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 February 2025
Update of the SWISSIMAGE product with images 2024.The Canton of Aargau is now available with the latest images.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
swissALTI3D Update December 2024
The latest version of swissALTI3D is now available. The entire canton of Valais has been updated with new elevation data.
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.
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.
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.
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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