#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

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

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

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

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...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/04-26-colloquium-state-of-sgs-implementation/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS