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

77 datasets found

  • 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

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • geotope
    • canton
    • protected-natural-zone
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • register
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • protected-sites
    • geology
  • 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
  • Gravimetric Map of Switzerland (Bouguer Anomalies) 1:500000

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Gravitational acceleration or gravity depends on the location of the measuring point and the mass distribution in the subsurface structure. A Bouguer anomaly is the difference...

    Last updated: December 31, 1979

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • geophysical-map
    • e-geoch
    • official-geodata
    • bouguer-anomaly
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • gravimetry
    • geophysics
    • 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
  • 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
  • Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Tectonic Map of Switzerland (GK500-Tekto) covers the whole of Switzerland and adjoining parts of neighbouring countries. It shows the large-scale structural and tectonic units...

    Last updated: December 31, 2005

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • geologic-map
    • e-geoch
    • official-geodata
    • tectonics
    • earth-science
    • mountain-range
    • fault
    • fault
    • 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

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

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • glaciology
    • e-geoch
    • glaciation
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Geological Atlas of Switzerland 1:25000

    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...

    Last updated: January 1, 1930

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • API
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • geologic-map
    • official-geodata
    • geology
    • stone
    • geomorphology
    • geological-process
    • tectonics
    • earth-science
    • sedimentation-geology
    • 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

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    • 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
  • 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
  • Gravimetric Atlas of Switzerland 1:100000

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Bouguer anomalies for Switzerland are shown on 22 sheets. A Bouguer anomaly is the difference between the gravity measured at a particular point on the Earth's surface and the...

    Last updated: December 31, 2002

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • geophysical-map
    • gravimetry
    • bouguer-anomaly
    • geophysics
    • 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
  • 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

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • geophysical-map
    • official-geodata
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • magnetism
    • geophysics
    • geology
    • 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
  • GeoMaps 500 Raster

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Six «GeoMaps» at 1:500000 scale give a broad overview of the composition and major features of the underlying structure of Switzerland. The geological map provides an overview of...

    Last updated: December 31, 2009

    • WMS
    • geologic-map
    • well-consolidated-rock
    • official-geodata
    • glaciation
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • gravimetry
    • e-geoch
    • groundwater-resources
    • geology
    • stone
    • sedimentation-geology
    • earth-science
  • Special geological maps Vector

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Special Geological Maps (GSK) are available at scales between 1:25,000 and 1:100,000. They are defined on the basis of geographical or thematic perspectives. They provide...

    Last updated: January 1, 2011

    • geology
    • stone
    • earth-science
    • sedimentation-geology
    • special-zone
    • geologic-map
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Special geological maps

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Special Geological Maps (GSK) are available at scales between 1:25,000 and 1:100,000. They are defined on the basis of geographical or thematic perspectives. They provide...

    Last updated: January 1, 2011

    • geology
    • sedimentation-geology
    • stone
    • earth-science
    • special-zone
    • geologic-map
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Thickness model of unconsolidated deposits

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The thickness model of unconsolidated deposits is a digital data set that describes the thickness of the unconsolidated deposits. This product is derived from the bedrock elevation...

    Last updated: April 29, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • bouguer-anomaly
    • glaciation
    • official-geodata
    • sedimentation-geology
    • sedimentation-basin
    • geomorphology
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • 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