Generalised borders

Administrative borders which have a low level of detail are often needed for thematic maps and representations on a small scale. The digital boundaries of Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein, which are updated annually by the Federal Office of Topography, are often too detailed for this purpose. Therefore, GEOSTAT provides digital boundaries at different levels of generalisation. Using special algorithms, together with a manually supported and monitored optimisation process, the basic data with an original scale of 1:25,000 is simplified in such a way that it is suitable for maps and visualisations with a scale of 1:200,000 or smaller.

Data and Resources

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Additional information

Identifier

6518b96f-bbe4-4c65-ab58-74e008d1d6f1@bundesamt-fur-statistik-bfs

Title for URL of the dataset

generalisierte-grenzen

Schedule the publication of the dataset

Issued date

January 1, 1990

Modification date

July 31, 2009

Conforms to

Update interval

Annual

Temporal coverage

Publisher Information

Bundesamt für Statistik

Contact points

info@bfs.admin.ch

Languages

English
German
French
Italian

Url

https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/dienstleistungen/geostat/geodaten-bundesstatistik/administrative-grenzen/generalisierte-gemeindegrenzen.assetdetail.5247316.html

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Terms of use

NonCommercialAllowed-CommercialWithPermission-ReferenceRequired

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