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The National Maps of Switzerland, also referred to as the Swisstopo maps, are a set of official map series designed, edited and distributed by Swisstopo, the Swiss Federal Office of Topography. Each map series is based on an oblique, conformal , cylindrical projection ( Mercator projection ), with a Swiss Coordinate system ( CH1903 + ).
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Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 146,138 %. Geographic limits of the map: N: 47.9° N; S: 45.75° N; W: 5.8° E; E: 10.7° E; Date: 16 June 2009: Source: Own work, using United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency data; World Data Base II data; Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU; Author: NordNordWest: Other versions
Info This map is part of a series of location maps with unified standards: SVG as file format, standardised colours and name scheme. The boundaries on these maps always show the de facto situation and do not imply any endorsement or acceptance. In case of changes of the shown area the file is updated.
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The first printed map of Switzerland is Tabula Nova Heremi Helvetiorum, published in the 1513 Strasbourg edition of Ptolemy. [2] Numerous maps followed in the 16th century, notably those by Aegidius Tschudi (1538, 1560), Johannes Stumpf (1548), Sebastian Münster (c. 1550) and Abraham Ortelius (1570). Most of these early maps were oriented ...
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