SwissNames Ortschaften

SwissNames Orschaften contains the geographical names of municipalities, cities, town extracted from the swiss National Maps at every scale. Coordinates X and Y are attributed to the main focus of each object name as well as further information such as the name and number of the municipality and the abbreviation of the canton. Certain object names also include the height.

Simple

Date (Publication)
2006-06-07

Point of contact

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo - geodata (Geodata Distribution)
Seftigenstrasse 264
Wabern
3084
CH
http://www.swisstopo.ch
Spatial representation type
Vector
Topic category
  • B Location

Extent

Extent

Description

SwissNames Settlements

Geographic identifier
SNort

N
S
E
W








Maintenance and update frequency
Continual
Maintenance note

SwissNames is updated every year and available in June. Updates are based on indications from cantonal authorities and on data collected on field by the topographers during theNational Map's update.

geocat.ch

  • place

  • geodata

  • national map

  • place name

  • toponymy

  • GIS (Geographic Information System)

GEMET

  • geographic information system

GEMET

  • mountain

GEMET

  • nomenclature

Resource constraints

Use constraints
License

Associated resource

Title

Geografische Namen (Landesvermessung)

Association Type
Reference to a master resource of which this one is a part
Language
Deutsch
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Compliance code
0
Language
Deutsch
Language
Français
Included with dataset
0
Title

SwissNames : die Namendatenbank der Schweiz

Date (Publication)
2001-08-15
Other citation details

https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/content/swisstopo-internet/de/home/products/landscape/names3d/_jcr_content/contentPar/tabs/items/dokumente/tabPar/downloadlist/downloadItems/101_1554815154300.download/20190410_swissNAMES3D_Produktinfo_de_bf.pdf

Distribution format

  • Text

  • ESRI Shapefile (SHP)

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/de/landschaftsmodell-swissnames3d

swissNAMES3D

Statement

Content based on the swiss National Maps. Updates are based on indications from cantonal authorities and on data collected on field by the topographers during theNational Map's update.

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Topology level
Topology 1D
Geometric object type
Point
Geometric object count
32634
Reference system identifier
EPSG:21781

Maintenance and update frequency
Annually
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Metadata

Metadata identifier
b17744cc-ce85-439f-b205-6c80cff34306

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

Point of contact

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo - metadata (Metadata contact)
Seftigenstrasse 264
Wabern
3084
CH
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/b17744cc-ce85-439f-b205-6c80cff34306

Date info (Creation)
2007-12-17T12:00:00Z
Date info (Revision)
2026-04-13T09:47:20.718778Z

Metadata standard

Title

GM03 2+

 
 

Spatial extent

Keywords

GEMET

geographic information system mountain nomenclature
geocat.ch

GIS (Geographic Information System) geodata national map place place name toponymy


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