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Technical images swisstopo
Regions and cities, Environment
The technical images, as they are known, taken from the 1880s onwards are the oldest sub-collection in swisstopo’s image collection. It includes about 40,000 photographic object...
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National Gravity Network
Regions and cities, Environment
Current base stations of the national gravity network. These stations are observed regularly and serve as reference Points for gravimetric projects.The backbone of this network ...
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National Map 1:1 million, winter representation
Regions and cities, Environment
The winter national map 1:1 million is a derivation of the topographical national map 1:1 million of Switzerland with detailed depictions of traffic, settlement areas, terrain, ...
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Territorial limit points NS
Regions and cities, Environment
The “Territorial limit points NS” dataset contains the points marking the vertices of the national border (Territorial limit NS) and is managed by the national survey. These poi...
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swissEO NBRdiff: Hinweiskarte für Störungen
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment
Hinweiskarte für eine Abnahme des NBR (Normalized Burn Ratio) Index eines ausgewählten Datums im Vergleich zu den vorangehenden 45 Tagen der Vegetationsperiode für die Waldfläch...
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Territorial limit NS
Regions and cities, Environment
The “Territorial limit NS” data set contains the national border that delimits the territory of the Swiss Confederation from neighboring countries and is managed by the national...
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Relief shading of vegetation height model Sentinel NFI
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 ...
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Vegetation height model Lidar NFI
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 aer...
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Vegetation height model Sentinel NFI
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 aer...
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Current drought hazard level
Regions and cities, Environment
The drought warning map shows the current drought hazard (issued at levels 1, 2 and 4) for all regions of Switzerland. The hazard level results from a weekly expert assessment o...
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Altitudinal vegetation belts in Switzerland for 2085 with less dry future climate
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment
This map shows the altitudinal vegetation belts of forest vegetation in Switzerland for the period 2070-2099 assuming a less dry future climate. The following altitudinal vegeta...
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Percentage of stocking along rivers
Regions and cities, Environment
Vegetation performs important functions. It provides shade for rivers, thus reducing peak water temperatures. In the context of global warming, this is increasingly important. F...
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Water availability in the soil (site water balance)
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment
The trees often have less water available during the vegetation period. •The water supply during the vegetation period is decisive for the growth and vitality of the forests. Th...
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Vegetation height model NFI
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 aer...
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Cantons NFI
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment
According to the geometry of the data set, Switzerland is divided into cantons. Basel Stadt and Basel-Landschaft are considered as a single unit.
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Relief shading of vegetation height model NFI
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 ...
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Forest mix rate NFI
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment
Information on the degree of forest mix rate NFI is modelled using remote sensing methods. Based on the freely available Copernicus (ESA) Sentinel-1 and -2 satellite data (image...
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Warning Forest Fire Danger
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment
The FOEN's forest fire danger warning contains the general daily forest fire danger based on meteorological data and the resulting forest fire indices.
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Generalised background map for the representation of hydrological data
Regions and cities, Environment
In addition to the outline of Switzerland, the generalised background map displays a simplified, reduced watercourse network and some selected cities for improved orientation at...
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Seismic zones according to the SIA 261 standard
Regions and cities, Environment
Map of seismic zones from the SIA 261 Standard “Actions on Structures” (2020). A design value is specified for the horizontal ground acceleration agd (in m/s2). This design valu...
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Amphibian migration conflicting with traffic
Regions and cities, Environment
Since the mid-1950s, the number of amphibians being killed on roads has increased dramatically. Every year, hundreds of thousands of amphibians cross roads in Switzerland during...
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Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Ammonium
Regions and cities, Environment
Within the National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA), water quality is recorded jointly by the federal and cantonal authorities at around 100 monitoring station...
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Estimation of direct CO₂ emissions based on heat demand according to SIA...
Regions and cities, Environment
The Swiss building stock is responsible for around a quarter of CO2 emissions. Reductions in this area are key to achieving the climate targets. </p><p> The map "CO2 Emissions B...
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Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Nitrite
Regions and cities, Environment
Within the National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA), water quality is recorded jointly by the federal and cantonal authorities at around 100 monitoring station...
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Protection forest regions NFI
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment
According to the geometry of the data set, Switzerland is divided into six areas. They represent different forest growth and protective forest conditions.