179 datasets found

Public energy advice services

Energy, Environment

There is a wide variety of public energy advice services available in Switzerland. They offer impartial advice (neutral relative to products and companies) to the public in gene...

Nuclear Power Plants

Energy, Environment

Nuclear power plants are facilities for the commercial generation of electrical power from controlled nuclear fission. The four Swiss nuclear power plants have a total output of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Official index of cities and towns including postal codes and perimeter

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...

swissTLMRegio Names

The topic Names is comprised of the two Feature Classes NamedLocation and TLMRegio_NamedLocation_PLY which contains names of municipalities, places, peaks and numerous other imp...

swissNAMES3D geographical names of the national Survey

swissNAMES3D is the most comprehensive collection of geographical names for Switzerland and Liechtenstein. swissNAMES3D contains over 400,000 georeferenced entries divided in di...

Cadastral Surveying (OpenData)

Die amtliche Vermessung (AV) beschreibt die Lage, die Form und den Inhalt eines Grundstückes. Die digitalen AV-Daten sind in mehreren thematischen Informationsebenen gegliedert,...

swissTLMRegio Protected Areas

Territorial boundaries: Boundaries of protected areas in Switzerland and in neighbouring countries.

swissTLMRegio Transportation public transport

The topic Transportation contains different features connected with traffic (road, railway, airports, car-ferry, ...). It consists of 12 feature classes and 3 tables. The lines ...

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...

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 b...

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 ...

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...

swissTLM3D Hydrographical network

swissTLM3D hydrographical network contains the watercourses and lake contours of Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. It is part of the dataset swissTLM3D. With a ...

Simplified map of the near-surface mineral resources of Switzerland 1:500'000

The map of near-surface mineral resources of Switzerland 1:500'000 (GK500) of the Georesources Switzerland Group shows the subsurface strata classified according to lithological...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000

The Tectonic Map of Switzerland (GK500-Tekto) covers the whole of Switzerland and adjoining parts of neighbouring countries. It shows the large-scale structural and tectonic uni...

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...

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...