Digital Synoptical Maps of Switzerland
The original data for the General Maps is derived from the basis data of swisstopo. They are available as GeoPDF and GeoTIFF, the GeoPDF are structured in content layers.
The general maps are available as canton maps, relief maps, municipality maps or general maps. The maps are available for free download.
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
-
UEK1000
- Date (Creation)
- 2004-01-01
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-05-01
- Citation identifier
- ch.swisstopo.uebersicht-schweiz
Citation identifier
- Presentation form
- Digital map
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
-
Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Cartography
- Position name
-
Customer Services Cartography
- Voice
-
+41 58 469 01 11
- Facsimile
-
+41 58 469 04 59
Address
- City
-
Wabern
- Postal code
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3084
- Country
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CH
- Electronic mail address
-
pm-karto@swisstopo.ch karto@swisstopo.ch
- Streetname
-
Seftigenstrasse
- Streetnumber
-
264
- Protocol
-
WWW:LINK
- Hours of service
-
07h45 - 11h45 / 13h30 - 17h00
- Role
- Point of contact
- Organisation Acronym
-
swisstopo
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
-
Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
- Position name
-
Contact
- Voice
-
0041 58 469 01 11
- Facsimile
-
0041 58 469 04 59
Address
- City
-
Wabern
- Postal code
-
3084
- Electronic mail address
- Streetname
-
Seftigenstrasse
- Streetnumber
-
264
- Address line
-
Postfach
- Protocol
-
WWW:LINK
- Role
- Owner
- Organisation Acronym
-
swisstopo
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
Appraisal AAP
- Duration of conservation
- 0
- Comment on duration of conservation
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Aufbewahrungsfrist 0 bedeutet, der aktuelle Zeitstand ist in der NV bis er abgelöst wird. Reines Publikumsprodukt, nur aktuelle Version ist relevant.
- Appraisal of archival value
- of archival value
- Reason for archiving value
- Evidence of business practice
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geocat.ch
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-
Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation
-
outline map
-
place name
-
traffic network
-
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GEMET
-
-
border
-
cartography
-
water (geographic)
-
relief (land)
-
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
-
-
Geographical names
-
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geocat.ch
-
-
FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
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geocat.ch
-
-
topography
-
-
GEMET
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-
map chart
-
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 1000000
- Language
- Deutsch
- Language
- Français
- Language
- Italiano
- Language
- Rumantsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
-
- A Base Maps, Land Cover, Aerial and Satellite Imagery
- A1 Base Maps, Landscape Models
Extent
- Description
-
National Map 1:500'000
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- Geographic identifier
- NM500
- Distribution format
-
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Portable Document Format (PDF)
()
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Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)
()
-
Portable Document Format (PDF)
()
Distributor
Distributor contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
-
Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Cartography
- Position name
-
Customer Services Cartography
- Voice
-
+41 58 469 01 11
- Facsimile
-
+41 58 469 04 59
Address
- City
-
Wabern
- Postal code
-
3084
- Country
-
CH
- Electronic mail address
-
pm-karto@swisstopo.ch karto@swisstopo.ch
- Streetname
-
Seftigenstrasse
- Streetnumber
-
264
- Protocol
-
WWW:LINK
- Hours of service
-
07h45 - 11h45 / 13h30 - 17h00
- Role
- Distributor
- Organisation Acronym
-
swisstopo
- Name
-
Portable Document Format (PDF)
- OnLine resource
-
Product info, Download
(
WWW:LINK
)
Product info, Download
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Statement
-
Based on topographic information of swisstopo
- Reference system identifier
- CH1903
Metadata
- Metadata language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-05-08T11:21:04.053Z
- Metadata standard name
-
GM03 2+
Metadata author
Responsible party
- Organisation name
-
Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
- Position name
-
Metadata contact
- Voice
-
+41 58 469 01 11
Address
- City
-
Wabern
- Postal code
-
3084
- Country
-
CH
- Electronic mail address
- Streetname
-
Seftigenstrasse
- Streetnumber
-
264
- Protocol
-
WWW:LINK
- Hours of service
-
08h30 - 11h00 / 14h00 - 16h00 GMT+1
- Role
- Custodian
- Last Name
-
metadata
- Organisation Acronym
-
swisstopo