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.

Identification info

Date (Publication): 2006-06-07

Collective title: Geografische Namen (Landesvermessung)

Point of contact

Responsible party

Organisation name: Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

Position name: Geodata Distribution

Voice: +41 58 469 01 11

Facsimile: +41 58 469 04 59

Address

City: Wabern

Postal code: 3084

Country: CH

Electronic mail address: geodata@swisstopo.ch

Streetname: Seftigenstrasse

Streetnumber: 264

Protocol: WWW:LINK

Role: Point of contact

Last Name: geodata

Organisation Acronym: swisstopo

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.

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place name
toponymy
GIS (Geographic Information System)

GEMET

geographic information system

GEMET

mountain

GEMET

nomenclature

Use constraints: License

Spatial representation type: Vector

Language: Deutsch

Language: English

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

B Location, Reference Systems

Extent

Description: SwissNames Settlements

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W

Geographic identifier: SNort

Distribution format

Text ( ASCII )
ESRI Shapefile (SHP) ()

OnLine resource

swissNAMES3D ( WWW:LINK )

swissNAMES3D

Hierarchy level: Dataset

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.

Topology level: Topology 1D

Geometric object type: Point

Geometric object count: 32634

Reference system identifier: EPSG:21781

Content Information

Compliance code

Metadata language: Deutsch

Metadata language: Français

Included with dataset

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

Model type: Feature description

Metadata

File identifier: b17744cc-ce85-439f-b205-6c80cff34306

Metadata language: Deutsch

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2022-05-13T08:48:05

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: geocat@swisstopo.ch

Streetname: Seftigenstrasse

Streetnumber: 264

Protocol: WWW:LINK

Hours of service: 08h30 - 11h00 / 14h00 - 16h00 GMT+1

Role: Point of contact

Last Name: metadata

Organisation Acronym: swisstopo

Maintenance and update frequency: Annually

Update scope: Dataset

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