The map layers
Every layer comes from a public government service and is shown as that body publishes it. This page records who issues each one, what it covers, and where its limits are.
What an absence of a mark means
If a layer shows nothing at your point, that means the point is outside that dataset — not that the hazard, restriction or declaration does not exist. Several registers cover only some districts, and some are updated rarely.
Cadastre
Cadastral map
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
On by default. Draws only when zoomed in: blocks from ~1:30,000, parcels and numbers from ~1:10,000. Further out it stays ticked but empty — zoom to your area.
Parcel boundaries
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
Buildings
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
Draws from ~1:30,000 scale.
Sheet / plan grid
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
Each scale draws within its own zoom range.
Surveyed parcels (sheet/plan)
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
The Department of Lands and Surveys' surveyed-parcel polygons — sporadic surveys and surveyed parcels — each carrying the Sheet and Plan no. of its survey. The click answers from the sporadic-survey layer with the Sheet and Plan no. at the point. This is NOT a special-plan (ΕΣ) number: the Department publishes no ΕΣ numbers in any open layer.
Postal codes
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
Draws from ~1:20,000 scale.
Administrative boundaries
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
Planning
Planning zones
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys / Department of Town Planning and Housing, Republic of Cyprus
Zone boundaries from ~1:50,000; zone codes (e.g. Κα6) from ~1:10,000. Click for the zone's details.
White zones
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
Draws from ~1:150,000 scale.
State land
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
Draws from ~1:10,000 scale.
Green public open space
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
Parcels the Department of Lands and Surveys records as green public open space — a subset of the «State land» layer, filtered by the same server. It is a Land Registry fact about ownership and use, NOT a planning green zone: zones live in «Planning zones».
Beach protection zone
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
Draws from ~1:25,000 scale.
Environment & hazards
Geological suitability
Source: Geological Survey Department, Republic of Cyprus
Flood zones — 20-year
Source: Water Development Department, Republic of Cyprus (CC BY)
Flood zones — 100-year
Source: Water Development Department, Republic of Cyprus (CC BY)
Flood zones — 500-year scenario
Source: Water Development Department, Republic of Cyprus (CC BY)
Flood zones — 2080 projection (climate change)
Source: Water Development Department, Republic of Cyprus (CC BY)
Seismic zones
Source: Geological Survey Department, Republic of Cyprus — zones per the National Annex to CYS EN 1998-1:2004
Natura 2000
Source: © European Environment Agency — Natura 2000 (CC BY)
EU Natura 2000 network (63 Cyprus sites). Boundaries are indicative — the Department of Environment is the authority.
Dam protection zones
Source: Water Development Department, Republic of Cyprus (CC BY)
Dangerous buildings (Limassol, Nicosia, Larnaca, Famagusta)
Source: © Επαρχιακός Οργανισμός Αυτοδιοίκησης Λεμεσού · Μητρώο © Επαρχιακός Οργανισμός Αυτοδιοίκησης Λευκωσίας · χαρτογράφηση AXIA · Μητρώο © Επαρχιακός Οργανισμός Αυτοδιοίκησης Λάρνακας · χαρτογράφηση AXIA · Μητρώο © Επαρχιακός Οργανισμός Αυτοδιοίκησης Αμμοχώστου · χαρτογράφηση AXIA
Limassol: the EOA's live service. Nicosia: a register copy (edition 07/2026, 712 records). Larnaca: a register copy (12/08/2026, 10 records) — 6 matched from the register's own references and 4 identified by a chartered surveyor, because the register publishes no section. Famagusta: a register copy (12/08/2026, 20 records — 15Α need repair, 15Β dangerous). Paphos publishes no register.
Nationally designated areas
Source: © Τμήμα Περιβάλλοντος — CC BY 4.0 (data.gov.cy)
Department of Environment, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0). The file does not publish the designation category — the name and year are shown.
Water
Drinking-water protection areas
Source: Water Development Department, Republic of Cyprus
Groundwater bodies (aquifers)
Source: Water Development Department, Republic of Cyprus
Coastal groundwater bodies
Source: Water Development Department, Republic of Cyprus
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones
Source: Water Development Department, Republic of Cyprus
Directive 91/676/EEC.
Watersheds
Source: Water Development Department, Republic of Cyprus (CC BY 4.0)
Infrastructure & topography
EAC pylons & HV grid
Source: © ΑΗΚ / Τμήμα Κτηματολογίου και Χωρομετρίας — CC BY 4.0
Live DLS service (CC BY 4.0). The pylon capture rests on 2014 orthophotography and satellite imagery to 2016.
Road network
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
Topographic information
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
Land Registry topographic symbols — sparse outside built-up areas.
Contour lines (1993)
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
The 1993 elevation series — the only contour set the Department of Lands and Surveys publishes. No public 2019 set exists.
Basemaps
Orthophoto 2019
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
2019 capture — Department of Lands and Surveys.
Orthophoto 2014
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
2014 capture (10 cm) — historical imagery.
Orthophoto 1993
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
1993 capture — mainly west/central coverage.
Orthophoto 1963
Source: © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
Historical 1963 aerial imagery.
Esri World Imagery
Source: Esri, Vantor, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community
Real detail to z18 in Cyprus — for deeper zoom prefer the DLS 2019 ortho.
Street map (Esri)
Source: Esri, HERE, Garmin, and the GIS User Community
OpenStreetMap
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors
Attribution
Data is reproduced from the public services of the bodies below, credited as each licence requires. Every source is also named beside the layer it belongs to, above.
- © Department of Lands and Surveys, Republic of Cyprus
- © Department of Lands and Surveys / Department of Town Planning and Housing, Republic of Cyprus
- Geological Survey Department, Republic of Cyprus
- Water Development Department, Republic of Cyprus (CC BY)
- Geological Survey Department, Republic of Cyprus — zones per the National Annex to CYS EN 1998-1:2004
- © European Environment Agency — Natura 2000 (CC BY)
- © Επαρχιακός Οργανισμός Αυτοδιοίκησης Λεμεσού · Μητρώο © Επαρχιακός Οργανισμός Αυτοδιοίκησης Λευκωσίας · χαρτογράφηση AXIA · Μητρώο © Επαρχιακός Οργανισμός Αυτοδιοίκησης Λάρνακας · χαρτογράφηση AXIA · Μητρώο © Επαρχιακός Οργανισμός Αυτοδιοίκησης Αμμοχώστου · χαρτογράφηση AXIA
- © Τμήμα Περιβάλλοντος — CC BY 4.0 (data.gov.cy)
- Water Development Department, Republic of Cyprus
- Water Development Department, Republic of Cyprus (CC BY 4.0)
- © ΑΗΚ / Τμήμα Κτηματολογίου και Χωρομετρίας — CC BY 4.0
- Esri, Vantor, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community
- Esri, HERE, Garmin, and the GIS User Community
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
Data is reproduced from the public services of the Department of Lands and Surveys and other government bodies and is shown as published; it is not an official certificate and parcel boundaries are indicative. Use of the map and of this site is entirely at your own risk — no property decision should rest on it alone; consult a registered valuer or the competent authority. Terms of Use
