Technical images swisstopo
The technical images, as they are known, taken from the 1880s onwards are the oldest sub-collection in swisstopo’s image collection. It includes about 40,000 photographic objects. The photos predominantly show points in the national triangulation network. This sub-collection also documents how people used to work. It thus tells the story of the adventurous life of national topographers.
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
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Technical images swisstopo
- Date (Creation)
- 1880-01-01
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
- Position name
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Geodata Distribution
- Voice
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+41 58 469 01 11
- Facsimile
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+41 58 469 04 59
Address
- City
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Wabern
- Postal code
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3084
- Country
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CH
- Electronic mail address
- Streetname
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Seftigenstrasse
- Streetnumber
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264
- Website
- http://www.swisstopo.ch ( WWW:LINK )
- Role
- Point of contact
- Last Name
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geodata
- Organisation Acronym
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swisstopo
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geocat.ch
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opendata.swiss
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
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GEMET
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geography
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- Other constraints
- Opendata BY: Open use. Must provide the source.
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- B Location, Reference Systems
Extent
- Description
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Switzerland
- Distribution format
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JPEG (JPG)
()
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JPEG (JPG)
()
- OnLine resource
- Internetseite von swisstopo ( WWW:LINK )
- OnLine resource
- Technical images on Memobase (in German) ( WWW:LINK )
Metadata
- Metadata language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Non geographic dataset
- Hierarchy level name
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Modelldokumentation
- Date stamp
- 2025-07-16T09:45:51.723Z
- Metadata standard name
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GM03_2
Metadata author
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
- Voice
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058 469 01 11
Address
- City
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Wabern
- Postal code
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3084
- Country
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CH
- Electronic mail address
- Streetname
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Seftigenstrasse
- Streetnumber
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264
- Protocol
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WWW:LINK
- Role
- Point of contact
- Last Name
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geocat.ch
- Organisation Acronym
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swisstopo
Metadata author
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
- Voice
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058 469 01 11
- Direct number
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058 469 03 38
Address
- City
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Wabern
- Postal code
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3084
- Electronic mail address
- Streetname
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Seftigenstrasse
- Streetnumber
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264
- Protocol
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WWW:LINK
- Role
- Point of contact
- First Name
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Pasquale
- Last Name
-
Di Donato
- Organisation Acronym
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swisstopo
geocat.ch