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SWISSIMAGE HIST 1946: The Orthophotomosaic of Switzerland from 1946

The orthophoto mosaic SWISSIMAGE HIST 1946 is a composition of historical black and white aerial photographs from 1946 («US flight mission») over the whole of Switzerland with a ground resolution of 1 m. An orthophoto is an aerial image in which the distortions created by the camera and the relief are corrected.

Simple

Alternate title

SWISSIMAGE HIST 1946

Date (Creation)
2019-03-01
Identifier
ch.swisstopo.swissimage-product_1946

Owner

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

Spatial resolution

Spatial resolution
1 m
Topic category
  • A Imagery base maps earth cover

Extent

Extent

Description

swissimage hist 1946

Geographic identifier
swissimage hist 1946

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Maintenance and update frequency
Unknown
geocat.ch
  • historic map

  • raster data

  • opendata.swiss

  • orthophoto

GEMET
  • mosaic

  • aerial photograph

  • aerial photograph

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Orthoimagery

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  • FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure

Resource constraints

Other constraints

NonCommercialAllowed-CommercialAllowed-ReferenceRequired

Associated resource

Title

Orthofotos (Landesvermessung)

Association Type
Reference to a master resource of which this one is a part
Language
Deutsch
Character encoding
UTF8
Subtopic Category
A3 Aerial and Satellite Imagery
Basic Geodata
true
Basic Geodata ID

35

Basic Geodata Legal Level
Federal
Basic Geodata Type
Reference Geodata
Distribution format
  • Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Vorschau map.geo.admin.ch

Preview map.geo.admin.ch

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

ch.swisstopo.swissimage-product_1946

WMS-FSDI service, layer "SWISSIMAGE HIST 1946"

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

ch.swisstopo.swissimage-product_1946

WMTS-FSDI service, layer "SWISSIMAGE HIST 1946"

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

SWISSIMAGE HIST 1946

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

https://map.geo.admin.ch/?lang=en&topic=swisstopo&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&X=185466.05&Y=647539.98&zoom=1&layers=ch.swisstopo.swissimage-hist1946

Reference system identifier
EPSG:21781

Metadata

Metadata identifier
d86ba57c-6053-44bf-9516-2ea3d376d76d

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/d86ba57c-6053-44bf-9516-2ea3d376d76d

Date info (Creation)
2019-02-26T15:03:27Z
Date info (Revision)
2026-04-13T09:41:52.513397Z

Metadata standard

Title

eCH-0271

 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

Keywords

GEMET

aerial photograph aerial photograph mosaic
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Orthoimagery
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure historic map opendata.swiss orthophoto raster data


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