Product description

GeoMeta WMS is an Internet service that depicts the status of the cadastral surveying and the plots of land currently being processed throughout Switzerland. It also provides information about who is responsible for updating data and where, for example, a plan for the land register can be ordered, as well as the address of the relevant land registry office.

This cartographic online service can be used in combination with other maps in a broad variety of applications and geographic information system (GIS) tools. Despite its limited options for use, it is possible to obtain a great deal of information about cadastral surveying data with the aid of this service.

Status of data

The data are constantly updated, depending on the canton, though updates have to be carried out at least twice a year.

Costs

The data are available free of charge.

Procurement of data

GeoMeta WMS can be integrated into applications such as ArcGIS, MapInfo and QuantumGIS. The data are incorporated in WMS-FGDI and are freely accessible.

Cadastral surveying data can be directly visualised by selecting the descriptions at the following levels: