Published on 8 January 2024

swissTLMRegio

swissTLMRegio contains two-dimensional vector data of roads, public transport, water bodies, land cover, buildings, geographical names and POIs in generalised form. The data set covers Switzerland as well as the bordering countries and is suitable for overviews on smaller scales. 

The small-scale landscape model of Switzerland

With its high generalisation grade it is a reference dataset for applications requiring a regional or national overview. swissTLM^Regio is divided into topics.

Applications
swissTLM^Regio is ideal for a wide range of applications:

• visual background for orientation in GIS, CAD and navigation systems
• overlay to terrain models for 3D visualisations and analyses (e.g. swissALTI3D)
• basis for spatial analyses, simulations, planning or statistics
• reference data for information systems
• initial products for publications (e.g. maps, plans, Internet) and multimedia products (e.g. in the fields of Multimedia, Navigation or Geo-marketing)
• extension of the swissTLM^3D perimeter

Terms of use

Additional information

• Technical details

  Structure

  swissTLM^Regio describes more than one million objects with their location, shape and neighbourhood connections (topology), as well as the object type and other attributes. It comprises 6 topics, each of which contains one or more feature classes.

  Transport
  Roads and railways, other features relating to transport
  
  Hydrography
  Rivers and lakes
  
  Landcover
  Primary land cover (forests, urban areas, etc.)
  
  Buildings
  Generalised individual buildings
  
  Miscellaneous
  Various other topics (e.g. POI)
  
  Names
  Names
  
  Administrative boundaries
  Administrative boundaries as a separate dataset

  All topics are available for the entire perimeter. Updates take place in the context of the nationwide revision as well as due to the data of the federal cadastral surveying (boundaries).

  File formats

  swissTLM^Regio is available in the following file formats:

  • ESRI File Geodatabase
  • GeoPackage
  • ESRI Shapefile
  • DXF (please order data by email at [e-mail])
  • Interlis 2

  Coordinate system

  • LV95 LN02

  Quality

  swissTLM^Regio exhibits the following quality features: 

  • Full national coverage in homogeneous form and quality
  • Continuous over the whole perimeter
  • Accuracy: 20-60 m (generalisation)
  • Objects hold geometric minimum and maximum dimensions
  • Stable and unambiguous object identification
  • Easy to use in most GIS- and CAD-Systems
  • Different formats

• Documents

  Almost all publications concerning swissTLM^Regio are only available in German and French. Please select your preferred language in the navigation bar to view the desired document.

• Sample data

  • ESRI File Geodatabase with symbolization

  Sample data shows the type and format of the data and can therefore be used for test purposes.

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