layer represents signs along the road network to inform drivers of specific situations, such as road conditions, traffic regulations, safety issues or other traffic-related events.