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

  • 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

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

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    This dataset shows the locations where energy raw materials have been identified as well as the former mining sites in Switzerland. Currently, no energy raw materials are exploited...

    Last updated: October 1, 2017

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    • WMS
    • API
    • mineral-industry
    • coal-mining
    • energy-resource
    • geotechnics
    • bitumen
    • natural-gas
    • mineral-extraction
    • geology
    • mineral-resources
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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

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    • 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
  • 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...

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    • 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
  • Dimension stone

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    This dataset shows the extraction and production sites of dimension stone in Switzerland (in operation or decommissioned). Sculpted or sawn, these dimension stones are mainly used...

    Last updated: October 1, 2017

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

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Lithological map of Switzerland 1:500,000 provides an overview of the subsurface classified according to lithological and petrographic criteria. The geometry of the polygons...

    Last updated: August 3, 2012

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • lithology
    • petrography
    • geotechnics
    • geology
    • 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

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • ore
    • mineral
    • raw-material
    • mineral-resources
    • geology
    • 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

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    • 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
  • Gypsum

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    This dataset shows the extraction and production sites of gypsum in Switzerland (in operation or decommissioned). Gypsum falls under the category of industrial minerals and is used...

    Last updated: October 1, 2017

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    • WMS
    • API
    • mineral-industry
    • mineral-extraction
    • geotechnics
    • geology
    • mineral-resources
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Metallic raw materials

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    This dataset shows the locations where metallic raw materials (ores) have been identified as well as the former mining sites in Switzerland. Currently, no metallic raw materials...

    Last updated: October 1, 2017

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    • WMS
    • API
    • geotechnics
    • ore
    • mineralisation
    • mineral-industry
    • mineral-extraction
    • geology
    • mineral-resources
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Quarries 1915

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data on quarries is part of the Resources Information System of the Georesources Switzerland Group, a database of mineral deposits in Switzerland. This database contains...

    Last updated: December 31, 1997

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    • WMTS
    • API
    • quarry
    • geotechnics
    • geology
    • mineral-resources
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Lithological map of Switzerland – Groups of rocks 1:500000

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Lithological map of Switzerland – Groups of rocks 1:500,000 provides an overview of the subsurface subdivided into three groups of rocks: unconsolidated rocks, sedimentary...

    Last updated: January 1, 2000

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • lithology
    • petrography
    • geotechnics
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Lithological map of Switzerland – Genesis 1:500000

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Lithological map of Switzerland – Genesis 1:500,000 provides an overview of the subsurface classified according to the origin of the rocks, e.g. deposits from rivers and...

    Last updated: January 1, 2000

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • lithology
    • petrography
    • geotechnics
    • geology
    • mineral-resources
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Quarries 1995

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data on quarries is part of the Resources Information System of the Georesources Switzerland Group, a database of mineral deposits in Switzerland. This database contains...

    Last updated: December 31, 1997

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    • WMTS
    • API
    • quarry
    • geotechnics
    • geology
    • mineral-resources
    • 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...

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • lithology
    • petrography
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • built-structure
    • geotechnics
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Quarries 1965

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data on quarries is part of the Resources Information System of the Georesources Switzerland Group, a database of mineral deposits in Switzerland. This database contains...

    Last updated: December 31, 1997

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • API
    • geotechnics
    • quarry
    • geology
    • mineral-resources
    • 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

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • e-geoch
    • geophysical-map
    • gravimetry
    • geophysics
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Crushed-rock aggregates

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    This dataset shows the extraction and production sites of crushed-rock aggregates in Switzerland (in operation or decommissioned). Crushed-rock aggregates play an important role...

    Last updated: October 1, 2017

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • API
    • lithology
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • petrography
    • built-structure
    • geotechnics
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Salt

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    This dataset shows the extraction and production sites of salt in Switzerland (in operation or decommissioned). Salt falls under the category of industrial minerals and is mainly...

    Last updated: October 1, 2017

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • API
    • mineral-extraction
    • mineral-industry
    • geotechnics
    • geology
    • mineral-resources
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Aeromagnetic Map of the Swiss Plateau and the Jura Mountains

    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: January 1, 1983

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • geophysical-map
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • magnetism
    • geophysics
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure