Topographical Map (Dufour Map)
The first official map of Switzerland. First issued between 1844 and 1864, updated up to 1939. 25 sheets. Map format: 70 x 48 cm = 3360 km2. Representation of the terrain: Shaded hachures. Form of reproduction: Copperplate engraving. Printing process: Gravure printing (also planographic printing from 1905). Number of colours: 1 (2 from 1908 and 3 from 1938). Untrue equal-area conic projection. Ellipsoid: Schmidt 1828. Starting altitude: (Repère Pierre du Niton 376.2 metres above sea level).
Simple
- Alternate title
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Dufour Map First edition
- Date (Creation)
- 1843-01-01T00:00:00
- Date (lastRevision)
- 1939-01-01T00:00:00
- Citation identifier
- ch.swisstopo.hiks-dufour
Citation identifier
- Presentation form
- Digital map
- Presentation form
- Hardcopy map
- Collective title
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Historische Karten
- Purpose
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Georeferenzdaten
- Status
- Historical archive
- Status
- Completed
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Cartography
pm-karto@swisstopo.ch karto@swisstopo.ch
Point of contact Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Owner
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Irregular
- Resource format
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Name Version BMP
Exportformat (Windows only)
JPG
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PNG
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geocat.ch
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historic map
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individual Symbol
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official geodata
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terrain representation
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national map
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Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation
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e-geo.ch
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place name
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GEMET
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rock
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relief (land)
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history
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province
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nomenclature
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Geographical names
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geocat.ch
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
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GEMET
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water (geographic)
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GEMET
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mountain
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geocat.ch
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topography
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GEMET
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map chart
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- Spatial representation type
- paperMap
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
- Denominator
- 100000
- Language
- Deutsch
- Language
- Français
- Language
- Italiano
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Imagery base maps earth cover
Extent
- Description
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Dufour Map
![thumbnail](https://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/srv/api/regions/geom.png?geomsrs=EPSG:4326&geom=POLYGON((10.5402484310303%2045.6908654253978,10.5402484310303%2047.8653369623943,5.86724702743252%2047.8653369623943,5.86724702743252%2045.6908654253978,10.5402484310303%2045.6908654253978)))
![thumbnail](https://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/srv/api/records/d12f970f-6a83-4c33-8cfe-7504b6a5dca9/extents/3.png)
- Geographic identifier
- TM
- Reference system identifier
- CH1903
- Number of dimensions
- 2
- Dimension name
- Column
- Dimension size
- 14000
- Resolution
- 508 m
- Dimension name
- Row
- Dimension size
- 9600
- Resolution
- 508 m
- Cell geometry
- Area
- Transformation parameter availability
- Distribution format
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Name Version GeoTIFF
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- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name MAP:Preview
https://map.geo.admin.ch/?layers=ch.swisstopo.hiks-dufour Preview map.geo.admin.ch
OGC:WMS
https://wms.geo.admin.ch/?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.3.0&REQUEST=GetCapabilities&lang=de ch.swisstopo.hiks-dufour
OGC:WMTS
https://wmts.geo.admin.ch/EPSG/3857/1.0.0/WMTSCapabilities.xml?lang=de ch.swisstopo.hiks-dufour
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK
https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/de/wissen-fakten/geschichte-sammlungen/historische-kartenwerke/dufourkarte.html CHTOPO:specialised-geoportal
https://map.geo.admin.ch/?noHeader=true&lang=de&X=191500.00&Y=621500.00&zoom=1&topic=ech&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&catalogNodes=457,510&layers=ch.swisstopo.hiks-dufour map.geo.admin.ch
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:DOWNLOAD-URL
https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/de/geodata/maps/historical/dufour.html
- Name
- Hardcopy
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name ESRI:REST
https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.swisstopo.hiks-dufour RESTful API from geo.admin.ch
- Name
- DVDROM
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Statement
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basiert auf eidgenössischen und kantonalen Aufnahmen
Metadata
- File identifier
- d12f970f-6a83-4c33-8cfe-7504b6a5dca9 XML
- Metadata language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2022-04-04T11:37:13
- Metadata standard name
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GM03 2+
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Point of contact
- Other language
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Language Character encoding French UTF8 Italian UTF8 English UTF8 Romansh UTF8 German UTF8