Cement industry 1995

The data on the cement industry is part of the Resources Information System of the Georesources Switzerland Group, a database of mineral deposits in Switzerland. This database c...

Inclination Map of Switzerland 1:500000

Geomagnetic maps are the result of measurements of total intensity, declination and inclination. The inclination is the angle formed by the orientation of the magnetic field rel...

Aerial Images swisstopo b / w

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...

Geotopes in Switzerland

Geotopes are geoscientific natural monuments. Geotopes that represent geological history show the development of the landscape, the climate and life, the formation and disappear...

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 pas...

Brick manufactures 1907

The data on the brickworks is part of the Resources Information System of the Georesources Switzerland Group, a database of mineral deposits in Switzerland. This database contai...

Cement industry 1965

The data on the cement industry is part of the Resources Information System of the Georesources Switzerland Group, a database of mineral deposits in Switzerland. This database c...

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 ent...

Metallic mineral resources: deposits

This dataset shows the deposits and former mining sites of metallic minerals (ores) in Switzerland. Metals are no longer commercially mined in Switzerland. The dataset is part o...

Industrial minerals: deposits

Industrial minerals refer to minerals or rocks that are important for technical processes and industrial applications. Gypsum and salt are two well-known industrial minerals, wh...

Fossil hydrocarbons: deposits

This dataset shows the deposits and former mining sites of fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas etc.) in Switzerland. Currently, no fossil fuels are being mined commercially in ...

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 str...

Switzerland During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) 1:500000 (vector map)

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...

Lithological-petrographic map of Switzerland – Classification of rocks 1:500000

The 1:500,000 geotechnical map (GK500) of the Georesources Switzerland Group shows the subsurface strata classified according to lithological-petrographic criteria. The legend i...

Lithological-petrographic map of Switzerland – Genesis 1:500000

The 1:500'000 geotechnical map (GK500) of the Georesources Switzerland Group shows the subsurface strata classified according to lithological-petrographic criteria. The legend i...

Natural stone: mining

Natural stone is extracted from hard rock in quarries in the form of hewn or sawn blocks for direct use in construction. This dataset shows the active and decommissioned natural...

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 nationwid...

Building Sites

Population and society

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Geologischer Atlas der Schweiz 1:25000 – Profile

Regions and cities, Environment

The GA25-Profile dataset (GA25_CS) is a compilation of the cross sections published together with the Geological Atlas 1:25,000. It depicts the cross section tracks and contains...