58 datasets found

  • Comparison of discharge and water gauge data with hazard levels

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the current discharge at all the stations, as compared with flood hazard levels.

    Last updated: October 30, 2014

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • lake
    • water-geographic
    • hydrology
    • watercourse
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹ month⁻¹, June

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly rainfall erosivity maps (R-factor maps) of Switzerland with a spatial resolution of 100 m. The maps show the spatial and seasonal variability of rainfall erosivity in MJ...

    Last updated: February 27, 2020

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • erosion
    • erosion
    • erosion-control
    • precipitation-enhancement
    • soil-erosion
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Flood alert map

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The flood alert map shows the current flood danger level (1 to 5) for all and for the regions in relation to small and medium-sized rivers. The rivers of national interest are...

    Last updated: November 5, 2014

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • flood
    • flowing-water
    • hydrology
    • water-geographic
    • natural-hazard
    • lake
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Federal Inventory of Floodplains of National Importance

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Floodplains, namely natural habitats in the flood zones of watercourses, are in decline. The scientific inventory of floodplains was commissioned by the FDHA in May 1981 and...

    Last updated: November 1, 2017

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), July

    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
    • erosion
    • erosion-control
    • soil-erosion
    • human-health-and-safety
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Vegetation height model NFI

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

    Information on the vegetation height is determined using remote sensing methods with active and passive sensors. LiDAR is an active sensor. An optical sensor, for example an aerial...

    Last updated: October 31, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • forest-resource
    • wood
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Federal Inventory of Landscapes and Natural Monuments

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Article 5 of the Federal Act of 1 July 1966 on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage (NCHA) orders the Federal Council to compile inventories of sites of national...

    Last updated: June 1, 2017

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • e-geoch
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • environment
    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Federal Inventory of Raised and Transition Bogs of National Importance

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Raised bogs are some of the most susceptible habitats in Switzerland and are in sharp decline. Today, between 10% and 20% of the original stocks still exist. The scientific...

    Last updated: November 1, 2017

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
    • environment
    • protected-sites
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Water temperature of rivers and streams

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map provides an overview of current water temperatures in Switzerland's rivers.

    Last updated: October 30, 2014

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • flowing-water
    • hydrology
    • water-geographic
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Relief shading of vegetation height model NFI

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

    Information on vegetation height is determined using remote sensing methods with active and passive sensors. LiDAR is an active sensor. An optical sensor, for example an aerial...

    Last updated: October 31, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • fise-forest-information-system-for-europe
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • wood
    • forest-resource
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Federal Inventory of Hunting Ban Reserves

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Federal hunting bans have existed since 1875 and served the purpose of raising the populations of chamois, red deer and roe deer as well as ibex (cloven-hoofed game), which had...

    Last updated: June 15, 2023

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Daytime railway noise exposure

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the daytime railway noise to which the population is exposed. The noise calculation is based on the real emissions of the year 2015. This emissions were calculated...

    Last updated: December 31, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • e-geoch
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • traffic-noise
    • noise-level
    • noise-immission
    • noise-abatement
    • noise-pollutant
    • noise-effect
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • General situation of groundwater levels and spring discharges

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map provides an overview of the current groundwater levels and spring discharges in Switzerland compared with the expected conditions. The data is shown as below, above or...

    Last updated: September 21, 2016

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • hydrology
    • water-geographic
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • NAQUA-QUANT Monitoring sites (NAQUA National groundwater monitoring)

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Groundwater is the result of the percolation of rainfall and the infiltration of river water. Groundwater levels and spring discharges therefore respond – though possibly with a...

    Last updated: January 30, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • hydrology
    • water-geographic
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • National Ecological Network REN, extensive agricultural area

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The National Ecological Network (REN) was developed in close collaboration with cantonal authorities for the protection of nature and landscapes. It issues a technical/sciencific...

    Last updated: February 14, 2011

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Distribution of ibex colonies

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

    After being resettled in 1906, Alpine (Capra) ibex live in colonies of varying sizes throughout the Alpine region and in the Jura mountains. Because the growth of stocks in...

    Last updated: March 31, 2021

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • e-geoch
    • environment
    • wild-animal
    • game-animals
    • species-distribution
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Groundwater temperature

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map provides an overview of Switzerland's current groundwater temperatures. The calculation is based on percentiles of the dataset for the standard period 1991–2020 or, in the...

    Last updated: June 23, 2022

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • hydrology
    • groundwater
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Stations hydrological forecasts

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map provides an overview of stations forecasted by FEWS.

    Last updated: January 30, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • water-geographic
    • hydrology
    • flowing-water
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Mapping of Floodplains of National Importance

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

    In order to give cantons the option of taking the protection of floodplains of probable national importance into their own hands as quickly as possible, the Swiss Agency for the...

    Last updated: May 11, 2020

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
    • environment
    • protected-sites
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Swiss National Park

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Switzerland’s National Park was created in 1909 through private initiatives. When the Confederation took over, it was officially created on 1 August 1914. The park was expanded...

    Last updated: January 17, 2001

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
    • environment
    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure