Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

Member information

National name	Bundesamt für Landestopografie swisstopo / Office fédéral de topographie swisstopo / Ufficio federale di topografia swisstopo
English spelling	Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Member status	Full
Responsible ministry/organisation	Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS)
Number of staff	400
Annual budget, €millions	74.9
% state funding	79

2025: Georegisters for a digital Switzerland

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2024: Monitoring drought with unprecedented precision for climate resistance in Switzerland

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2021: Award-winning swisstopo app enables easy access to national maps and federal geodata

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2019: Delivering 3D data of Switzerland

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Head of organisation	Dr. Sc. techn. Fridolin Wicki
Permanent correspondent	Robert Balanche
Postal address	Seftigenstrasse 264 CH-3084 Wabern Switzerland
Website	https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/home.html

Geodetic survey	Yes
Topographic mapping	Yes
Cadastre	Yes
Land registration	No
Military mapping	Yes
Thematic mapping	Yes
Hydrographic mapping	Yes
Aerial photography	Yes
Satellite imagery	Yes
Marine mapping	No
Metrology	No
e-Government	No
National Spatial Data Infrastructure	Yes

Cadastral Portal	https://www.cadastre.ch/
Geoportal	https://map.geo.admin.ch
Positioning Service	https://swisstopo.admin.ch/en/swipos-the-swiss-positioning-service
NSDI Portal	No