Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

E376596

federal office of Switzerland government agency national mapping agency

The Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo is Switzerland’s national mapping and geoinformation agency, responsible for producing and managing the country’s official topographic data and maps.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Swiss National Map 1:25,000	7
Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo canonical	5
Swisstopo 1:25,000	2
Swisstopo topographic maps	2
Bundesamt für Landestopografie swisstopo	1
Office fédéral de topographie swisstopo	1
Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo maps	1
Swiss digital terrain model	1
Swiss national map (Swisstopo)	1
Ufficio federale di topografia swisstopo	1
modern Swiss National Maps	1
swisstopo archives	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3651079 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Context triple: [Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, oversees, Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo]

A. Swiss Federal Roads Office
The Swiss Federal Roads Office is the national authority responsible for planning, regulating, and overseeing Switzerland’s motorway and national road network.
B. SWISS
SWISS is the callsign used by Swiss International Air Lines, the flag carrier airline of Switzerland.
C. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research is a Swiss research institution specializing in forests, natural hazards, snow and ice, and landscape management and conservation.
D. Viafiers federalas svizras
Viafiers federalas svizras is the Romansh name for Swiss Federal Railways, the national railway company of Switzerland.
E. Federal Chancellery of Switzerland
The Federal Chancellery of Switzerland is the staff office of the Swiss Federal Council, providing administrative support, coordination, and communication services for the federal government.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Target entity description: The Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo is Switzerland’s national mapping and geoinformation agency, responsible for producing and managing the country’s official topographic data and maps.

A. Swiss Federal Roads Office
The Swiss Federal Roads Office is the national authority responsible for planning, regulating, and overseeing Switzerland’s motorway and national road network.
B. SWISS
SWISS is the callsign used by Swiss International Air Lines, the flag carrier airline of Switzerland.
C. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research is a Swiss research institution specializing in forests, natural hazards, snow and ice, and landscape management and conservation.
D. Viafiers federalas svizras
Viafiers federalas svizras is the Romansh name for Swiss Federal Railways, the national railway company of Switzerland.
E. Swiss Federal Audit Office
The Swiss Federal Audit Office is Switzerland’s supreme audit institution responsible for independently reviewing the federal government’s finances, accounts, and management of public funds.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal office of Switzerland ⓘ government agency ⓘ national mapping agency ⓘ
abbreviation	swisstopo ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
countryOfHeadquarters	Switzerland ⓘ
employerOf	cartographers ⓘ geodesists ⓘ geoinformation specialists ⓘ
fieldOfWork	cartography ⓘ geodesy ⓘ geoinformation ⓘ geology data management ⓘ remote sensing ⓘ
headquartersCanton	Canton of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Wabern ⓘ
headquartersMunicipality	Köniz ⓘ
jurisdiction	Swiss Confederation ⓘ linked to: Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
languageOfWorkOrName	French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Romansh ⓘ linked to: Romansh language
legalMandate	maintenance of Swiss national spatial reference framework ⓘ production of official topographic maps of Switzerland ⓘ provision of federal geodata to authorities and public ⓘ
nativeName	Bundesamt für Landestopografie swisstopo ⓘ linked to: Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Office fédéral de topographie swisstopo ⓘ linked to: Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Ufficio federale di topografia swisstopo ⓘ linked to: Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
offers	online map viewer for Switzerland ⓘ
operates	national geodata infrastructure for Switzerland ⓘ
parentOrganization	Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport ⓘ
product	Swiss aerial orthophotos ⓘ Swiss digital landscape model ⓘ Swiss digital surface model ⓘ Swiss digital terrain model ⓘ linked to: Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Swiss national geodata web services ⓘ Swiss national map series 1:1,000,000 ⓘ Swiss national map series 1:100,000 ⓘ Swiss national map series 1:200,000 ⓘ Swiss national map series 1:25,000 ⓘ Swiss national map series 1:50,000 ⓘ Swiss national map series 1:500,000 ⓘ
responsibleFor	Swiss national aerial imagery ⓘ Swiss national elevation models ⓘ Swiss national geodetic reference systems ⓘ Swiss national geological data integration at federal level ⓘ national geoinformation infrastructure of Switzerland ⓘ official topographic maps of Switzerland ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
website	https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch ⓘ

How these facts were elicited