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  1. Via Helvetica hiking planner: Via Helvetica by Philippe De Pol is a new, free web app for planning hikes in Switzerland along the official trail network, on #swisstopo basemaps and using federal #geodata, with #GPX import and export and an easy handoff to the swisstopo mobile...
    spatialists.ch/posts/2026/08/2 #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

  2. RE: mapstodon.space/@spatialists/1

    🥾 Another interesting #geospatial project: Via Helvetica, a free web app for planning hikes in Switzerland using official trail data, #swisstopo basemaps and federal #geodata

    A good example of putting geospatial data to practical use in a user-friendly tool 🗺️.

    #gis #opendata #opensource #hiking

  3. Via Helvetica hiking planner: Via Helvetica by Philippe De Pol is a new, free web app for planning hikes in Switzerland along the official trail network, on #swisstopo basemaps and using federal #geodata, with #GPX import and export and an easy handoff to the swisstopo mobile...
    spatialists.ch/posts/2026/08/2 #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

  4. MCP server for Swiss federal geodata: Hayal Oezkan’s swisstopo-mcp gives #AI #agents access to Swiss federal #geodata through 20 tools spanning the #Swisstopo REST API, the federal #STAC catalog, the #ÖREB/#RDPPF cadastre, and #OSM. This is currently the bridge between the Model...
    spatialists.ch/posts/2026/08/1 #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

  5. 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...
    spatialists.ch/posts/2026/07/2 #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

  6. 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...
    spatialists.ch/posts/2025/07/0 #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

  7. Colloquium: State of SGS implementation: The Swiss #Geoinformation Strategy (#SGS), launched in 2020, aims to make reliable, detailed, and up-to-date geoinformation easily accessible and interconnected across #Switzerland. On May 2, #Swisstopo will host a colloquium to review the progress...
    spatialists.ch/posts/2025/04-2 #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS