Web Map Tiling Services (WMTS): available services and data
The WMTS service allows you to easily integrate the federal government's official geodata into your own system or map application. A WMTS service does not offer the flexibility of free scale selection like our WMS service but it offers instead faster loading time by using static tiles with fixed scales.
The WMTS-FSDI offers the WMTS maps available in map.geo.admin.ch. The WMTS-FSDI can be used free of charge and provides access to public geodata.
Intended Use
Web Map Tile Service is intended to deliver pre-rendered map tiles over the web, enabling fast visualization of geospatial data in mapping applications. It is commonly used for efficient display of base maps, backgrounds or thematic layers at multiple zoom levels.
How to use the service
The WMTS-FSDI is accessible via a secure connection. The URL is https://wmts.geo.admin.ch/1.0.0/WMTSCapabilities.xml (choice of language [de,fr,it,en] is done by adding the parameter ?lang=en)
In some geographic information systems (GIS) the URL https://wmts.geo.admin.ch is sufficient to use the service.
An introduction to using WMTS and its capabilities can be found in the technical documentation: