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New Updates
Overview of the new geodata made available for download in the last 12 months
SWISSIMAGE Update June 2024
A new SWISSIMAGE update with images from the year 2023 is available. The Canton of Valais is now entirely updated with the latest images.The production of SWISSIMAGE with images from the year 2023 has been completed.
swissALTI3D Update June 2024
The latest version of swissALTI3D is now available. The entire canton of Jura has been updated with new elevation data.
swissNAMES3D Update June 2024
The 2024 edition of swissNAMES3D is available. With over 430,000 geo-referenced entries, swissNAMES3D is the most comprehensive collection of Swiss geographic names.
swissSURFACE3D Raster Update June 2024
swissSURFACE3D raster now also covers the cantons of Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt and Solothurn, as well as the northern and western parts of the canton of Bern.
swissBUILDINGS3D Update June 2024
In swissBUILDINGS3D 3.0 Beta, 3D building models with the federal building identifier (EGID) are now also available for the cantons of Bern and Jura. Moreover, swisstopo has updated the datasets of swissBUILDINGS3D 2.0 and swissBUILDINGS3D 3.0 Beta in the cantons of Bern, Jura and Valais.
SWISSIMAGE Update May 2024
A new SWISSIMAGE update with images from the year 2023 is now available. A first part of the canton of Valais has been updated with the most recent images. The remaining part of the canton will be available at the beginning of July 2024.
Swiss Map Raster 10 Update 2024
swisstopo has updated the digital National Map 1:10,000 (Swiss Map Raster 10) with the latest data. The 2024 edition of Switzerland's most detailed national map is available for download and can be viewed at map.geo.admin.ch.
A journey through time national map 1:25’000
The journey through time is now available for the 1:25’000 National Map. Analyse the evolution of the Swiss landscape from 1952 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: Update May 2024
The product information has been updated.
Swiss Map Web products Update May 2024
The vector tileset ‹Base› (ch.swisstopo.base.vt) has been updated with the latest data and the Swiss Map Web products have been adapted. Light Base Map and Imagery Base Map are now also based on the vector tileset ‹Base›. The vectortiles services ch.swisstopo.leichte-basiskarte.vt and ch.swisstopo.leichte-basiskarte-imagery.vt will no longer be updated and will be removed by the end of the year.
swissSURFACE3D Update April 2024
Our swissSURFACE3D data now covers the northern part of the canton of Berne up to the northern border of Thun.
swissTLM-Map Update April 2024
swisstopo has updated the map display of swissTLM-Map with the latest data of the topographic landscape model (TLM), as well as the corresponding layers in map.geo.admin.ch.
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