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Sylvain SCHMITT, GeoAdminCh API2

Apr 25

Address data reliability

Hi Thanks for the question. The address data in the search service come from the Federal Register of

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Address data reliability

Hi Thanks for the question. The address data in the search service come from the Federal Register of

Apr 25

Tobias Reber, … GeoAdminCh API5

Mar 28

[ANNOUNCE] New release of [map|api3].geo.admin.ch on Wednesday 31.01.2024

Dear Nicola Not exactly sure, if this is, what you are looking for: - You can check geocat.ch for any

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[ANNOUNCE] New release of [map|api3].geo.admin.ch on Wednesday 31.01.2024

Dear Nicola Not exactly sure, if this is, what you are looking for: - You can check geocat.ch for any

Mar 28

a2cAG, … Marcel Clausen13

Mar 20

Hello FYI we had to revert the fix with the wgs84 display again. We are observiing unexpected issues

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Hello FYI we had to revert the fix with the wgs84 display again. We are observiing unexpected issues

Mar 20

Christine Meixner, … Jürgen Hansmann4

Mar 19

No CadastralWebMap?

Hi Guillaume We had some issue yesterday with several backend-services. Most likely you were

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No CadastralWebMap?

Hi Guillaume We had some issue yesterday with several backend-services. Most likely you were

Mar 19

David Oesch, … Jürgen Hansmann10

Mar 15

Geocoding with excel

Hi Mike, as far as I understood, in this case there is no such way currently, sorry. Probably,

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Geocoding with excel

Hi Mike, as far as I understood, in this case there is no such way currently, sorry. Probably,

Mar 15

APe apE, … Riccardo Antonini6

Mar 1

retrieve coordinates from map and put in a form

Hello Pascal, Thank you so much for the quick and detailed response. Best regards, Riccardo Am Fr., 1

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retrieve coordinates from map and put in a form

Hello Pascal, Thank you so much for the quick and detailed response. Best regards, Riccardo Am Fr., 1

Mar 1

Varun Sharma, Pascal Barth2

Mar 1

3D terrain in map.geo.admin.ch

Hello Varun, The new URL scheme is there because we took the opportunity of our latest data update to

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3D terrain in map.geo.admin.ch

Hello Varun, The new URL scheme is there because we took the opportunity of our latest data update to

Mar 1

Claudio Siegenthaler, … GeoAdminCh API4

Feb 15

Reverse Geocoding

Hi Jurgen, yes thanks, basically this is it. playing around with your example, I post here an option

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Reverse Geocoding

Hi Jurgen, yes thanks, basically this is it. playing around with your example, I post here an option

Feb 15

Tobias Reber, Manuel Meister2

Feb 6

[ANNOUNCE] New release of [map|api3].geo.admin.ch on Wednesday 28.06.2023

Hello This is so cool to have a vector version of the relief! Currently the load/process time is very

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[ANNOUNCE] New release of [map|api3].geo.admin.ch on Wednesday 28.06.2023

Hello This is so cool to have a vector version of the relief! Currently the load/process time is very

Feb 6

Silvan Spycher, … Michael Gasser4

Jan 10

Get PLZ Geodata for all of switzerland

Thank you two for the fast responses. Sadly I'm already on other projects and will come back to

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Get PLZ Geodata for all of switzerland

Thank you two for the fast responses. Sadly I'm already on other projects and will come back to

Jan 10

Dmitry K, Pasquale Di Donato3

12/21/23

Combining data from ch.bfs.gebaeude_wohnungs_register with ÖREB-Themen

Hello, Pasquale. Thank you very much for the links! First one is really good! I've noticed API

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Combining data from ch.bfs.gebaeude_wohnungs_register with ÖREB-Themen

Hello, Pasquale. Thank you very much for the links! First one is really good! I've noticed API

12/21/23

Pascal Bieri, Pascal Barth3

12/18/23

Change year of basic map

Herzlichen Dank! Das hat wunderbar geklappt! Pascal Barth schrieb am Dienstag, 12. Dezember 2023 um

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Change year of basic map

Herzlichen Dank! Das hat wunderbar geklappt! Pascal Barth schrieb am Dienstag, 12. Dezember 2023 um

12/18/23

12/4/23

Back to more tight moderation for newcomers

Hello everyone, As you might have found out in your notifications or mailboxes, some spammers have

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Back to more tight moderation for newcomers

Hello everyone, As you might have found out in your notifications or mailboxes, some spammers have

12/4/23

12/1/23

Re: Fifa 14 Setup File Download For 14

Can anyone block this guy??? On Wed, Nov 29, 2023, 12:27 PM 'Pascale Lakkis' via GeoAdminCh

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Re: Fifa 14 Setup File Download For 14

Can anyone block this guy??? On Wed, Nov 29, 2023, 12:27 PM 'Pascale Lakkis' via GeoAdminCh

12/1/23

Lucien Raboud, Pascal Barth2

11/28/23

Dessin qui ne sauvegarde plus

Bonjour, Veuillez passer par le système d'aide pour les utilisateurs pour que quelqu'un

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Dessin qui ne sauvegarde plus

Bonjour, Veuillez passer par le système d'aide pour les utilisateurs pour que quelqu'un

11/28/23

Kyriakos Schwarz, Pascal Barth2

11/23/23

Data release frequency

Hello Kyriakos, This layer is updated every day, you can find the date of the last update by clicking

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Data release frequency

Hello Kyriakos, This layer is updated every day, you can find the date of the last update by clicking

11/23/23

Vahid Moosavi, Pascal Barth3

11/17/23

geoadmin map + leaflet + swisstopo.swissimage with "layers_timestamp"

Thanks a lot Pascal! This works very well. But I am wondering if there is any API doc describing

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geoadmin map + leaflet + swisstopo.swissimage with "layers_timestamp"

Thanks a lot Pascal! This works very well. But I am wondering if there is any API doc describing

11/17/23

Elisabeth Leu, Jürgen Hansmann3

11/7/23

swiss buildings in 3D do not show any more (CORS error)

Hi Elisabeth Thanks a lot for reporting this issue! We could not reproduce but we'll check our

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swiss buildings in 3D do not show any more (CORS error)

Hi Elisabeth Thanks a lot for reporting this issue! We could not reproduce but we'll check our

11/7/23

11/1/23

[ANNOUNCE] New release of [map|api3].geo.admin.ch on Wednesday 01.11.2023

Release 20231101 - Wednesday, November 1st 2023¶ API & applications¶ API¶ Bug fixes Announcements

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[ANNOUNCE] New release of [map|api3].geo.admin.ch on Wednesday 01.11.2023

Release 20231101 - Wednesday, November 1st 2023¶ API & applications¶ API¶ Bug fixes Announcements

11/1/23

Mario Kaufmann, … marioka...@gmail.com7

11/1/23

Show Cities in Swissmap Layer

Hi Pascal Thank you very much for your answer and your support. Best wishes Mario Pascal Barth

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Show Cities in Swissmap Layer

Hi Pascal Thank you very much for your answer and your support. Best wishes Mario Pascal Barth

11/1/23

10/16/23

Requesting domain access for Geo admin integration

Hello there, We are currently trying to integrate Geo Admin services into our portal, however we are

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Requesting domain access for Geo admin integration

Hello there, We are currently trying to integrate Geo Admin services into our portal, however we are

10/16/23

Lucca Kaiser, Pasquale Di Donato2

9/21/23

Linked data service (SPARQL) - Receiving modified addresses

Dear Lucca, many thanks for highlighting this. There is actually a problem with the source data and

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Linked data service (SPARQL) - Receiving modified addresses

Dear Lucca, many thanks for highlighting this. There is actually a problem with the source data and

9/21/23

9/14/23

[ANNOUNCE] HTTP POST/PUT calls on api3 no longer accepted

Dear GeoAdmin API users This is to inform you that starting from January 2024 HTTP POST or PUT calls

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[ANNOUNCE] HTTP POST/PUT calls on api3 no longer accepted

Dear GeoAdmin API users This is to inform you that starting from January 2024 HTTP POST or PUT calls

9/14/23

Scan Flv, Pascal Barth3

9/6/23

Représentation géographique

Bonjour Merci pour la réponse. Avec une insertion manuelle, j'arrive à représenter la position

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Représentation géographique

Bonjour Merci pour la réponse. Avec une insertion manuelle, j'arrive à représenter la position

9/6/23

Oliver Santschi, … Nicolas Schmid6

9/6/23

getAll "Gemeinden" at once?

I was looking for an example how to retrieve geometries from geo.ld.admin.ch using SPARQL but somehow

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getAll "Gemeinden" at once?

I was looking for an example how to retrieve geometries from geo.ld.admin.ch using SPARQL but somehow

9/6/23

cerve...@gmail.com, Pascal Barth5

8/22/23

Help needed for api: retireve Commune name and land usage statistics for a given coordinate

Dear Pascal, Thank you very much for your input, i will implement the queries you suggested. Your

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Help needed for api: retireve Commune name and land usage statistics for a given coordinate

Dear Pascal, Thank you very much for your input, i will implement the queries you suggested. Your

8/22/23

Max, Pascal Barth6

8/18/23

Request surface / parcel area for specific EGRID

Hi Pascal thank you very much for your detailed reply. I will definitely test the polygon calculation

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Request surface / parcel area for specific EGRID

Hi Pascal thank you very much for your detailed reply. I will definitely test the polygon calculation

8/18/23

Clemens Wyss, Pascal Barth2

8/14/23

Search-API: "explicit "address details

Hi Clemens, That's sadly the way our textual search is structured (and fed), it won't be able

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Search-API: "explicit "address details

Hi Clemens, That's sadly the way our textual search is structured (and fed), it won't be able

8/14/23

Clemens Wyss, Pascal Barth2

8/14/23

Search-API: any chance/option to also include Liechtenstein

Hello Clemens, You should be able to find Liechtenstein locations with our search API, for instance

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Search-API: any chance/option to also include Liechtenstein

Hello Clemens, You should be able to find Liechtenstein locations with our search API, for instance

8/14/23

Sébastien Vermeille, Pascal Barth2

7/12/23

How can I retrieve the area of a given swiss coordinate ?

Hi Sébastien, I'm not sure it will be possible with our backends, as I don't find any layer

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How can I retrieve the area of a given swiss coordinate ?

Hi Sébastien, I'm not sure it will be possible with our backends, as I don't find any layer

7/12/23

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