The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for protecting digital spatial information. The apparatus for protecting digital spatial information according to the present invention includes a spatial information authority database which stores access authority information on spatial information, an access authority determining unit which, when there is a request for access to the spatial information from a user, determines whether to permit the user to access the requested spatial information by referring to the spatial information authority database, a spatial information database, a spatial information providing unit which obtains the access-permitted spatial information from the spatial information database, organizes the information based on the user's request for access, and provides the information, and an access control unit.