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236 datasets found

  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Reynoutria sachalinensis

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Nase spawning grounds 1995 - 2004

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data includes the coordinates of spawning grounds in Switzerland (around 100 sites) as well as the average number of breeding animals (10-year average). The FOEN conducted a...

    Last updated: February 20, 2006

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Lead

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Interpolierte Blei-Konzentrationen (mg/kg Feinerde) in den Oberböden (0–20 cm) der Schweiz. Für die Ordinary Kriging Interpolationen (1 km x 1 km) wurden Messdaten von insgesamt...

    Last updated: June 30, 2023

    • HTML
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • soil
    • soil
    • heavy-metal-load
    • toxic-metal
    • toxic-metal
    • atlas
    • atlas
    • biogeochemistry
    • biogeochemistry
    • interpolation
    • interpolation
    • confederation
    • soil-mapping
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • soil-properties
  • Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹ month⁻¹, February

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly rainfall erosivity maps (R-factor maps) of Switzerland with a spatial resolution of 100 m. The maps show the spatial and seasonal variability of rainfall erosivity in MJ...

    Last updated: February 27, 2020

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • precipitation-enhancement
    • soil-erosion
    • soil
    • erosion-control
    • erosion
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), July

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green,...

    Last updated: June 27, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • erosion
    • erosion-control
    • soil-erosion
    • soil
    • human-health-and-safety
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), December

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green,...

    Last updated: June 27, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • soil-erosion
    • erosion-control
    • erosion
    • soil
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), February

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green,...

    Last updated: June 27, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • erosion-control
    • erosion
    • soil-erosion
    • soil
    • human-health-and-safety
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹ month⁻¹, September

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly rainfall erosivity maps (R-factor maps) of Switzerland with a spatial resolution of 100 m. The maps show the spatial and seasonal variability of rainfall erosivity in MJ...

    Last updated: February 27, 2020

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • soil
    • soil-erosion
    • precipitation-enhancement
    • erosion
    • erosion-control
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), November

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green,...

    Last updated: June 27, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • soil-erosion
    • erosion
    • soil
    • erosion-control
    • human-health-and-safety
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), March

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green,...

    Last updated: June 27, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • soil-erosion
    • erosion-control
    • erosion
    • soil
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), October

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green,...

    Last updated: June 27, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • erosion
    • erosion-control
    • soil-erosion
    • soil
    • human-health-and-safety
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), September

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green,...

    Last updated: June 27, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • soil-erosion
    • erosion-control
    • erosion
    • soil
    • human-health-and-safety
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), May

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green,...

    Last updated: June 27, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • erosion
    • soil-erosion
    • erosion-control
    • soil
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • CMonthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), June

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green,...

    Last updated: June 27, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • erosion
    • soil-erosion
    • erosion-control
    • soil
    • human-health-and-safety
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Cornus sericea

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), April

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tonnes per hectare and month. Shades of...

    Last updated: June 27, 2019

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • erosion
    • soil-erosion
    • erosion-control
    • soil
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • Stocking map along watercourses and lakeshores

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    For the creation of the Switzerland-wide map of riparian woody vegetation, calculations were made based on available geodata. Riparian woodland was defined as vegetation over 2.5 m...

    Last updated: October 7, 2022

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹ month⁻¹, August

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly rainfall erosivity maps (R-factor maps) of Switzerland with a spatial resolution of 100 m. The maps show the spatial and seasonal variability of rainfall erosivity in MJ...

    Last updated: February 27, 2020

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • soil-erosion
    • erosion
    • erosion-control
    • precipitation-enhancement
    • soil
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • Air pollution by particulate matter PM10

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    "Particulate matter" (PM10) refers to particles less than 10 micrometres in diameter. These particles are formed during industrial and commercial production processes, combustion...

    Last updated: August 19, 2025

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • SERVICE
    • air-pollutant
    • air
    • air
    • pollutant
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Cadmium

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Interpolierte Cadmium-Konzentrationen (mg/kg Feinerde) in den Oberböden (0–20 cm) der Schweiz. Für die Ordinary Kriging Interpolationen (1 km x 1 km) wurden Messdaten von insgesamt...

    Last updated: June 30, 2023

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • biochemistry
    • atlas
    • heavy-metal-load
    • toxic-metal
    • nutrient-content
    • soil
    • confederation
    • soil-mapping
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • soil-quality