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211 datasets found

  • Protected areas in the civilian air navigation obstacles publication - Mirelandscapes

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Transport

    Under Art. 19 of the Off-Airport Landing Ordinance (AuLaV; SR 748.132.3), protected areas comprise national parks, raised and transition bogs, water and migratory bird reserves,...

    Last updated: November 1, 2017

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • protected-sites
    • air-navigation-obstacle
    • air-navigation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), August

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green,...

    Last updated: June 27, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • erosion
    • erosion-control
    • soil
    • soil-erosion
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Bassia scoparia

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Phytolacca esculenta

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Alpine Floodplains outside of the federal inventary

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    As past of the systematic inventory of flood plains, properties that were until recently not evaluated as having national significance will also be included in the federal...

    Last updated: July 4, 2019

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • e-geoch
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • biotope
    • space-provided-for-waters
  • Grayling population of national importance: distribution area

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data on grayling populations of national im-portance includes four subproducts; the distribution area layer includes the sections of watercourses with 20 major grayling...

    Last updated: September 5, 2011

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    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Ludwigia peploides

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Precipitation sum June-August, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 2.6

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the precipitation sum (in mm) for the months June to August calculated for the period 2070-2099. The precipitation anomalies of the climate scenario were added to the...

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • forestry
    • storm-damage
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Precipitation sum April-August, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 2.6

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the precipitation sum (in mm) for the months April to August calculated for the period 2070-2099. The precipitation anomalies of the climate scenario were added to...

    Last updated: April 1, 2022

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • forestry
    • storm-damage
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Reynoutria bohemica

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Groundwater bodies of Switzerland

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The groundwater bodies layer shows a simplified and comprehensive breakdown of hydrogeological overview units for Switzerland. The groundwater bodies here have not been developed...

    Last updated: April 25, 2017

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • environment
    • groundwater
    • groundwater
    • hydrogeology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • water
  • Cantonal & private gauging stations (HADES 5.1.2)

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    This set of data represents the locations of hydrometric gauging stations belonging to cantons (data source: “KANTON”) and private owners (data source: “HADES”). The data was...

    Last updated: January 1, 2003

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    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • HTML
    • API
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • water-geographic
    • gewiss
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Pueraria lobata

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Polygonum polystachyum

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Tranquillity Map

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The "Tranquillity Map of the Swiss Plateau" illustrates where areas of near-natural character and low noise pollution still exist near large settlements within the Swiss Plateau....

    Last updated: August 24, 2021

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • natural-areas-landscape-ecosystems
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • leisure-facility
    • green-belt
    • tranquility
  • Air pollution by particulate matter PM2.5

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    "Particulate matter" (PM2.5) refers to particles less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter. These particles are formed during industrial and commercial production processes, combustion...

    Last updated: January 1, 2025

    • HTML
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • air-pollutant
    • air
    • pollutant
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Parthenocissus inserta

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Rhus typhina

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Modelled altitudinal vegetation belts for 1975

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    This map shows the altitudinal belts of forest vegetation in Switzerland for the period 1961-1990. The following altitudinal vegetation belts only occur in the southern valleys:...

    Last updated: September 9, 2021

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • forest-ecology
    • forest-resource
    • wood
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Map of seismic subsoil categories according to the standard SIA 261

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The site class is a required indication to determine the seismic action for a structure according to the building code SIA 261. The maps of site classes are indicative maps and are...

    Last updated: August 13, 2025

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • HTML
    • API
    • microzonation
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • earthquake
    • natural-risk-zones
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure