Published on 2 February 2024

Overview of contents and functions of the swisstopo app

The swisstopo app presents a wide range of content and topics and offers functions for use in your leisure time and at work. 

Maps

• National Map 1:10'000 to 1:1Mio
• National Map Winter
• Base Map
• Base Map Winter
• Aerial photo
• Aerial photo map (aerial photo with cartographic information)
• Geological Map of Switzerland 1:500'000
• Switzerland during the Last Glacial Maximum 1:500'000
• Aeronautical Maps (Aeronautical Chart ICAO, Glider Map)
• Dufour Map first edition
• Siegfried Map first edition
• Aerial photo 1946
• «Journey through time» through the swisstopo map series

Additional topics and contents

• Public transport stops with timetable information

  • Connections from the stop
  • Real-time information (delays, disruptions, track changes, etc.)

• Hiking

  • Hiking trails
  • Mountain hiking trails
  • Alpine hiking trails
  • Hiking SwitzerlandMobility
  • Slope classes over 30°
  • Snow depth
  • Closures hiking trails
  • Alpine pastures protected by livestock guardian dogs
  • Shooting range bulletins (Current shooting data)
  • Geology along the way (Geologically interesting sites)

• Cycling

  • Cycling SwitzerlandMobility
  • Mountainbiking SwitzerlandMobility
  • Closures bike
  • Closures mountain bike
  • Shooting range bulletins (Current shooting data)

• Snowsport

  • Ski routes (with additional information)
  • Snowshoe routes (with additional information)
  • Snowshoe trails (with additional information)
  • Winter hiking trails (with additional information)
  • Ski slopes
  • Snow depth
  • Slope over 30°
  • Slope classes over 30°
  • Protected areas
  • Designated wildlife areas
  • Shooting range bulletins (Current shooting data)
  • Winter accommodation
  • Cableways/skilifts winterinvernali

• Geology

  • Geology along the way (Geologically interesting sites)

• Aviation

  • Obstacles
  • Landing sites
  • Drones and model aircrafts
  • Airspaces
  • Protected areas for civil aviation

Functions

• Tours

  • Plan tours for hiking, cycling, mountain biking, ski and snowshoe
  • Set tour type and personal pace
  • Create and edit track, define tour colour, invert tour direction
  • Insert waypoints into a tour and name them
  • Add notes
  • Assign tags (keywords) to categorise tours
  • Filter tours by tour type, duration, distance, tags
  • Sort tours by duration, distance, alphabet, last created, last modified
  • Overview of all tours on the map overview
  • Record tour (tracking)
  • Tour guide (arrival time, remaining distance)
  • Import and export tours (Format GPX and KML)
  • Share tour as a link
  • Share tours as stories via Instagram or other channels

• Panorama mode

  • Have the panorama labelled from your own location
  • View the virtual panorama from any point (marker)
  • Show tour in panorama mode
  • Movement in virtual space

• Markers

  • Save, rename, comment on, tag (assign keywords) markers
  • Filter markers by tags
  • Import and export markers (Format GPX and KML)
  • Draw tour from marker, view panorama virtually, measure linear distance, check weather forecast (MeteoSwiss)

• Search for

  • coordinates
  • geographical names
  • postal codes
  • address
  • saved tours and markers

• Professional mode (Pro under "Maps and data")

  • All backgrounds, routes and additional information freely selectable
  • Set the transparency of the displayed routes and additional information

Other functions

• Interaction with map elements of the Base Map
• Routing by public transport or on foot from current location to desired destination (It's that simple)
• Measure the linear distance (as the crow flies) between any two points
• Compare two freely selectable map layers or aerial photos
• Offline use (More information)
• Report changes to maps and geodata (Read more)
• Moving Map (dynamic map display)
• Show position

Any legal information

Path with access restriction

When mapping out routes, paths with restrictions on use or access cannot be excluded. Please adhere to the corresponding signposts along the way. We generally recommend planning routes along official hiking and cycling trails as well as the recommended ski and snowshoe routes. Road closures and detours along these routes are shown in the app.

Deeplinks into the swisstopo app

For developers and partners: Create your own deep link into the swisstopo app.

You can launch the swisstopo app on Android as well as iOS with the URL scheme «swisstopo» from another app. In addition, WGS84 coordinates of a point can be entered, which will then be marked. Example: swisstopo://poi?lat=47.3576318&lon=8.5643018

Conventional signs

• Conventional signs for Swiss National Maps

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