swissALTIRegio

swissALTIRegio is a medium-resolution digital terrain model (10m). It describes the surface without vegetation and buildings. Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein, as well as parts of the neighbouring countries of France, Italy, Austria and Germany are included in the data set. Updates within Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein are carried out annually, while the other areas are updated when source data is available.

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Date (Creation)
2023-11-30T12:00:00+02:00
Date (Revision)
2023-11-30T12:01:00+02:00
Identifier
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Point of contact

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo - geodata (Geodata Distribution)
Seftigenstrasse 264
Wabern
3084
CH
http://www.swisstopo.ch

Owner

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo - Contact
Seftigenstrasse 264
Wabern
3084
https://www.swisstopo.ch
Spatial representation type
Grid

Spatial resolution

Spatial resolution
10 m
Topic category
  • C Elevation

Extent

Extent

Description

swissALTIRegio

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Maintenance and update frequency
Annually
Maintenance note

The data within the Swiss national border is updated annually with the latest version of swissALTI3D. In neighbouring countries, updates are carried out when new elevation data of uniform quality is available over a sufficiently large area.

Duration of Conservation
275
Appraisal of Archival Value
A
Reason for Archiving Value
Evidence of business practice
GEMET

  • laser

  • geographic information system

  • digital land model

geocat.ch

  • LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging)

  • DEM (digital elevation model)

  • 3D visualisation

  • 3D simulation

  • GIS (Geographic Information System)

  • official geodata

  • laserscanning

  • FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure

  • opendata.swiss

  • Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation

Resource constraints

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

Associated resource

Title

Höhendaten (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
Basic Geodata
true
Basic Geodata ID

41.6

Basic Geodata Legal Level
Federal
Basic Geodata Type
Reference Geodata
Distribution format

  • GeoTIFF (GEOTIFF)

  • GRID ASCII (XYZ)

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

swissALTIRegio

Product information and download

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

map.geo.admin.ch

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Number of dimensions
3
Cell geometry
Point
Transformation parameter availability
1
Reference system identifier
EPSG:2056

Metadata

Metadata identifier
f7f058e9-288b-4c55-8f4e-6360880dbb59

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/f7f058e9-288b-4c55-8f4e-6360880dbb59

Date info (Creation)
2023-10-23T13:47:55.012Z
Date info (Revision)
2026-04-13T09:25:18.409189Z

Metadata standard

Title

GM03 2+

 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

Keywords

GEMET

digital land model geographic information system laser
geocat.ch

3D simulation 3D visualisation Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation DEM (digital elevation model) FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure GIS (Geographic Information System) LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) laserscanning official geodata opendata.swiss


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