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National Map 1:50'000

The National Map 1:50,000 is a topographic map of Switzerland representing the areas of traffic and settlements, the topography and the vegetation in detail. The map perimeter is divided into 78 individual sheets. There are composites of specified regions. The National Map 1:50,000 is published in analogue format as a printed map and in digital format as the Swiss Map Raster. The update is done by sector. The different statuses of updates are shown in the layer "<a href=" https://map.geo.admin.ch/?lang=en&topic=ech&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-pk50.metadata" target="_blank">Division national map 50 Raster</a> ".

Simple

Alternate title

National Map 1:50'000

Date (Creation)
1938-06-30
Identifier
ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe-pk50.noscale

Presentation form
Hardcopy map
Presentation form
Digital map
Purpose

Georeferenzdaten des Bundesrechts

Status
On going

Point of contact

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo - geodata (Geodata Distribution)
Seftigenstrasse 264
Wabern
3084
CH
+41 58 469 01 11
+41 58 469 04 59 (facsimile)
http://www.swisstopo.ch

Owner

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo - Contact
Seftigenstrasse 264
Wabern
3084
0041 58 469 01 11
0041 58 469 04 59 (facsimile)
https://www.swisstopo.ch
Spatial representation type
paperMap
Spatial representation type
Grid

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
50000
Topic category
  • A Imagery base maps earth cover

Extent

Extent

Description

National Map 1:50'000

Geographic identifier
NM50

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Maintenance and update frequency
userDefined
User defined maintenance frequency
P6Y0M0DT0H0M0S
Duration of Conservation
275
Appraisal of Archival Value
A
Reason for Archiving Value
Evidence of business practice
geocat.ch
  • national map

  • official geodata

  • traffic network

  • terrain representation

  • opendata.swiss

  • Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation

GEMET
  • vegetation

  • cartography

  • water (geographic)

  • relief (land)

  • border

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geographical names

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  • FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure

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  • topography

GEMET
  • map chart

Resource constraints

Other constraints
Opendata BY: Open use. Must provide the source.

Associated resource

Title

Landeskartenwerk 1:25'000 bis 1:1 Mio.

Association Type
Reference to a master resource of which this one is a part
Language
Deutsch
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Français
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Italiano
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Rumantsch
Character encoding
UTF8
Subtopic Category
A1 Base Maps, Landscape Models
Basic Geodata
true
Basic Geodata ID

42.2

Basic Geodata Legal Level
Federal
Basic Geodata Type
Reference Geodata
Distribution format
  • Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (TIFF / TIF)

  • analog

Point of contact

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo - mapsales (Map sales)
Seftigenstrasse 264
Wabern
3084
CH
+41 58 469 01 11
+41 58 469 04 59 (facsimile)
http://www.swisstopo.ch
Hours of service

07h45 - 11h45 / 13h30 - 17h00

Point of contact

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo - geodata (Geodata Distribution)
Seftigenstrasse 264
Wabern
3084
CH
+41 58 469 01 11
+41 58 469 04 59 (facsimile)
http://www.swisstopo.ch

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Vorschau map.geo.admin.ch

Preview map.geo.admin.ch

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe-pk50.noscale

WMS-FSDI service, layer "National Map 1:50`000"

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe-pk50.noscale

WMTS-FSDI service, layer "National Map 1:50'000"

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

https://shop.swisstopo.admin.ch/de/products/maps/national/lk50

Product information National Map 1:50'000 printed

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/national-map-swiss-map-raster-50

Product information Swiss Map Raster 50

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

http://map.geo.admin.ch/?selectedNode=node_ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe-pk50.noscale1&Y=659850&X=190100&zoom=1&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe-pk50.noscale&layers_opacity=1&layers_visibility=true&time_current=latest&lang=en

geo.admin.ch: the federal geoportal

Statement

Based on the topographic survey

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Reference system identifier
CH1903

Metadata

Metadata identifier
4c8c7c58-61c7-4a61-8e7a-6ffb95d183df

Language
Deutsch
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Français
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Italiano
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Rumantsch
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo - metadata (Metadata contact)
Seftigenstrasse 264
Wabern
3084
CH
+41 58 469 01 11
http://www.swisstopo.admin.ch
Hours of service

08h30 - 11h00 / 14h00 - 16h00 GMT+1

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage

https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/4c8c7c58-61c7-4a61-8e7a-6ffb95d183df

Date info (Creation)
2009-04-02T12:00:00Z
Date info (Revision)
2026-04-13T09:34:37.59187Z

Metadata standard

Title

GM03 2+

 
 

Overviews

lk50

Spatial extent

Keywords

GEMET

border cartography map chart relief (land) vegetation water (geographic)
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Geographical names
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Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure national map official geodata opendata.swiss terrain representation topography traffic network


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