Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Datasets from Federal Office of Topography swisstopo (170)
National Gravity Network
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 is formed ...
Landsat Mosaic of Switzerland
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 data in n...
Light Base Map (Vector Tile Style)
«Light base map» is a visually and content reduced base map, which represents the most relevant topographic features and names adapted to the respective zoom level. It is constructed on t...
Lithological map of Switzerland – Genesis 1:500000
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 glaciers, sol...
Lithological map of Switzerland – Groups of rocks 1:500000
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 rocks and c...
Aerial Images swisstopo color
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 centre-image...
Aerial Images swisstopo infrared
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 centre-image...
Aerial images swisstopo oblique
The oblique aerial photos are a small part of the image collection of swisstopo. There are snapshots of small towns and photos of the atmosphere in the pre-alpine and alpine regions, whic...
Aerial Images swisstopo b / w
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 centre-image...
Image strips swisstopo
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 strips in a t...
Metallic raw materials
Metallic raw materials are resources of economic value that are typically sourced from metal-bearing minerals. This dataset shows the sites where metallic raw materials have been located ...
Dimension stone
This dataset shows the extraction and production sites of dimension stone in Switzerland (in operation or decommissioned). Sculpted or sawn, these dimension stones are mainly used as cons...
Natural stones on buildings
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 past ten year...
Permanent Network: The Automated GNSS Network for Switzerland AGNES
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 permanent and stab...
Salt
This dataset shows the extraction and production sites of salt in Switzerland (in operation or decommissioned). Salt falls under the category of industrial minerals and is mainly used as ...
Gravimetric Map of Switzerland (Bouguer Anomalies) 1:500000
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 between the...
Gravimetric Map of Switzerland (Isostatic Anomalies) 1:500000
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 takes int...
Low distortion area
During fieldwork in the official cadastral survey, a local adaptation must be made or proof must be provided that this is not needed. In low distortion areas, a local adaptation is not ne...
Special flights
Special flights carried out on several mandates.
Status of the cantonal geotope inventories
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 overview...
Quarries 1915
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 entries on th...
Quarries 1965
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 entries on th...
Quarries 1980
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 entries on th...
Quarries 1995
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 entries on th...