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New Updates
Overview of the new geodata made available for download in the last 12 months
A journey through time – Siegfried Map
The journey through time is now available for the Siegfried Map. Analyse the evolution of the Swiss landscape from 1952 to 1949 on the map viewer map.geo.admin.ch or with the geoservices of the Federal Geodata Infrastructure.
GeoCover update September 2025
New update of GeoCover (dati geologici di superficie) with 12 new vector datasets. The data are available on map.geo.admin.ch and swissgeol.ch.
SWISSIMAGE RS update October 2025
New update of SWISSIMAGE RS with the 2025 imagery in northeastern Switzerland. The cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Thurgau, Zug and Zurich are now complete. The data are available upon request.
Swiss Map Vector 10 Update 2025
Swiss Map Vector 10 has been updated with the latest data. The 2025 edition of the national vector map at a scale of 1:10,000 is now available.
SWISSIMAGE update September 2025
First update of the SWISSIMAGE product with images 2025.The first images of the canton of Zurich are now available. Subsequent updates will follow in the coming months.
Swiss Map Web products update
The styles of the Swiss Map Web product family have been updated.
swissSURFACE3D Update August 2025
The latest generation of LiDAR data is now available for the entire canton of Schaffhausen, the western part of the canton of Zurich and the north of the canton of Zug. A new delivery format, additional classes, higher point density and a normalised reflectance value are the most important innovations compared to the previous generation.
swissALTI3D Update August 2025
The latest version of swissALTI3D is now available. It includes updated elevation data for the cantons of Basel-Land, Basel-Stadt and Solothurn, as well as the northern part of the canton of Berne.
SWISSIMAGE Update August 2025
Update of the SWISSIMAGE product with images of 2024.The latest images of the canton of Tessin are now available. Due to prolonged bad weather during the 2024 flight season, it was not possible to survey and update the entire territory of the canton.SWISSIMAGE's production with images from 2024 is now complete.
swissBATHY3D Update July 2025
The batyhmetric of Lake Lungern are now available in swissBATHY3D.
New features in the 3D view of map.geo.admin.ch
The 3D view of the map.geo.admin.ch map viewer has some new features: the terrain model is now much more detailed, and 3D buildings have been improved.
swissALTIRegio Update July 2025
The latest edition of swissALTIRegio is now available for download. We have integrated new data for Baden-Württemberg and the canton of Valais, significantly improving the quality of the terrain model.
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