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Official index of cities and towns including postal codes and perimeter
Regions and cities, 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...
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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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Switzerland During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) 1:500000
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 re...
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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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Official directory of building addresses
Regions and cities, Environment
Official data set for “Official directory of building addresses”, ID197, as per the catalogue of basic geodata in accordance with Swiss Federal Law. The official directory of bu...
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Total Intensity Map of Switzerland 1:500000
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 it...
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Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000
Regions and cities, Environment
The Tectonic Map of Switzerland (TK500) depicts the tectonic units and structural elements of the entire Swiss territory and neighboring regions. These units group together rock...
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Aeromagnetic Map of Switzerland 1:500000
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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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...
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Quarries 1965
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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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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Geological Map of Switzerland 1:500000
Regions and cities, Environment
The 1:500,000 Geological Map of Switzerland covers the whole of Switzerland and adjoining parts of neighbouring countries. It gives an overview of the distribution of the upperm...
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Hydrogeological Map of Switzerland: Vulnerability of 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...
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Raw materials, production and mining sites of the cement industry
Regions and cities, Environment
Cement is a fundamental component for the manufacturing of concrete, one of the most widely used construction materials in Switzerland and around the world. This dataset shows t...
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Energy raw materials
Regions and cities, Environment
This dataset shows the locations where energy raw materials have been identified as well as the former mining sites in Switzerland. Currently, no energy raw materials are exploi...
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Vector map base (Vector Tileset)
Regions and cities, Environment
The Base Vector Tileset is a comprehensive package of tiled vector map data designed to be used as a source for dynamic web map representation, specifically the BaseMap Vector T...
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Quarries 1980
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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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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Gravimetric Map of Switzerland (Bouguer Anomalies) 1:500000
Regions and cities, Environment
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 b...
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Raw materials, production and mining sites of the gypsum industry
Regions and cities, Environment
Gypsum is used primarily in the construction industry and for the manufacturing of cement. It is also employed in the handicraft and ceramics industries. This dataset shows the ...
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Raw materials, production and mining sites of the brickworks industry
Regions and cities, Environment
This dataset shows the brickwork production and mining sites in operation and decommissioned of the brickworks in Switzerland. Clay, marl and also sandstone are the most importa...
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Transition of reference frames LV03 - LV95: Triangular network (CHENyx06 and...
Regions and cities, 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...
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Lithological map of Switzerland – Groups of rocks 1:500000
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 r...
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Declination Map of Switzerland 1:500000
Regions and cities, Environment
Geomagnetic maps are the result of measurements of total intensity, declination and inclination. The declination describes the angle formed between magnetic and geographic north...
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Dimension stone
Regions and cities, Environment
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 us...