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

36 datasets found

  • Switzerland During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) 1:500000

    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
    • glaciology
    • e-geoch
    • glaciation
    • geology
    • 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
  • 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
  • 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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • lithology
    • petrography
    • geotechnics
    • 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
  • 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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • API
    • mineral-industry
    • coal-mining
    • energy-resource
    • geotechnics
    • bitumen
    • natural-gas
    • mineral-extraction
    • geology
    • mineral-resources
    • 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
  • 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
  • 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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • API
    • geotechnics
    • ore
    • mineralisation
    • mineral-industry
    • mineral-extraction
    • geology
    • mineral-resources
    • 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
  • 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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • petrography
    • lithology
    • built-structure
    • geotechnics
    • geology
    • 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