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

46 datasets found

  • Declination Map of Switzerland 1:500000

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Geomagnetic maps are the result of measurements of total intensity, declination and inclination. The declination describes the angle formed between magnetic and geographic north....

    Last updated: December 31, 1979

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • geophysical-map
    • e-geoch-geoportal
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • geophysics
    • magnetism
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • swissNAMES3D geographical names of the national Survey

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    swissNAMES3D is the most comprehensive collection of geographical names for Switzerland and Liechtenstein. swissNAMES3D contains over 400,000 georeferenced entries divided in...

    Last updated: January 1, 2014

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • geographical-names
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • mountain
    • nomenclature
  • 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 Forest

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    swissTLM3D Forest contains the forested areas of Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. It is part of the dataset swissTLM3D. With a high accuracy and the incorporation...

    Last updated: March 6, 2024

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • landscape-model
    • wooded-area
    • official-geodata
    • gis-geographic-information-system
    • land-cover
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • vector
    • geographic-information-system
    • wood
    • geographical-names
    • land-cover
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Lithological-petrographic map of Switzerland 1:200000

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Lithological-petrographic map of Switzerland 1:200,000 provides an overview of the subsurface classified according to lithological-petrographic criteria. The legend is designed...

    Last updated: January 1, 1967

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • petrography
    • lithology
    • excavation-site
    • geotechnics
    • quarry
    • geology
    • mineral-resources
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • swissTLM-Map (color)

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    swissTLM-Map is an automatically generated map which offers a complement to the national maps in the scale range 1:5'000 to 1:10'000. swissTLM-Map is based on the data of the...

    Last updated: March 6, 2024

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • contour-line
    • single-object
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • traffic-network
    • base-map
    • landscape-model
    • gis-geographic-information-system
    • vector
    • geographic-information-system
    • public-transport
    • hydrography
    • land-cover
    • geographical-names
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • topography
    • map-chart
  • Aerial Images swisstopo color

    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, 1961

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • aerial-photograph
    • aerial-photograph
    • orthoimagery
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Geological Map of Switzerland 1:500000

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The 1:500,000 Geological Map of Switzerland covers the whole of Switzerland and adjoining parts of neighbouring countries. It gives an overview of the distribution of the uppermost...

    Last updated: December 31, 2005

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • official-geodata
    • well-consolidated-rock
    • geologic-map
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • geology
    • earth-science
    • sedimentation-geology
    • stone
    • 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
  • 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
  • Geotopes in Switzerland

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Geotopes are geoscientific natural monuments. Geotopes that represent geological history show the development of the landscape, the climate and life, the formation and...

    Last updated: January 1, 1990

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