The centre of competence for the Swiss Confederation responsible for geographical reference data, for instance the description, representation and archiving of geographic spatial data.

63 datasets found

  • Geothermal Map of Switzerland 1:500000

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The geothermal map shows the thermal energy that is produced in the subsurface and traverses the Earth's surface within an area of 1 m2 (mW/m2). The heat flow data is calculated...

    Last updated: December 31, 1982

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
    • geophysical-map
    • egip-european-geothermal-information-platform
    • geothermal-energy
    • geophysics
    • energy-resources
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Height control points HFP1 (National Survey)

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    All spatial data is based on measurement points. It is recommended to use the so-called fixed control points for all technical works which need reliable and accurate position...

    Last updated: September 20, 2007

    • WMS
    • API
    • HTML
    • reference-frame
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • coordinate
    • official-geodata
    • national-survey
    • national-coordinates
    • geodesy
    • elevation
    • coordinate-reference-systems
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Low distortion area

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    During fieldwork in the official cadastral survey, a local adaptation must be made or proof must be provided that this is not needed. In low distortion areas, a local adaptation is...

    Last updated: November 14, 2022

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • fixpoint
    • swiss-positioning-service-swipos
    • cadastral-surveying
    • positioning-service
    • precision
    • coordinate-reference-systems
    • cadastral-parcels
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Hydrogeological Map of Switzerland: Vulnerability of Groundwater Resources 1:500000

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) is the body within the Swiss Geological Survey responsible for hydrogeology. The 1:500,000 Hydrogeological Map forms part of the...

    Last updated: January 1, 2008

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • e-geoch
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • earth-science
    • groundwater-protection
    • hydrogeology
    • groundwater-endangering
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Lithological and mineralogical map of Switzerland 1:200000

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Lithological-mineralogical map of Switzerland 1:200,000 provides an overview of the subsurface classified according to lithological criteria. The superimposed locations of...

    Last updated: January 1, 1998

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • ore
    • mineral
    • raw-material
    • mineral-resources
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Natural stones on buildings

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    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 past...

    Last updated:

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • lithology
    • petrography
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • built-structure
    • geotechnics
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Aeromagnetic Map of Switzerland 1:500000

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    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 formation....

    Last updated: December 31, 1982

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • geophysical-map
    • official-geodata
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • magnetism
    • geophysics
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • General Geological Map of Switzerland 1:200,000

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Geological mapping of the whole country based on the Dufour Map of Switzerland. Comprised of eight sheets, published between 1942 and 1964, the General Geological Map of...

    Last updated: December 31, 1964

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • historic-map
    • geologic-map
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • geology
    • earth-science
    • sedimentation-geology
    • stone
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • GeoMaps 500 Vector

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Six «GeoMaps» at 1:500000 scale give a broad overview of the composition and major features of the underlying structure of Switzerland. The geological map provides an overview of...

    Last updated: December 31, 2009

    • WMS
    • well-consolidated-rock
    • official-geodata
    • geologic-map
    • glaciation
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
    • gravimetry
    • groundwater-resources
    • geology
    • stone
    • earth-science
    • sedimentation-geology
  • Hydrogeological Map of Switzerland: Groundwater Resources 1:500000

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) is the body within the Swiss Geological Survey responsible for hydrogeology. The 1:500,000 Hydrogeological Map forms part of the...

    Last updated: September 14, 2007

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • e-geoch
    • groundwater
    • earth-science
    • aquifer
    • hydrogeology
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • swissALTIRegio

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    swissALTIRegio is a medium-resolution digital terrain model (10m). It describes the surface without vegetation and buildings. Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein, as...

    Last updated: November 30, 2023

    • geographic-information-system
    • laser
    • digital-land-model
    • elevation
    • 3d-simulation
    • official-geodata
    • lidar-light-detection-and-ranging
    • laserscanning
    • dem-digital-elevation-model
    • gis-geographic-information-system
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • 3d-visualisation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Gravimetric Map of Switzerland (Isostatic Anomalies) 1:500000

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Isostatic anomalies can be deduced using the Pratt or Airy hypothesis. These anomalies correspond to the static flotation of the Earth’s crust in the upper mantle. The deviation...

    Last updated: December 31, 1979

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • e-geoch
    • geophysical-map
    • gravimetry
    • geophysics
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Status of the cantonal geotope inventories

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Geotopes Project Group (Swiss Academy of Sciences SCNAT) centralises all geodata relating to cantonal geotope inventories in a GIS database. The aim is to obtain a nationwide...

    Last updated: February 15, 2023

    • HTML
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • geotope
    • canton
    • protected-natural-zone
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • register
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • protected-sites
    • geology
  • swissTLM3D Railway

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment, Transport

    swissTLM3D Railway contains the path of the railways with narrow-gauge and standard gauge. All tracks are captured in the sections with multiple tracks and in the areas of a...

    Last updated: March 6, 2024

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • landscape-model
    • traffic-network
    • gis-geographic-information-system
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • single-object
    • transport-networks
    • geographical-names
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Geoid model CHGeo2004 in CH1903

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Swiss geoid model in the version of 2004 (CHGeo2004) in the reference system CH1903. It forms the zero reference surface (approximated mean sea level) for height determination and...

    Last updated: March 7, 2004

    • SERVICE
    • ZIP
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • reference-system
    • official-geodata
    • national-survey
    • geoid
    • transformation
    • geodesy
    • elevation
    • coordinate-reference-systems
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Bedrock elevation model

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The bedrock elevation model is a complete model of the bedrock surface (or Quaternary base) in the Molasse Basin, the larger Alpine valleys (Rhine, Rhône, Aare, Reuss, Linth and...

    Last updated: April 29, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • official-geodata
    • glaciation
    • bouguer-anomaly
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • geomorphology
    • sedimentation-basin
    • sedimentation-geology
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Landsat Mosaic of Switzerland

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    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...

    Last updated: January 1, 1999

    • ZIP
    • WMS
    • geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • satellite-image
    • orthoimagery
  • Geological atlas 25 Vector

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The sheets of the Geological Atlas of Switzerland (GA25) give detailed information about the uppermost layers of the subsurface structure. Geological formations are represented by...

    Last updated:

    • HTML
    • geology
    • earth-science
    • sedimentation-geology
    • stone
    • geological-process
    • tectonics
    • geomorphology
    • official-geodata
    • geologic-map
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Geoid model CHGeo2004 in ETRS89

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Swiss geoid model in the version of 2004 (CHGeo2004) in the reference system ETRS89. It forms the zero reference surface (approximated mean sea level) for height determination and...

    Last updated: March 7, 2004

    • SERVICE
    • ZIP
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • reference-system
    • national-survey
    • geoid
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • transformation
    • geodesy
    • coordinate-reference-systems
    • elevation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • National Gravity Network

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Current base stations of the national gravity network. These stations are observed regularly and serve as reference Points for gravimetric projects.The backbone of this network is...

    Last updated: August 10, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • API
    • HTML
    • gravimetry
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure