Last updated
January 1, 1843
Terms of use
Open use. Must provide the source.

Description

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).

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Additional information

Identifier
d12f970f-6a83-4c33-8cfe-7504b6a5dca9@bundesamt-fur-landestopografie-swisstopo
Issued date
January 1, 1843
Modified date
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Conforms to
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Publisher
Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Contact points
geodata@swisstopo.ch
Languages
Language independent
Further information
geocat.ch permalink
Landing page
https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/fr/carte-dufour-digitale
Documentation
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Temporal coverage
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Spatial coverage
Dufourkarte
Update interval
Irregular
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