swisstopo: facts and figures
Find out about swisstopo, its map production, number of employees and other facts and figures relating to its wide-ranging activities.

Human resources
Category | Employees |
---|---|
Number of employees (not counting apprentices) |
359 |
Number of full-time jobs |
311.90 |
Number of part-time jobs (not counting apprentices, work-time percentage < 90%) |
139 / 38.7% |
Number of apprentices |
28 |
Number of women (not counting apprentices) |
106 / 29.5% |
Number of employees whose mother-tongue is French or Italian (not counting apprentices) |
73 / 20.3% |
Key data
Type | CHF |
---|---|
External federal revenue |
8.9 Mn |
Internal federal revenue |
16.2 Mn |
Running costs and investment (operating expenses) |
70.8 Mn |
Internal federal accounting |
8.3 Mn |
Cost recovery level |
30.8% |
Productive working hours |
586'911 |
Production statistics
Geodata
Product | Activity |
---|---|
swissTLM3D (Topographic Landscape Model) |
Update of 6'220 km2 |
swissTLM-Map |
Update of the entire data set. In addition mediatized updates 4x/year. |
swissBUILDINGS3D 2.0 |
Record of all municipalities (11'916 km2) |
swissALTI3D |
update of 6'200 km2 |
SWISSIMAGE |
Update of 15'994 km2 |
Aerial image strips |
436 aerial image strips were taken of a total of 24'558 km |
swissNAMES3D |
Update of 6'220 km2 |
swissBOUNDARIES3D |
Update of the entire data set |
VECTOR200 |
Update of the entire data set |
EuroBoundaryMap |
Update of the entire perimeter CH and FL |
EuroRegionalMap |
Update of the entire perimeter CH and FL |
Printed maps
Product | Sheets |
---|---|
National Map 1:25 000 |
35 |
National Map 1:50 000 |
11 |
National Map 1:100 000 | 7 |
Composite of the National Map 1:25 000 |
2 |
Composite of the National Map 1:50 000 |
7 |
Composite of the National Map 1:100 000 | 4 |
Hiking Map 1:50 000 |
23 |
Hiking Map 1:33 333 | 3 |
Snowshoe and Ski Tour Map 1:50 000 |
6 |
1 ICAO Map 1:500'000 |
1 |
1 Glider Chart 1:300'000 |
1 |
Interactive solutions
Product | Updates |
---|---|
Swiss Map Mobile iOS | 5 |
Swiss Map Mobile Android | 7 |
Geodetic data
Service |
Activity |
---|---|
Automatic GNSS Network of Switzerland (AGNES) |
41 stations |
International/European permanent stations (IGS/EPN) |
126 stations |
Further monitor stations | 56 stations |
Positioning service swipos-GIS/GEO |
3107 licenses |
Planimetric control points |
1⁄5 of 223 main survey points of Switzerland is revised and local control of stability (area of Romandie) |
Vertical control points |
55 km of the precise levelling network newly measured |
Geological products
Product | Name |
---|---|
Geological Atlas of Switzerland 1:25 000, printed maps and pixel maps |
Mendrisio (Nr. 152), Sargans (Nr. 157), Hauenstein (Nr. 158), Locarno (Nr. 159), Amsteg (Nr. 160), Wolhusen, Sumiswald, Langnau i. E. (Nr. 163-165), Linthal (Nr. 166) |
Vector data sets |
GA 25-V (161 data sets) GeoCover V2 (221 data sets) |
Cadastral surveying
Area status | Portion of Switzerland's territory | Modifications compared to 2018 |
---|---|---|
Digital data available | 85.2% | +1.3% |
Digital data in preparation | 5.2% | -0.5% |
Only conventional data available | 0.4% | -0.1% |
Not yet surveyed | 6% | -0.7% |
Lakes | 3.1% | 0% |
Geodata infrastructure
Indicator | Figure |
---|---|
Visits via the geoportal operated by swisstopo |
22.1 million |
Uptime (24/7) |
99.7% |
Topics available in the Federal Geodata Infrastructure FGDI |
813 |
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