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

40 datasets found

  • Official index of cities and towns including postal codes and perimeter

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    In Article 24 of the regulations governing geographic names (GeoNV), the Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo) is commissioned to establish, administer and publish the new...

    Last updated: May 1, 2024

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • API
    • e-geoch
    • place
    • post-code
    • official-geodata
    • cadastral-surveying
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • administrative-units
    • addresses
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Planimetric control Points LFP1 (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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • API
    • HTML
    • coordinate
    • reference-frame
    • national-survey
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • 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
  • 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
  • Geological Atlas of Switzerland 1:25000

    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: January 1, 1930

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • geologic-map
    • official-geodata
    • geology
    • stone
    • geomorphology
    • geological-process
    • tectonics
    • earth-science
    • sedimentation-geology
    • 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
  • Geological Atlas of Switzerland 1:25000 - Profiles

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The GA25-Profile dataset (GA25_CS) is a compilation of the profiles published together with the Geological Atlas 1:25,000. It depicts the profile tracks and contains metadata on...

    Last updated: December 31, 2022

    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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
  • swissTLM3D Hydrographical network

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

    swissTLM3D hydrographical network contains the watercourses and lake contours of Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. It is part of the dataset swissTLM3D. With a...

    Last updated: March 6, 2024

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • API
    • gis-geographic-information-system
    • landscape-model
    • single-object
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • geographic-information-system
    • vector
    • surface-water
    • geographical-names
    • hydrography
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • water-geographic
  • swissTLM3D Roads and Tracks

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

    swissTLM3D road and tracks contains the road and path network Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. It is part of the dataset swissTLM3D. With a high accuracy and the...

    Last updated: March 6, 2024

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • landscape-model
    • traffic-network
    • gis-geographic-information-system
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • single-object
    • official-geodata
    • motorway
    • vector
    • geographic-information-system
    • highway
    • transport-networks
    • geographical-names
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • swissTLM3D Other transportations

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

    swissTLM3D other transportations contains the different types of cable railway and other types of mechanical transport. It is part of the dataset swissTLM3D. With a high accuracy...

    Last updated: March 6, 2024

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • API
    • traffic-network
    • single-object
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • landscape-model
    • official-geodata
    • gis-geographic-information-system
    • geographical-names
    • transport-networks
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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
  • Raw materials, production and mining sites of the cement industry

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Cement is a fundamental component for the manufacturing of concrete, one of the most widely used construction materials in Switzerland and around the world. This dataset shows the...

    Last updated: October 1, 2017

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • API
    • lithology
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • petrography
    • geotechnics
    • built-structure
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Permanent Network: The Automated GNSS Network for Switzerland AGNES

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Instead of providing a user with the new reference frame LV95 in a classical manner with site descriptions and coordinates, it is also conceivable to provide LV95 using permanent...

    Last updated: January 1, 2002

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • national-survey
    • galileo
    • swiss-positioning-service-swipos
    • e-geoch
    • glonass
    • gps-global-positioning-system
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • positioning-service
    • navigation
    • geodesy
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Image strips swisstopo

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    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 strips...

    Last updated: January 1, 2005

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • multispectral-scanner
    • aerial-photograph
    • aerial-photograph
    • orthoimagery
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Switzerland During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) 1:500000 (vector map)

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    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...

    Last updated: December 31, 2009

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • official-geodata
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • geology
    • glaciology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Thickness model of unconsolidated deposits

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The thickness model of unconsolidated deposits is a digital data set that describes the thickness of the unconsolidated deposits. This product is derived from the bedrock elevation...

    Last updated: April 29, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • bouguer-anomaly
    • glaciation
    • official-geodata
    • sedimentation-geology
    • sedimentation-basin
    • geomorphology
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Tectonic Map of Switzerland (GK500-Tekto) covers the whole of Switzerland and adjoining parts of neighbouring countries. It shows the large-scale structural and tectonic units...

    Last updated: December 31, 2005

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • geologic-map
    • e-geoch
    • official-geodata
    • tectonics
    • earth-science
    • mountain-range
    • fault
    • fault
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Aerial Images swisstopo b / w

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The aerial imagery catalogue of swisstopo comprises around 360’000 analogue aerial photographs (black and white, colour or infrared colour). About 280’00 aerial images are...

    Last updated: January 1, 1927

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • aerial-photograph
    • aerial-photograph
    • orthoimagery
    • 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