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Last update: February 21st, 2012
2012
The SwissBuildings3D Dataset is now available in GeoVITe under the Vector Maps/ swissTLM3D. We integrated
the 2.5D dataset in Shape format. In this first version of the product, the buildings footprints are the same
as in Vector25, but they additionally include height information.
We changed the login procedure: we use now AAI. Doing this,
we opened the login into our platform to members of other institutes from the ETH Domain (EPFL,
WSL, EAWAG and PSI).
Our statistics show a number of almost 6.500 downloaded datasets for the year 2011.
More than 200 unique users downloaded geodata from GeoVITe, with a majority from the departments BAUG, ARCH
and ERDW.
We wish to congratulate our team member Ionuț Iosifescu for obtaining the
doctoral degree with his dissertation
"Cartographic Web Services".
2011
GeoVITe reached the limits of the current infrastructure. Therefore please notice
that the newest geodata arrivals (swisstopo
deliveries starting 2011), including some map sheets of PK25, PK50, PK100, swissimage,
geological atlas 1:25 000 and updates for vector 200 and the geological atlas 1:500 000
vector are not integrated yet. We will keep you informed.
We presented GeoVITe at the International Cartographic Conference 2011 in Paris. Here a
link
to the submitted paper.
We reached a number of more than 400 datasets / layers (9TB) that may be downloaded
from GeoVITe. These include raster and vector maps, digital elevation models, airborne orthoimages,
thematic and historic maps (see the
available datasets).
We also integrated a history of the swisstopo-produced raster maps (see for example the pixel map 1: 100 000).
2010
The newly integrated download-cart
option makes possible for the students to choose the needed data and the region themselves and send this
cart-id to their supervisor or to the ETH Library for download.
Due to multiple requests from the architects at the ETH, we built a special function
that allows the generation of contour
lines at a chosen interval from any digital elevation model in our database.
The ETH Library summarized the content of the ETH contract with swisstopo for geodata delivery in our
"Terms of Use"
that you have to accept each time you log in.
GeoVITe Beta is operational.
To profit from fixes and updates please clear your browser cache regularly (every 1-2 weeks).
The GeoVITe Project
The project "Geodata Visualization and Interactive Training Environment"
aims to offer an easy-to-use online access to the most important Swisstopo geodatasets
available through
IDES. This service is
provided by the
Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation
in cooperation with the
ETH Library
and is currently available to all
ETHZ employees for Beta testing.
ETH employees may choose the desired geodata for a specified extent and download it directly.
ETH students or ETH affiliates other than employees may visualize the available data and use the Geovite
Export-cart functionality.
For download, please contact an ETH employee at your institute or
the ETH Library.
In order to visualize the
available datasets
you must log in
with your
nethz account
and make sure that you are accessing this service from inside the
ETH network (
VPN connections
are also allowed). Additional
e-learning tutorials
explain how to work with geodatasets and may be accessed freely (Copyright reserved).
Disclaimer
Any liability arising from the use of this service is hereby explicitly disclaimed.
The aquired geodatasets may only be used for research and educational purposes.
Restrictions concerning online publications and publications in print apply.
The license conditions for each product may differ. Please read carefully
the
Terms of Use
(also available
in German) for more
information. If you are further distributing geodatasets to students, it will be your
responsibility that the students abide by the
Terms of Use.
We would like to hear from you. Feel free to send us your comments and please report any bugs or problems that you may encounter to: geovite [at] ethz.ch. If you like using this service, please send a short email of support at the same email address.
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