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  1. 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

  2. 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...
    spatialists.ch/posts/2026/06/0 #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

  3. 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,...
    spatialists.ch/posts/2025/09/0 #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

  4. 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

  5. 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