248 datasets found

  • Alpine pastures protected by livestock guardian dogs

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The return of large predators to Switzerland has led to the use of livestock guardian dogs on our alpine pastures. Herd guards are used to protect livestock against larger...

    Last updated: January 5, 2025

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Amphibian migration conflicting with traffic

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Since the mid-1950s, the number of amphibians being killed on roads has increased dramatically. Every year, hundreds of thousands of amphibians cross roads in Switzerland during...

    Last updated: September 2, 2024

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • GDB
    • SHP
    • HTML
    • ZIP
    • API
    • transport
    • environment
    • amphibian
    • crossing-place-for-animals
    • transport-networks
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Seismic zones according to the SIA 261 standard

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Map of seismic zones from the SIA 261 Standard “Actions on Structures” (2020). A design value is specified for the horizontal ground acceleration agd (in m/s2). This design value...

    Last updated: March 30, 2011

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • natural-risk
    • hazard-area
    • earthquake
    • natural-risk-zones
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • hazard-map
  • Warning Forest Fire Danger

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    The FOEN's forest fire danger warning contains the general daily forest fire danger based on meteorological data and the resulting forest fire indices.

    Last updated: November 17, 2022

    • HTML
    • WMS
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • forest-fire
    • wood
    • prevention-of-forest-fires
    • natural-risk
    • land-use
    • fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Ammonium

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Within the National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA), water quality is recorded jointly by the federal and cantonal authorities at around 100 monitoring...

    Last updated: March 26, 2014

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    • WMS
    • HTML
    • API
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • watercourse
  • Habitat Map of Switzerland

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The dataset maps Swiss habitats according to the TypoCH classification ('Lebensräume der Schweiz', Delarze et al. 2015) area-wide, to at least the second level of detail of the...

    Last updated:

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    • HTML
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Map of potential permafrost distribution

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the potential permafrost distribution in Switzerland based on modelling. In Switzerland, above 2400 metres the ground can be permanently frozen, depending on its...

    Last updated: December 31, 2005

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    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • map-chart
    • natural-risk
    • permafrost-ecosystem
    • natural-risk-zones
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • National Ecological Network (REN), dry habitat

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The National Ecological Network (REN) was developed in close collaboration with cantonal authorities for the protec-tion of nature and landscapes. It issues a technical/sciencific...

    Last updated: February 14, 2011

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Overland flow map

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The areas affected by overland flow were determined using a simplified method the over entire Switzerland and Liechtenstein. They were determined by modelling without any...

    Last updated: February 9, 2023

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • flooding
    • surface-runoff
    • thunderstorm
    • flood
    • natural-risk-analysis
    • danger-analysis
    • rain
    • natural-risk
    • natural-hazard
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Ammonia Concentration

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Ammonia can harm plants and animals and contributes to elevated nitrogen deposition. Critical levels for ammonia are established in the framework of the UNECE convention on...

    Last updated: August 15, 2022

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • air-pollutant
    • air
    • pollutant
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Total Phosphorus

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Within the National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA), water quality is recorded jointly by the federal and cantonal authorities at around 100 monitoring stations....

    Last updated: March 26, 2014

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    • WMS
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    • API
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • watercourse
  • Water status monitoring stations CH

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data set represents the monitoring stations where the water status is recorded. The cantons are responsible for water protection enforcement, as they are for other...

    Last updated: March 1, 2013

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
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    • API
    • environment
    • human-health-and-safety
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • water
  • Assessment of the Biological Water Status: Macrophytes

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Within the National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA), water quality is recorded jointly by the federal and cantonal authorities at around 100 monitoring stations....

    Last updated: March 26, 2014

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • HTML
    • API
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • watercourse
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Solidago gigantea

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Groundwater temperature

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map provides an overview of Switzerland's current groundwater temperatures. The calculation is based on percentiles of the dataset for the standard period 1991–2020 or, in the...

    Last updated: June 23, 2022

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • hydrology
    • groundwater
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Solidago canadensis

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • General situation of rivers and lakes

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the current Swissriver discharges and lake water levels compared with the monthly percentiles of the long term hourly averages (expressed in percentiles). The...

    Last updated: October 30, 2014

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • lake
    • water-geographic
    • hydrology
    • flowing-water
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹ month⁻¹, December

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly rainfall erosivity maps (R-factor maps) of Switzerland with a spatial resolution of 100 m. The maps show the spatial and seasonal variability of rainfall erosivity in MJ...

    Last updated: February 27, 2020

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • precipitation-enhancement
    • soil-erosion
    • erosion-control
    • erosion
    • soil
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • Balance areas (catchment areas) HADES

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The balance areas form the middle layer of the system of catchment areas that describe Switzerland’s hydrographical structure (Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland, HADES). They are...

    Last updated: January 1, 2004

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • water-geographic
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • gewiss
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Reynoutria japonica

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure