# Where can I get shapefile data for Examples **URL:** \ **Category:** MapWinGIS\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/where-can-i-get-shapefile-data-for-examples/1425 "2022-10-04T19:27:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rolivera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/67e7ee/32.png) [@rolivera](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/rolivera)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/where-can-i-get-shapefile-data-for-examples/1425/1 "2022-10-04T19:27:37Z")
Hello everyone, I’m new here and I’m having a problem, there are excellent examples on the site but I can’t find the shapefile data used in the projects (“buildings.shp”, “roads.shp”, “path .shp”). I can’t run the examples with the specific need for a shp file. I’m try to follow the link they placed in another similar post but it doesn’t exist anymore. So, I wanted to know how and where can I download these files? Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71e660/32.png) [@george](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/george)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/where-can-i-get-shapefile-data-for-examples/1425/2 "2022-10-09T21:58:42Z")
Here are some free shapefiles: Choose your continent, then a country, then a region, and then for each city in that region, download the shapefiles by clicking on “.shp.zip”: [http://download.geofabrik.de/](http://download.geofabrik.de/) ---
**Author:** ![rolivera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/67e7ee/32.png) [@rolivera](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/rolivera)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/where-can-i-get-shapefile-data-for-examples/1425/3 "2022-10-14T20:41:41Z")
Thanks George! This is a great material. THX 👋 🙂 👍