National Map / 2014 50% open

What data is expected?

This data category requires a high level national map. To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

• Scale of 1:250,000 (1 cm = 2.5km).
• Markings of national roads
• National borders
• Marking of streams, rivers, lakes, mountains.
• Updated at least once a year.

What data is available

•   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
•   Is the data available for free? No
•   Is the data machine readable? Yes (WMS, WMTS, SHP, PDF)
•   Available in bulk? Yes
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes
•   Publicly available? Yes(as Swiss Raster Map published by Federal Office of Topography swisstopo)
•   Is data in digital form? Yes
•   Is the data available online? No (No URL given)
•   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

Only a raster map with the scale 1:1.000.000 is provided for free. Swisstopo is generally selling its data via the online shop: http://www.toposhop.admin.ch/de/shop/index Only sample maps are provided which specifically exclude the possibility of any further use: http://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/internet/swisstopo/de/home/products/maps/national/digital/national/pk_25.html - An interactive map viewer with a all available layers and visualization of changes over time is available here: http://map.geo.admin.ch/ - A catalogue of all the existing geospatial data is available on a specific data catalogue for geo-data with detailed meta-descriptions: http://www.geocat.ch/ Swisstopo provides very detailed information on the last update of topographical maps, example here: http://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/internet/swisstopo/de/home/products/maps/national/25.html?mapnr=2#mapviewjump Many geographic data sets are now also available on the Swiss Open Government Data Portal: http://opendata.admin.ch/de/dataset?groups=raum-und-umwelt&_organization_limit=0

Reviewer comments

Expert review: data is not free and cannot be downloaded for free in the required scale