Maps & geodata

Maps & Geodata

• Maps

  • Kartenportal.CH – Access to Swiss Print Collection
    Kartenportal.CH is the search portal for maps from Switzerland’s libraries and archives. Here you can find print collections such as topographical and thematic maps, with the corresponding links to the library holdings.
  • Geoportal of the Swiss Confederation – Online Map Viewer
    The map viewer allows the interactive presentation of maps and the inclusion of thematic geographical data using a standard Web browser.
  • HADES – Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland
    The Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland comprises a systematic sequence of maps split up into eight chapters. The HADES website offers the data presented in many maps and diagrams for free using the 3D Visualisation Platform (Windows 7, 8 & 10, beta version), the new Data & Analysis WebGIS Platform, and downloadable plate and shape files as well as tables via the online version of the print edition.

  The Atlas is also available in print at the library locations in Birmensdorf, Dübendorf, Kastanienbaum and Villigen: HADES in our swisscovery catalogue

  More Maps

  • Google Maps
  • map.search.ch
  • OpenStreetMap
  • Pangaea - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
  • SchweizMobil (hiking, cycling, mountain biking, etc)

   

• Geodata

  • GeoVITe
    GeoVITe provides access to geodata in teaching and research. It offers members of the ETH domain access to federal (eg swisstopo, BAFU, BFS) and also some cantonal geodata. User authentication works via Shibboleth (aai) / institutional login. Please be aware of the terms of use and cite used data correctly.
  • Geoportal of the Swiss Confederation
    geo.admin.ch is the geographical information platform of the Swiss Confederation. The implemented map viewer allows the interactive presentation of maps and the inclusion of thematic geographical data using a standard Web browser. The respective datasets can be ordered directly from the responsible data supplier. Most datasets are also included in GeoVITe.
  • geocat.ch
    geocat.ch is the metadata catalogue of Switzerland's geodata. Federal, cantonal and municipal offices as well as private firms use geocat.ch to publish metadata for their own geodata.

  GIS & Geodata

  • GeoScienceWorld - OpenGeoSci
  • GIS & Geodata at Eawag (only available at Eawag and Empa)
  • GIS & Geodata at WSL (only available at WSL)

• Remote sensing

  • Information System for Aerial Photographs / LUBIS Viewer
    With the LUBIS viewer, you can search, display and order all terrestrial images, aerial photographs and aerial image strips registered in swisstopo’s LUBIS aerial imagery information system. For instructions, see here.
  • ESA Open Satellite Images
    Satellite Images from the Sentinel sattelites provided by the European Space Agency (ESA). You have to create an account to be able to download satellite images for free.
  • NASA
    Satellite Images offered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).