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Published on 8 January 2024

News about geodata

In this section you will find information about updates and news concerning swisstopo's geodata. 

9 January 2024

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The Geodata Newsletter provides you with regular information on the latest innovations in the world of swisstopo geodata.

6 March 2023

New Updates

Overview of the new geodata made available for download in the last 12 months

  • 12 February 2025

    SWISSIMAGE Update February 2025

    Update of the SWISSIMAGE product with images 2024.The Canton of Aargau is now available with the latest images.

  • Map section Base Map Winter

    12 February 2025

    New: Base Map Winter

    The Base Map Winter is a variation of the Base Map in a winter colour scheme. Its content is the same as the Base Map.

  • LiDAR data of Thun Castle with Bälliz in the background

    7 February 2025

    swissSURFACE3D: Milestone achieved and course set for the future

    With the release of data for the Canton of Bern, uniform and highly precise LiDAR data from swissSURFACE3D is now available for all of Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. The nationwide survey, launched in spring 2017, was carried out in six stages and took a little more than seven years to complete. Due to high demand and positive experiences, swisstopo has initiated a new LiDAR survey to ensure the continued update of swissSURFACE3D and swissSURFACE3D Raster products.

  • 4 February 2025

    Official directories of streets and building addresses

    Major changes to the official street and building address directories will take place in March 2025. To help you prepare, these changes are listed below. Technical documentation will be updated accordingly.

  • 4 February 2025

    Search with approximate entries for building addresses

    For some time, the search service was only able to find exact entries for building addresses. The search service has now been corrected.

  • The image shows a section of the Swiss Map Raster 1000 of the Rhone Valley (VS) from Martigny to Fiesch.

    30 January 2025

    Swiss Map Raster 500 and 1000 edition 2024

    The 2024 update of the National Maps 1:500'000 and 1:1 million are now available as digital National Maps Swiss Map Raster.

  • 1 January 2025

    swissBOUNDARIES3D Update January 2025

    The 2025 edition of swissBOUNDARIES3D is available! This updated dataset contains all fusions of municipalities that came into effect on January 1, 2025.

  • Matterhorn, Grenz and Gorner glaciers as shaded relief

    20 December 2024

    swissALTI3D Update December 2024

    The latest version of swissALTI3D is now available. The entire canton of Valais has been updated with new elevation data.

  • 18 December 2024

    SWISSIMAGE Update December 2024

    Update of the SWISSIMAGE product with images 2024.The central part of the Canton of Berne is now available with the latest images.

  • Map section snow sports topic

    5 December 2024

    Snowsport topics Update 2024

    swisstopo has updated the ski and snowshoe routes. These are now also available for download as vector data. The cableways and skilifts that operate in winter, as well as winter accommodation, can now be viewed as separate layers on map.geo.admin.ch and are also available for download.

  • The image shows 3D building models of the city of Bern integrated into a 3D model textured with an aerial image.

    26 November 2024

    swissBUILDINGS3D 3.0 Beta Update November 2024

    In swissBUILDINGS3D 3.0 Beta, 3D building models with the federal building identifier (EGID) are now also available for the cantons of St. Gallen and Schwyz.

  • Orthophoto of swisstopo's black and white aerial image overlaid on the national map in a GIS application.

    20 November 2024

    Migration of scanned aerial and terrestrial images for direct download completed

    The migration of more than 360’000 images to the STAC infrastructure has been completed to allow, among other things, direct downloading. The aerial and terrestrial images are also accessible on the map viewer of the federal geoportal.

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