News about geodata
In this section you will find information about updates and news concerning swisstopo's geodata.
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New Updates
Overview of the new geodata made available for download in the last 12 months
SWISSIMAGE Update Februar 2026
Update of the SWISSIMAGE product with images of 2025.The latest images of the cantons Appenzell Innerrhoden und Ausserhode, St. Gallen and the Principality of Liechtenstein are now available.
swissTLM3D Update February 2026
The 2026 update of swissTLM3D is available. swisstopo has updated the topographic landscape model including the hiking routes. The current hiking route network is already published on map.geo.admin.ch.
swissSURFACE3D Update February 2026
The latest generation of LiDAR data is now available for the cantons of St. Gallen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Glarus and the Principality of Liechtenstein. This marks the completion of the first stage of the new acquisition cycle.
General maps of Switzerland Update 2026
The digital general maps of Switzerland with various layers for showing and hiding form the perfect basis for desktop applications. Updated data is now available.
SWISSIMAGE RS Update January 2026
Production of the SWISSIMAGE RS for the flight year 2025 has been completed. Data are available on request.The SWISSIMAGE RS product will evolve in 2026 following the replacement of the camera for aerial photography. More information will follow.
swissSURFACE3D Update January 2026
The latest generation of LiDAR data is now available for the entire canton of Schwyz and parts of the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Glarus and St. Gallen, as well as for the Principality of Liechtenstein. The publication area includes the following 1:25,000 national map sheets: 1076, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1114, 1133, 1134, 1136, 1153, 1155, 1156, 1171, 1172, 1173, 1175, 1176, 1193, 1194, 1195. The second illustration presents an overview of the published area.
SWISSIMAGE Update January 2026
Update of the SWISSIMAGE product with images of 2025.The latest images of the canton of Schwyz are now available.
Swiss Map Raster 500 and 1000 edition 2025
The 2025 update of the National Maps 1:500'000 and 1:1 million are now available as digital National Maps Swiss Map Raster.
swissBOUNDARIES3D Update January 2026
The 2026 edition of swissBOUNDARIES3D is available! This updated dataset contains all fusions of municipalities and boundary modifications that came into effect on January 1, 2026. One such change is the transition of the municipality of Moutier from the canton of Bern to the canton of Jura.
A journey through time – National Map 1:50'000
The journey through time is now available for the National map 1:50'000. Analyse the evolution of the Swiss landscape from 1938 to the present day on the map viewer map.geo.admin.ch or with the geoservices of the Federal Geodata Infrastructure.
Official directory of towns and cities
From January 2026, there will be some changes to the CSV format of the official directory of towns and cities.
swissTLMRegio Update December 2025
This year’s update of our small-scale landscape model is available. swissTLMRegio represents the natural and man-made features of the landscape in Switzerland and neighboring countries.
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