Switzerland Elevation Model
Introduction
The Switzerland (Swiss) Elevation Model is a digital terrain model (Digitales Geländemodell, DGM) produced by SwissTopo - the Swiss Bundesamt for Landestopografie. The dataset is an accurate digital terrain model that is developed as a part of a 6-year data-collection process.
Dataset Overview
- Spatial Coverage: Switzerland
- Resolution: 5m and 20 m in windPRO (original data in 0.5m and 2.0m grid resolution)
- Data-type: Digital Terrain Model (DTM)
- Coordinate system: Swiss coordinate system (LV95 LN02) - EPSG xxxx
- Version: Data downloaded in October 2021
- Accuracy:
- The accuracy depends on the data-source. The following statement on accurcy is given as a one-sigma estimate for all 3 dimensions (see more at the links below):
- LiDAR: Newest data: 0.3m, Other data (below 2000m agl): 0.5m
- Elevations derived from stereo-correlation (above 2000m agl): 1.0-3.0m
- Manually corrected data (single points, edge-lines and areas): 0.1m - 1.0m
Availability from within WindPRO
The data are available directly from within windPRO in 10-meter resolution. The data can be accessed from the online-services in the following objects:
- Line Object (with purpose to height contour lines)
- Elevation Grid Object
License and Attribution
The product belongs to the open geo-data of Switzerland. The data have been licensed under a national open data policy based on the following legal framework:
- Bundesgesetz über Geoinformation (Geoinformationsgesetz GeoIG SR 510.62) Art. 10 ff
- Verordnung über Geoinformation (Geoinformationsverordnung GeoIV SR 510.620) Art. 20 ff
- Verordnung des VBS über die Gebühren des Bundesamtes für Landestopografie (GebVswisstopo SR 510.620.2)
Please accept the usage conditions before use - and note that a proper attribution is required when using this dataset, such as:
Data source: - Bundesamt für Landestopografie swisstopo - Office fédéral de topographie swisstopo - Ufficio federale di topografia swisstopo - Uffizi federal da topografia swisstopo - Federal Office of Topography swisstopo - ©swisstopo Distribution: Distribution through EMD and windPRO.
Acknowledgement
- The Geoland project and the Austrian provinces are thanked for producing this digital elevation dataset – and disseminating it in the public domain and thus for aiding the development of renewable energy.
- Integration of this dataset into EMD services was co-supported through the InnoWind project (www.innowind.dk) which is co-funded by the Danish Innovation Fund