Official index of cities and towns including postal codes and perimeter

Geography, Territory and environment

In Article 24 of the regulations governing geographic names (GeoNV), the Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo) is commissioned to establish, administer and publish the new of...

National Map 1:500'000

Geography, Territory and environment

The National Map 1:500,000 is a topographic map giving an overview of Switzerland. The map content is updated periodically in a regular six-year cycle according to a revision pl...

Permanent Network: The Automated GNSS Network for Switzerland AGNES

Geography, Territory and environment

Instead of providing a user with the new reference frame LV95 in a classical manner with site descriptions and coordinates, it is also conceivable to provide LV95 using permanen...

The digital height model of Switzerland with a 200m grid

Geography, Territory and environment

The digital height model DHM25 / 200 is a data set representing the three-dimensional form of the earth's surface. It is a height matrix with a 200-m grid. It has been resampled...

National Map 1:1 million

Geography, Territory and environment

The National Map 1:1 million is a small-scale topographic map giving an overview of Central Europe: Switzerland and its neighbours from Lyons to Salzburg and from Strasbourg to ...

Geoid model CHGeo2004 in CH1903

Geography, Territory and 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...

Geoid model CHGeo2004 in ETRS89

Geography, Territory and environment

Swiss geoid model in the version of 2004 (CHGeo2004) in the reference system ETRS89. It forms the zero reference surface (approximated mean sea level) for height determination a...

Swiss Map Vector 500, Swiss national vector map 1:500000

Geography, Territory and 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 s...

Swiss Map Vector 1000, Swiss national vector map 1:1 Million

Geography, Territory and 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, s...

Cadastral Surveying (OpenData)

Geography, Territory and environment

Die amtliche Vermessung (AV) beschreibt die Lage, die Form und den Inhalt eines Grundstückes. Die digitalen AV-Daten sind in mehreren thematischen Informationsebenen gegliedert,...

Gravimetric Atlas of Switzerland 1:100000

Geography, Territory and 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 t...

General Geological Map of Switzerland 1:200,000

Geography, Territory and environment

Geological mapping of the whole country based on the Dufour Map of Switzerland. Comprised of eight sheets, published between 1942 and 1964, the General Geological Map of Switzer...

Thickness model of unconsolidated deposits

Geography, Territory and 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 elevat...

Transition of reference frames LV03 - LV95: Displacement vectors at TSP1 poin...

Geography, Territory and environment

The displacement vectors of the pass points (TSP2) point from LV03 to LV95 and therefore in the direction and absolute value of the local rectification (infobox).

Division of Geological Vector Datasets GeoCover

Geography, Territory and environment

The GeoCover datasets are available according to the sheet division of the National Maps 1:25 000. The «Division GeoCover» shows the perimeter, number and name of each map sheet.

Bedrock elevation model

Geography, Territory and 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...

swissBOUNDARIES3D municipal boundaries

Geography, Territory and environment

swissBOUNDARIES3D municipal boundaries constitute the administrative borders of the municipalities of Switzerland and the principality of Liechtenstein. The commune is the small...

Landsat Mosaic of Switzerland

Geography, Territory and environment

The mosaic of Landsat satellite images is a composition of 20 individual images taken by the American satellite Landsat 5, in the years 1990 to 1994. It is a unique set of image...

Image strips swisstopo

Geography, Territory and environment

In context of the update cycle of the national maps and the production of the orthoimage mosaic SWISSIMAGE, swisstopo records the whole area of Switzerland with aerial image str...

Transition of reference frames LV03 - LV95: Triangular network (CHENyx06 and ...

Geography, Territory and environment

The triangular network of the national survey (FINELTRA-LV) was completed in the 90's and has permitted to transform geodata from LV03 to LV95 and vice versa with an accuracy of...

Orthophoto of Switzerland with a 25m resolution

Geography, Territory and environment

The SWISSIMAGE 25 orthophoto mosaic is a composition of digital colour aerial images with a resolution of 25 m per pixel. SWISSIMAGE 25 has been resampled from the SWISSIMAGE or...

swissNAMES3D geographical names of the national Survey

Geography, Territory and environment

swissNAMES3D is the most comprehensive collection of geographical names for Switzerland and Liechtenstein. swissNAMES3D contains over 400,000 georeferenced entries divided in di...

swissBOUNDARIES3D district boundaries

Geography, Territory and environment

swissBOUNDARIES3D district boundaries constitute the administrative borders of the districts of the Swiss cantons. A district is an administrative subdivision positioned between...

Aerial Images swisstopo color

Geography, Territory and environment

The aerial imagery catalogue of swisstopo comprises around 360’000 analogue aerial photographs (black and white, colour or infrared colour). About 280’00 aerial images are repre...

swissBOUNDARIES3D cantonal boundaries

Geography, Territory and environment

swissBOUNDARIES3D cantonal boundaries constitute the administrative borders of the Swiss cantons. The Swiss Confederation consists of 26 cantons which have the status of constit...