#swisstopo — Public Fediverse posts

ArcGIS Flight Simulator: Cédric Despierre Corporon built a browser-based #FlightSimulator on the #ArcGIS Maps SDK for #JavaScript, streaming Swiss terrain and buildings from #swisstopo alongside global #OSM data. While obviously not a full flight sim, this is a genuinely...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/07/27-arcgis-flight-simulator/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

ArcGIS Flight Simulator: Cédric Despierre Corporon built a browser-based #FlightSimulator on the #ArcGIS Maps SDK for #JavaScript, streaming Swiss terrain and buildings from #swisstopo alongside global #OSM data. While obviously not a full flight sim, this is a genuinely...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/07/27-arcgis-flight-simulator/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Tree canopy change detection in Vaud: Engineering firm n+p used #swisstopo’s #LiDAR data from 2019 and 2025 to detect #TreeCanopy change across the canton of Vaud, with results explorable in a web app that includes orthophoto comparison for spot-checking. Despite methodological...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/07/08-tree-canopy-change-detection-in-vaud/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Tree canopy change detection in Vaud: Engineering firm n+p used #swisstopo’s #LiDAR data from 2019 and 2025 to detect #TreeCanopy change across the canton of Vaud, with results explorable in a web app that includes orthophoto comparison for spot-checking. Despite methodological...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/07/08-tree-canopy-change-detection-in-vaud/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

100 years of swisstopo Flight Service: In 1926, #swisstopo pioneered #aerialPhotogrammetry in Switzerland, taking to the skies when aviation was still in its infancy to map the country more precisely and efficiently than ground surveys could. A century later, the #FlightService remains...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/06/07-100-years-of-swisstopo-flight-service/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

100 years of swisstopo Flight Service: In 1926, #swisstopo pioneered #aerialPhotogrammetry in Switzerland, taking to the skies when aviation was still in its infancy to map the country more precisely and efficiently than ground surveys could. A century later, the #FlightService remains...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/06/07-100-years-of-swisstopo-flight-service/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

@runspired.com Use case: People send me planned route on Strava. I want to check hour by hour weather en route (#Komoot), I want to check current snow levels (#MeteoSchweiz), I want to check avalanche risk (#WhiteRisk), I want to check trail closures (#SwissTopo), I want to have it on a phone in an app that has actually useable maps (#Locus).

None of those use-cases can be fulfilled by Strava.

For each of them I need a GPX.

@runspired.com Use case: People send me planned route on Strava. I want to check hour by hour weather en route (#Komoot), I want to check current snow levels (#MeteoSchweiz), I want to check avalanche risk (#WhiteRisk), I want to check trail closures (#SwissTopo), I want to have it on a phone in an app that has actually useable maps (#Locus).

None of those use-cases can be fulfilled by Strava.

For each of them I need a GPX.

Just noticed that the surroundings of Blatten has been newly measured and published. Most of the hiking trails in the valley have been opened as well. The satellite view still shows the situation from before the disaster.

https://swisstopo.app/poi?lat=46.41972045620123&lon=7.821051449823709

#Blatten #SwissTopo #Map

Just noticed that the surroundings of Blatten has been newly measured and published. Most of the hiking trails in the valley have been opened as well. The satellite view still shows the situation from before the disaster.

https://swisstopo.app/poi?lat=46.41972045620123&lon=7.821051449823709

#Blatten #SwissTopo #Map

New OpenRefine Geocoding Extension https://gitlab.com/geometalab/openrefine-geocoding-extension by TihanMo.

The Extension geocodes unformatted addresses to coordinates (Latitude/Longitude) and provides confidence scores using #photon #nominatim and #swisstopo APIs.

New OpenRefine Geocoding Extension https://gitlab.com/geometalab/openrefine-geocoding-extension by TihanMo.

The Extension geocodes unformatted addresses to coordinates (Latitude/Longitude) and provides confidence scores using #photon #nominatim and #swisstopo APIs.

Some fellow mastodonians suggested I made my altimeter web app work globally. I did.

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/alt/

Now, all you testers out there: Does it work in your location? Is it accurate? Suggestions?

#geography #gis #topography #opendata #ogd #geodata #opensource #openglam #glamhack #digitalhumanities #webdev #webapp #html #javascript #swisstopo @spatialists @OpendataCH @geomob @clolsonus @JensWiesehahn @paulfoerster

Some fellow mastodonians suggested I made my altimeter web app work globally. I did.

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/alt/

Now, all you testers out there: Does it work in your location? Is it accurate? Suggestions?

#geography #gis #topography #opendata #ogd #geodata #opensource #openglam #glamhack #digitalhumanities #webdev #webapp #html #javascript #swisstopo @spatialists @OpendataCH @geomob @clolsonus @JensWiesehahn @paulfoerster

Altiswiss, a data-driven #altimeter for #Switzerland, now complete with a reset button and an additional numerical display.

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/altiswiss2/

#geography #gis #topography #opendata #ogd #geodata #opensource #openglam #glamhack #digitalhumanities #webdev #webapp #html #javascript #swisstopo @spatialists @OpendataCH @geomob

Altiswiss, a data-driven #altimeter for #Switzerland, now complete with a reset button and an additional numerical display.

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/altiswiss2/

#geography #gis #topography #opendata #ogd #geodata #opensource #openglam #glamhack #digitalhumanities #webdev #webapp #html #javascript #swisstopo @spatialists @OpendataCH @geomob

Erster #Altimeter-Test im Bahnhof #Olten: Läuft.

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/altiswiss2/

#switzerland #geography #gis #topography #opendata #ogd #geodata #opensource #openglam #glamhack #digitalhumanities #webdev #swisstopo @spatialists @OpendataCH @geomob

Erster #Altimeter-Test im Bahnhof #Olten: Läuft.

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/altiswiss2/

#switzerland #geography #gis #topography #opendata #ogd #geodata #opensource #openglam #glamhack #digitalhumanities #webdev #swisstopo @spatialists @OpendataCH @geomob

A data-driven #altimeter built from #Swiss #OpenGovernmentData and a spoonful of #Javascript. So whenever you are in #Switzerland, grab Altiswiss 2.

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/altiswiss2/

#switzerland #geography #gis #topography #opendata #ogd #geodata #opensource #openglam #glamhack #digitalhumanities #webdev #swisstopo @spatialists @OpendataCH @geomob

A data-driven #altimeter built from #Swiss #OpenGovernmentData and a spoonful of #Javascript. So whenever you are in #Switzerland, grab Altiswiss 2.

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/altiswiss2/

#switzerland #geography #gis #topography #opendata #ogd #geodata #opensource #openglam #glamhack #digitalhumanities #webdev #swisstopo @spatialists @OpendataCH @geomob

Planet Helvetia🇨🇭

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/planet-helvetia/

#switzerland #map #mapping #geography #gis #topography #opendata #opensource #openglam #glamhack #digitalhumanities #astronomy #space #webdev #swisstopo @spatialists @OpendataCH @geomob

Planet Helvetia🇨🇭

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/planet-helvetia/

#switzerland #map #mapping #geography #gis #topography #opendata #opensource #openglam #glamhack #digitalhumanities #astronomy #space #webdev #swisstopo @spatialists @OpendataCH @geomob

@perry @spatialists @OpendataCH Nein, die Daten stammen vom Bundesamt für Landestopographie #Swisstopo (digitales Höhenmodell DHM 25/200 @ https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/de/hoehenmodell-dhm25-200m).

@perry @spatialists @OpendataCH Nein, die Daten stammen vom Bundesamt für Landestopographie #Swisstopo (digitales Höhenmodell DHM 25/200 @ https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/de/hoehenmodell-dhm25-200m).

Swiss government open-source catalog: Under Article 9 of the “Federal Act on the Use of Electronic Means to Carry Out Official Tasks” (#EMBAG / #LMETA), federal authorities must publish the source code of software they develop or commission, marking a step toward greater #digitalSovereignty. The #OSS Catalog lists around 60 #opensource projects with #swisstopo’s #STAC API and the mapping application #KADASAlbireo among them.
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/12/11-swiss-government-open-source-catalog/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Swiss government open-source catalog: Under Article 9 of the “Federal Act on the Use of Electronic Means to Carry Out Official Tasks” (#EMBAG / #LMETA), federal authorities must publish the source code of software they develop or commission, marking a step toward greater #digitalSovereignty. The #OSS Catalog lists around 60 #opensource projects with #swisstopo’s #STAC API and the mapping application #KADASAlbireo among them.
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/12/11-swiss-government-open-source-catalog/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Confoederatio emojica. An icon map of Switzerland.

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/emoji/

#geography #cartography #topography #swisstopo #gis #gps #map #switzerland #emoji #openmoji #opendata

Confoederatio emojica. An icon map of Switzerland.

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/emoji/

#geography #cartography #topography #swisstopo #gis #gps #map #switzerland #emoji #openmoji #opendata

swisstopo colloquium: From satellite pixels to forest stress: In an upcoming colloquium, #swisstopo offers a look at an operational #EarthObservation pipeline turning #Sentinel-2 data into near #realtime insight for #drought #monitoring in Switzerland. – @davidoesch #eo #remotesensing
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/11/06-swisstopo-colloquium-from-satellite-pixels-to-forest-stress/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

swisstopo colloquium: From satellite pixels to forest stress: In an upcoming colloquium, #swisstopo offers a look at an operational #EarthObservation pipeline turning #Sentinel-2 data into near #realtime insight for #drought #monitoring in Switzerland. – @davidoesch #eo #remotesensing
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/11/06-swisstopo-colloquium-from-satellite-pixels-to-forest-stress/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Spaziergang im Simmental. Mit dem #AR-Assistenten.

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/mont2/

Und wer's ganz genau wissen will:

https://phaidra.fhstp.ac.at/detail/o:7234

#html5 #augmentedreality #geoinformatics #geography #topography #ios #opendata #geodata #swisstopo #switzerland @spatialists @OpendataCH

Spaziergang im Simmental. Mit dem #AR-Assistenten.

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/mont2/

Und wer's ganz genau wissen will:

https://phaidra.fhstp.ac.at/detail/o:7234

#html5 #augmentedreality #geoinformatics #geography #topography #ios #opendata #geodata #swisstopo #switzerland @spatialists @OpendataCH

Improved Swiss Base Map: The “#BaseMap” from Switzerland’s NMGA #swisstopo is an award-winning interactive cartographic product that integrates data from multiple partners and was recognized with the 2025 #ICA #MapAward. An article by Swisstopo explains how the map was...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/09/24-improved-swiss-base-map/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Improved Swiss Base Map: The “#BaseMap” from Switzerland’s NMGA #swisstopo is an award-winning interactive cartographic product that integrates data from multiple partners and was recognized with the 2025 #ICA #MapAward. An article by Swisstopo explains how the map was...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/09/24-improved-swiss-base-map/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Bergwanderung. Nun ja, beinah.

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/mont2/

#html5 #ar #geoinformatics #geography #topography #ios #opendata #geodata #swisstopo #switzerland @OpendataCH

Bergwanderung. Nun ja, beinah.

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/mont2/

#html5 #ar #geoinformatics #geography #topography #ios #opendata #geodata #swisstopo #switzerland @OpendataCH

Mapterhorn terrain tiles: Discover #Mapterhorn by Oliver Wipfli: a collection of global #terrain tiles in the lightweight #PMTiles format, built from open data sources such as Switzerland’s ultra-detailed #swissALTI3D model by #swisstopo. With open-source pipelines,...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/09/02-mapterhorn-terrain-tiles/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Mapterhorn terrain tiles: Discover #Mapterhorn by Oliver Wipfli: a collection of global #terrain tiles in the lightweight #PMTiles format, built from open data sources such as Switzerland’s ultra-detailed #swissALTI3D model by #swisstopo. With open-source pipelines,...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/09/02-mapterhorn-terrain-tiles/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Das Wandern ist des Schweizers Lust: "Mont" ist eine #AugmentedReality-#Webapp, die Schweizer Berggipfel und Hügelkuppen benennt und auf dem Handybildschirm anzeigt (iOS only).

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/mont2/

Endlich ist nun auch mein Paper über die verwendete Technik erschienen:

https://phaidra.fhstp.ac.at/detail/o:7234

Für alle, die hoch hinaus wollen - mit #VanillaJS oder in Wanderschuhen.

#html5 #ar #geoinformatics #geography #topography #ios #opendata #geodata #swisstopo #switzerland @OpendataCH

Das Wandern ist des Schweizers Lust: "Mont" ist eine #AugmentedReality-#Webapp, die Schweizer Berggipfel und Hügelkuppen benennt und auf dem Handybildschirm anzeigt (iOS only).

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/mont2/

Endlich ist nun auch mein Paper über die verwendete Technik erschienen:

https://phaidra.fhstp.ac.at/detail/o:7234

Für alle, die hoch hinaus wollen - mit #VanillaJS oder in Wanderschuhen.

#html5 #ar #geoinformatics #geography #topography #ios #opendata #geodata #swisstopo #switzerland @OpendataCH

Was genau will mir die #Swisstopo App sagen?

Ich bin 21.6 km in 7h55m, dabei 862 m rauf und 1144 m runter gegangen?

… oder…

ich bin 21.6 km in 7h55m, dabei 935 m rauf und 1188 m runter gegangen?

Was denn nun? 🤔

Und was bedeuten die 🕓 06:38 oben rechts? Es kann weder Start noch Stop Zeitpunkt sein. Also netto Laufdauer, ohne Pause? Das könnte passen, weil kurz vor Ende der Tour eine grössere Pause stattfand.

Ich finde die Anzeige irreführend. Wer weiss Rat?

#Wandern #Schweiz

Was genau will mir die #Swisstopo App sagen?

Ich bin 21.6 km in 7h55m, dabei 862 m rauf und 1144 m runter gegangen?

… oder…

ich bin 21.6 km in 7h55m, dabei 935 m rauf und 1188 m runter gegangen?

Was denn nun? 🤔

Und was bedeuten die 🕓 06:38 oben rechts? Es kann weder Start noch Stop Zeitpunkt sein. Also netto Laufdauer, ohne Pause? Das könnte passen, weil kurz vor Ende der Tour eine grössere Pause stattfand.

Ich finde die Anzeige irreführend. Wer weiss Rat?

#Wandern #Schweiz

🗺️ Spannender Blogbeitrag meines Kollegen zum Kartografen Henri #Dufour und dessen Werk:

https://etheritage.ethz.ch/2025/07/11/zum-150-todestag-der-kartograf-guillaume-henri-dufour/

#karten #maps #dufourkarte #topografischekarte #schweiz #glarus #walensee #Topografie #swisstopo #schweizermanier #ethbibliothek #ethz

🗺️ Spannender Blogbeitrag meines Kollegen zum Kartografen Henri #Dufour und dessen Werk:

https://etheritage.ethz.ch/2025/07/11/zum-150-todestag-der-kartograf-guillaume-henri-dufour/

#karten #maps #dufourkarte #topografischekarte #schweiz #glarus #walensee #Topografie #swisstopo #schweizermanier #ethbibliothek #ethz

Swisstopo Historic podcast: Under the moniker “swisstopo historic”, #swisstopo produces a #podcast about the history of #cartography and #geoinformation, now in its fourth season with themes ranging from water on maps to national boundaries. Alongside the podcast, they also...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/07/01-swisstopo-historic-podcast/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Swisstopo Historic podcast: Under the moniker “swisstopo historic”, #swisstopo produces a #podcast about the history of #cartography and #geoinformation, now in its fourth season with themes ranging from water on maps to national boundaries. Alongside the podcast, they also...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/07/01-swisstopo-historic-podcast/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Sturmschaden im Wald, Weg versperrt. Pikettnummer von Grün Stadt #Zürich durch Suchmaschine nicht erschlossen. Koordinaten aus der #Swisstopo-App nicht direkt kopierbar, über Bildschirmfoto 🤪schon. Auf Meldeportal zueriwieneu.ch, das zur Meldung von Schäden, Reparaturen usw. vorgesehen ist (in diesem Fall aber eigentlich nicht der adäquate Kanal) können zur Ortsbeschreibung keine Koordinaten als Adresse erfasst werden. Der Weg ist noch lang.
#sonntagsspaziergang #digitalisierung

Sturmschaden im Wald, Weg versperrt. Pikettnummer von Grün Stadt #Zürich durch Suchmaschine nicht erschlossen. Koordinaten aus der #Swisstopo-App nicht direkt kopierbar, über Bildschirmfoto 🤪schon. Auf Meldeportal zueriwieneu.ch, das zur Meldung von Schäden, Reparaturen usw. vorgesehen ist (in diesem Fall aber eigentlich nicht der adäquate Kanal) können zur Ortsbeschreibung keine Koordinaten als Adresse erfasst werden. Der Weg ist noch lang.
#sonntagsspaziergang #digitalisierung

3D reconstruction of Birch Glacier collapse: Last Wednesday, the #Birch Glacier in Switzerland collapsed beneath debris, burying parts of the evacuated village of #Blatten. Using #Swisstopo’s openly available #RapidMapping geodata, professionals quickly produced detailed pre- and post-event...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/06-01-3d-reconstruction-of-birch-glacier-collapse/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

3D reconstruction of Birch Glacier collapse: Last Wednesday, the #Birch Glacier in Switzerland collapsed beneath debris, burying parts of the evacuated village of #Blatten. Using #Swisstopo’s openly available #RapidMapping geodata, professionals quickly produced detailed pre- and post-event...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/06-01-3d-reconstruction-of-birch-glacier-collapse/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Last Wednesday the Birchgletscher in the Swiss Alps collapsed, devastating large parts of the village #Blatten and blocking the Lonza river which created a small lake which destroyed even more houses.

Thanks to aerial images shared by #swisstopo, I was able to create a 3D model of the area.

You can explore it here 👉 https://skfb.ly/pxHLC

#glacier #lotschental #disaster #switzerland #photogrammetry

Last Wednesday the Birchgletscher in the Swiss Alps collapsed, devastating large parts of the village #Blatten and blocking the Lonza river which created a small lake which destroyed even more houses.

Thanks to aerial images shared by #swisstopo, I was able to create a 3D model of the area.

You can explore it here 👉 https://skfb.ly/pxHLC

#glacier #lotschental #disaster #switzerland #photogrammetry

Ich war gestern am Tag der offenen Tür beim Bundesamt für Landestopografie #swisstopo in Wabern BE. Gab sehr viel zu sehen, kann ich sehr empfehlen, falls die sowas mal wieder anbieten.

Infos zu den Bildern in den Bildbeschreibungen.

Today my self-designed map came per post. The new feature (at least it was not there the last time I ordered) of uploading GPX files is super. Have uploaded the 5 routes of the multi-day hike and gave them alternate colors. Also the fact that you can add more text (left bottom) is nice.

#SwissTopo