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Dufour Map
Dufour Map 1:100 000
The so-called Federal and Cantonal topographic surveys served as a basis for the publication of the Dufour Map. This is the first modern official map series of Switzerland.
All earlier editions are in the map collection.
Official name: Topographische Karte der Schweiz (no official English name)
Ellipsoid: Schmidt 1828
Projection: Equivalent conical projection
Point of origin for height measurements: Repère Pierre du Niton 376,2 m above sea level = 'old horizon'
Ellipsoid: Schmidt 1828
Projection: Equivalent conical projection
Point of origin for height measurements: Repère Pierre du Niton 376,2 m above sea level = 'old horizon'
Production
- Method of ground representation: obliquely luminated hachures
- Method of reproduction: copperplate engraving
- Method of printing: intaglio printing (from 1905 also planographic printing)
- Colours: 1 (from 1908: 2, from 1938: 3)
- Map format: 70 x 48 cm = 3360 km2
- Number of sheets: 25
- First edition: 1845-1865
- Revision: until 1939
Comments about this page: Cartography
Contact / Sales
- Digital data:
Swiss Federal Office of Topography
Customer Services Cartography
Seftigenstr. 264
CH-3084 Wabern
Tel +41 31 963 21 74
Fax +41 31 963 24 59
karto@swisstopo.ch
- Analogue copies:
Swiss Federal Office of Topography, map collection
Map collection
Seftigenstr. 264
CH-3084 Wabern
Tel +41 31 963 21 11
Fax +41 31 963 24 59
kartensammlung@swisstopo.ch
Documentation
- Map sheet index - Dufour Map 1:100 000
30.09.2009 | 659 Kb | PDF
- Price list - georeferenced
14.06.2010 | 964 Kb | PDF
- Order form (in German and French)
14.06.2010 | 37 Kb | PDF
- Price list - analogue copies
11.01.2011 | 357 Kb | PDF
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