Federal Office of Topography
Also known as Swisstopo
Swisstopo is the official name for the Swiss Federal Office of Topography, Switzerland's national mapping agency.
Key facts
- Government agency.agency_name
- Federal Office of Topography (Swisstopo)
- Government agency.native_name
- Bundesamt für Landestopografie Office fédéral de topographie Ufficio federale di topografia Uffizi federal da topografia
- Government agency.logo
- Logo der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft.svg
- Government agency.image
- Swisstopowabern.jpg
- Government agency.image_caption
- Building in Wabern.
- Government agency.jurisdiction
- Federal administration of Switzerland
- Government agency.headquarters
- Wabern
- Government agency.minister1_name
- Viola Amherd
- Government agency.minister1_pfo
- Federal Councillor
- Government agency.parent_agency
- Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports
- Government agency.website
- www.swisstopo.admin.ch
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Maps
- Regular maps
- Numbering system
- Tourist maps
- Other maps
- History
- Early work and Dufourkarten
- Siegfriedkarten
- New century
- Modern maps
- Peculiarities
- Full-time positions since 2007
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Swisstopo is the official name for the Swiss Federal Office of Topography, Switzerland's national mapping agency.
The current name was made official in 2002. It had been used as the domain name for the homepage of the institute since 1997.
