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

253 datasets found

  • swissTLM3D

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    swissTLM3D is the large-scale topographical landscape model of Switzerland. It includes both natural and artificial landscape features, as well as name data in vector form. With a...

    Last updated: March 6, 2024

    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • traffic-network
    • single-object
    • landscape-model
    • gis-geographic-information-system
    • vector
    • public-transport
    • geographic-information-system
    • hydrography
    • land-cover
    • land-cover
    • geographical-names
    • building
    • 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

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • lithology
    • petrography
    • geotechnics
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Switzerland During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) 1:500000 (vector map)

    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
    • API
    • official-geodata
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • geology
    • glaciology
    • 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
  • 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
  • GeoMaps 500 Vector

    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
    • well-consolidated-rock
    • official-geodata
    • geologic-map
    • glaciation
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
    • gravimetry
    • groundwater-resources
    • geology
    • stone
    • earth-science
    • sedimentation-geology
  • Total Intensity 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 geomagnetic field is defined by a vector, which isrepresented in terms of its...

    Last updated: December 31, 1979

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • geophysical-map
    • e-geoch
    • geophysics
    • magnetism
    • geology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Transition of reference frames LV03 - LV95: Coordinate changes LV03->LV95

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The coordinate changes between the old frame of reference LV03 and the new one LV95, respectively the deformations from MN03, are represented in relation to Zimmerwald (BE): the...

    Last updated: December 31, 2006

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • coordinate-reference-systems
    • national-coordinates
    • coordinate
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Transition of reference frames LV03 - LV95: Displacement vectors at TSP1 points (LV03 - LV95)

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The displacement vectors of the pass points (TSP1) point from LV03 to LV95 and therefore in the direction and absolute value of the local rectification (infobox).

    Last updated: December 31, 2006

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • national-coordinates
    • reference-frame
    • coordinate
    • transformation
    • fineltra
    • coordinate-reference-systems
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Transition of reference frames LV03 - LV95: Combined transformation accuracy map

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    From the combined accuracy map can be derived the accuracy of GNSS data measured, e.g. with swipos positioning service, in LV03 (with real-time-FINELTRA) or LV95, compared to...

    Last updated: December 31, 2006

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • fineltra
    • coordinate-reference-systems
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Siegfried Map

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Topographische Atlas der Schweiz was published over the period from 1870 to 1926, initially under the leadership of Colonel Hermann Siegfried. This was the first complete...

    Last updated: January 1, 1870

    • jpg
    • SERVICE
    • national-border
    • scrub
    • path
    • boundary-line
    • area-name
    • spot-height
    • individual-symbol
    • topographic-map
    • river
    • e-geoch-geoportal
    • situation
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • national-map
    • through-road
    • historic-map
    • official-geodata
    • river-name
    • old-map
    • gis-geographic-information-systems
    • terrain-representation
    • countour-line
    • mountain-name
    • land-cover
    • geographical-names
    • rock
    • cartography
    • water-geographic
    • brook
  • Sheet Division National Map 1:1 Million Swiss Map Vector

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Swiss Map Vector 1000 is the Swiss national 1:1,000,000 scale map in vector format. It provides a clear depiction of the main traffic axes, residential areas, bodies of water,...

    Last updated: October 1, 2016

    • ZIP
    • national-map
    • gis-geographic-information-systems
    • topographic-map
    • terrain-representation
    • traffic-network
    • water-geographic
    • cartography
    • relief-land
    • border
    • vegetation
    • vector
  • Sheet Division National Map 1:500'000 Swiss Map Vector

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Swiss Map Vector 500 is the Swiss national 1:500,000 scale map in vector format. It includes the railway network, all highways, semi-highways, transit and link roads, a highly...

    Last updated: October 1, 2016

    • ZIP
    • gis-geographic-information-systems
    • national-map
    • traffic-network
    • terrain-representation
    • topographic-map
    • vegetation
    • border
    • relief-land
    • water-geographic
    • cartography
    • vector
    • geographical-names