Federal Topographic Bureau
E428964
The Federal Topographic Bureau is a Swiss governmental cartographic agency responsible for producing official topographic maps and geographic data for Switzerland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Federal Topographic Bureau canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4309105 — 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: Federal Topographic Bureau Context triple: [Dufour Map, publisher, Federal Topographic Bureau]
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A.
National Geodetic Survey
The National Geodetic Survey is the U.S. federal agency responsible for defining, maintaining, and providing access to the national coordinate system used for mapping, charting, and navigation.
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B.
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey is a U.S. government scientific agency that studies and monitors natural resources and natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and water resources.
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C.
Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys
The Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys is an Alaska state agency responsible for investigating, analyzing, and providing information on the state’s geology, geologic hazards, and mineral and energy resources.
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D.
Natural Resources Conservation Service
The Natural Resources Conservation Service is a U.S. federal agency that provides technical and financial assistance to farmers, ranchers, and landowners to conserve soil, water, and other natural resources on private lands.
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E.
United States Board on Geographic Names
The United States Board on Geographic Names is a federal body that standardizes geographic names for use by the U.S. government and maintains official place-name records.
- 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: Federal Topographic Bureau Target entity description: The Federal Topographic Bureau is a Swiss governmental cartographic agency responsible for producing official topographic maps and geographic data for Switzerland.
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A.
National Geodetic Survey
The National Geodetic Survey is the U.S. federal agency responsible for defining, maintaining, and providing access to the national coordinate system used for mapping, charting, and navigation.
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B.
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey is a U.S. government scientific agency that studies and monitors natural resources and natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and water resources.
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C.
Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys
The Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys is an Alaska state agency responsible for investigating, analyzing, and providing information on the state’s geology, geologic hazards, and mineral and energy resources.
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D.
Natural Resources Conservation Service
The Natural Resources Conservation Service is a U.S. federal agency that provides technical and financial assistance to farmers, ranchers, and landowners to conserve soil, water, and other natural resources on private lands.
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E.
United States Board on Geographic Names
The United States Board on Geographic Names is a federal body that standardizes geographic names for use by the U.S. government and maintains official place-name records.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartographic agency
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government agency ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dataType |
elevation data
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geospatial data ⓘ topographic data ⓘ |
| employerType | civil service ⓘ |
| field |
cartography
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geodesy ⓘ geographic information ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersIn | Switzerland ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | territory of Switzerland ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
French
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German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Romansh ⓘ
linked to:
Romansh language
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| locatedIn | Switzerland ⓘ |
| operatesIn | Switzerland ⓘ |
| partOf |
Swiss federal administration
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linked to:
Swiss federal government
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| product |
geographic datasets
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national map series of Switzerland ⓘ topographic maps ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
official geographic data of Switzerland
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official topographic maps of Switzerland ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| task |
maintaining national topographic reference data
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surveying Swiss territory ⓘ updating official Swiss maps ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
digital cartography
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geographic information systems ⓘ remote sensing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Federal Topographic Bureau Description of subject: The Federal Topographic Bureau is a Swiss governmental cartographic agency responsible for producing official topographic maps and geographic data for Switzerland.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.