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Ramsar sites in Switzerland
Regions and cities, Environment
To protect wetlands, particularly because they are habitats for waterbirds and migratory birds, an international convention was signed in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran. Switzerland ratif...
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Aerial Images swisstopo b / w
Regions and cities, Environment
The aerial imagery catalogue of swisstopo includes several hundred thousand analogue aerial photographs (in colour, infrared, or black and white). They are represented by the ce...
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Municipal boundaries - journey through time
Regions and cities, Environment
The layer municipal boundaries constitute the administrative borders of the municipalities of Switzerland and the principality of Liechtenstein. The municipality is the smallest...
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Quarries 1915
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 ent...
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Geoid model CHGeo2004 in CH1903
Regions and cities, Environment
Swiss geoid model in the version of 2004 (CHGeo2004) in the reference system CH1903. It forms the zero reference surface (approximated mean sea level) for height determination a...
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swissALTI3D monodirectional Hillshade
Regions and cities, Environment
The hillshade is derived from the digital elevation model swissALTI3D. It illustrates the surface relief of Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. A hillshade is der...
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Natural stones on buildings
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 pas...
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swissTLMRegio Miscellaneous
Regions and cities, Environment
The topic Miscellaneous contains a selection of prominent single point and line features and elevation points. It consists of sixfeature classes.
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Lithological map of Switzerland – Genesis 1:500000
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 gla...
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Topographical Map (Dufour Map)
Regions and cities, Environment
The first official map of Switzerland. First issued between 1844 and 1864, updated up to 1939. 25 sheets. Map format: 70 x 48 cm = 3360 km2. Representation of the terrain: Shade...
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Aerial Images swisstopo infrared
Regions and cities, Environment
The aerial imagery catalogue of swisstopo includes several hundred thousand analogue aerial photographs (in colour, infrared, or black and white). They are represented by the ce...
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Inclination Map of Switzerland 1:500000
Regions and cities, Environment
Geomagnetic maps are the result of measurements of total intensity, declination and inclination. The inclination is the angle formed by the orientation of the magnetic field rel...
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SWISSIMAGE HIST 1946: The Orthophotomosaic of Switzerland from 1946
Regions and cities, Environment
The orthophoto mosaic SWISSIMAGE HIST 1946 is a composition of historical black and white aerial photographs from 1946 («US flight mission») over the whole of Switzerland with a...
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swissBOUNDARIES3D district boundaries
Regions and cities, Environment
swissBOUNDARIES3D district boundaries constitute the administrative borders of the districts of the Swiss cantons. A district is an administrative subdivision positioned between...
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Lithological-petrographic map of Switzerland 1:200000
Regions and cities, Environment
The Lithological-petrographic map of Switzerland 1:200,000 provides an overview of the subsurface classified according to lithological-petrographic criteria. The legend is desig...
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Geothermal Map of Switzerland 1:500000
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...
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Aeromagnetic Map of the Swiss Plateau and the Jura Mountains
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 formatio...
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Slope classes over 30 degrees
Regions and cities, Environment
Derivate representation of the digital terrain model swissALTI3D and models from France, Italy, Austria and Germany, which allows for the identification of inclinations over 30°...
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swissSURFACE3D Raster multidirectional hillshade
Regions and cities, Environment
The hillshade is derived from the digital elevation model swissSURFACE3D Raster. It illustrates the surface relief of Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. A hillsh...
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swissTLM-Map (grey)
Regions and cities, Environment
swissTLM-Map is an automatically generated map which offers a complement to the national maps in the scale range 1:5'000 to 1:10'000. swissTLM-Map is based on the data of the to...
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swissSURFACE3D Raster monodirectional hillshade
Regions and cities, Environment
The hillshade is derived from the digital elevation model swissSURFACE3D Raster. It illustrates the surface relief of Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. A hillsh...
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Ski routes
Regions and cities, Transport
The digital ski routes contain specific information for snow sports in Switzerland and adjacent parts of its neighbouring countries. The data set is produced in collaboration wi...
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Accommodations winter
Population and society, Regions and cities
The winter accommodations are part of the national maps with snow sports theme for Switzerland and adjacent parts of its neighbouring countries. The data set is produced in coll...
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swissNAMES3D geographical names of the national Survey
Regions and cities, Environment
swissNAMES3D is the most comprehensive collection of geographical names for Switzerland and Liechtenstein. swissNAMES3D contains over 437,000 georeferenced entries divided in di...
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Hydrogeological Map of Switzerland: Groundwater Resources 1:500000
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 Ge...