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This dataset shows the use of stone in the construction of over 4,000 buildings in Switzerland. The data was collected by Francis de Quervain between 1954 and 1983. Over the pas...
The Swiss Saltworks cover the entire demand of Switzerland for de-icing, industrial and table salts. This dataset shows the active and decommissioned mining and production sites...
Gypsum is used primarily in the construction and cement industries but also in the handicraft and the ceramics industries. This dataset shows the active and decommissioned gypsu...
Broken hard rock refers to gravel, grit and rubble that is extracted from hard rock in quarries and then mechanically broken down into small pieces. It is used primarily in cons...
The data on the brickworks is part of the Geotechnical Environmental Atlas (GEA) of the Swiss Geotechnical Commission, a database of mineral deposits in Switzerland. This databa...
The triangular network of the national survey (FINELTRA-LV) was completed in the 90's and has permitted to transform geodata from LV03 to LV95 and vice versa with an accuracy of...
The mosaic of Landsat satellite images is a composition of 20 individual images taken by the American satellite Landsat 5, in the years 1990 to 1994. It is a unique set of image...
In context of the update cycle of the national maps and the production of the orthoimage mosaic SWISSIMAGE, swisstopo records the whole area of Switzerland with aerial image str...
The displacement vectors of the pass points (TSP1) point from LV03 to LV95 and therefore in the direction and absolute value of the local rectification (infobox).
The map (GK500-LGM) shows the maximum extent of glaciation in Switzerland at the height of the last Ice Age around 24,000 years ago. It presents the latest results of current re...
The displacement vectors of the pass points (TSP2) point from LV03 to LV95 and therefore in the direction and absolute value of the local rectification (infobox).
The overall magnetisation of a rock consists of induced magnetisation caused by the Earth's magnetic field and of remanent magnetisation acquired by the rock during its formatio...
The map of near-surface mineral resources of Switzerland 1:500000 (GK500) of the Swiss Geotechnical Commission (SGTK) shows the subsurface strata classified according to litholo...
swissBOUNDARIES3D municipal boundaries constitute the administrative borders of the municipalities of Switzerland and the principality of Liechtenstein. The commune is the small...
swissNAMES3D is the most comprehensive collection of geographical names for Switzerland and Liechtenstein. swissNAMES3D contains about 400,000 georeferenced entries divided in d...
The data on quarries is part of the Geotechnical Environmental Atlas (GEA) of the Swiss Geotechnical Commission, a database of mineral deposits in Switzerland. This database con...
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