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swissBOUNDARIES3D

swissBOUNDARIES3D contains all administrative units and national boundaries of Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein in vector form. The product is based on an optimized data model for Switzerland and conforms to the data of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office. swissBOUNDARIES3D replaces the GG25 dataset from 2010 onwards.

Simple

Alternate title

swissBOUNDARIES3D

Date (Publication)
2026-01-01
Identifier
ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d

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 resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
10000
Topic category
  • D Boundaries

Extent

Extent

Description

Switzerland

N
S
E
W








Extent

Extent

Description

Liechtenstein

N
S
E
W








Maintenance and update frequency
Annually
Maintenance note

swissBOUNDARIES3D is updated annually. Updating is based on the information of the Cadastral Surveying (CS) and the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

Duration of Conservation
275
Appraisal of Archival Value
A
Reason for Archiving Value
Evidence of business practice
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  • national border

  • district

  • official geodata

  • opendata.swiss

  • Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Administrative units

GEMET
  • municipality

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  • FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure

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  • canton

GEMET
  • administrative boundary

GEMET
  • administrative boundary

Resource constraints

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

Associated resource

Title

Administrative boundaries (national survey)

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
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Basic Geodata
true
Basic Geodata ID

39.3

Basic Geodata Legal Level
Federal
Basic Geodata Type
Reference Geodata
Included with dataset
0
Title

swissBOUNDARIES3D Grenzen Schweizweit in 3D

Date (Publication)
2026-01-01
Other citation details

https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/content/swisstopo-internet/fr/home/products/landscape/boundaries3d/_jcr_content/contentPar/tabs/items/dokumente/tabPar/downloadlist/downloadItems/26_1548159699327.download/2019_01_sBOUND_InfoF_barrierefrei.pdf

Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile (SHP)

  • ESRI File Geodatabase FileGDB (GDB)

  • AutoCAD DXF (DXF)

  • INTERLIS 2 (XTF)

  • OGC Geopackage (GPKG)

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/de/landschaftsmodell-swissboundaries3d

swissBOUNDARIES3D

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

map.geo.admin.ch

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/de/landschaftsmodell-swissboundaries3d

Geometric object type
Curve
Geometric object type
Surface
Reference system identifier
EPSG:2056

Metadata

Metadata identifier
86cb844f-296b-40cb-b972-5b1ae8028f7c

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/86cb844f-296b-40cb-b972-5b1ae8028f7c

Date info (Creation)
2011-01-24T14:02:02Z
Date info (Revision)
2026-04-13T09:21:02.308192Z

Metadata standard

Title

eCH-0271

 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

Keywords

GEMET

administrative boundary administrative boundary municipality
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Administrative units
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Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure canton district national border official geodata opendata.swiss


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