On the occasion of its 175th anniversary, the Federal Office of Topography Swisstopo lets us travel back in time. The new one shows how Switzerland has been built over the last few decades Web App and sends the viewer on a journey through time.
Helvetia, how have you changed! Swisstopo has been measuring Switzerland for almost two hundred years and the data is constantly updated. As the federal geoinformation center, swisstopo is Switzerland's "landscape memory" that analyzes and documents changes in the landscape. To celebrate its 175th anniversary, a Viewer published for topographic maps, which to a certain extent enable a journey through time via a web browser. In this way, the Federal Office makes the data it has collected over the decades available to the general public. The web app shows how much the landscape has changed in Switzerland, as well as the phenomena of urban sprawl and the growth of agglomerations. For the time being, the last 75 years are available, from mid-2013 the journey through time will go back to 1838, the year the first Dufour map was published. The Federal Office of Topography is planning further highlights for the anniversary year. An interactive web platform is to be launched in March, which combines information and games on the subject of Swiss geography.