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A manually curated list of Open Government Data portals, websites, APIs, tools and other related resources in Switzerland. Relevant links to international websites are listed as well.

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Data Sources

  • AargauCantonal

  • AgrarberichtNational

    Agricultural data provided by the Federal Office for Agriculture.

  • AgrarmarktdatenNational

    Comprehensive data portal provided by the Federal Office for Agriculture. The portal provides ongoing information and data on current market events in various agricultural and food markets. It includes price and quantity information along the value chain, from production to consumption.

  • AgristatMiscellaneous

    Statistical data from Schweizer Bauernverband (not an official government entity).

  • AmtsblattportalNational

    Official Gazettes Portal. A publishing center for entities that publish official and commercially relevant publications in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (SOGC) and in official cantonal gazettes. Data can also be imported and exported using a

  • arbeit.swissNational

    Data portal of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

Open-source Tools

  • adminR Code Base

    Curated list of R packages and reusable R code created by Swiss public institutions.

  • BFS

    R package for searching and downloading data from Federal Statistical Office APIs.

  • I14Y

    R package for searching Switzerland's official interoperability metadata catalog.

International

  • AlbaniaData portals and sources

    Statistical Office.

  • AndorraData portals and sources

    Statistical Office.

  • AustraliaData portals and sources

  • AustriaData portals and sources

    Statistical Office.

  • AustriaData portals and sources

  • Awesome HackathonMiscellaneous

    Recommendations for crowdsourcing tools, primarily from the open data community.

Geo Data

  • AlplakesNational

    Operational lake models and remote sensing products.

  • BBBike's OSM download serverOpenStreetMap

    Data extracts from the OpenStreetMap project for more than 200 areas worldwide in various formats. E.g., extracts for

  • BFS Plattform StatatlasNational

    The Federal Statistical Office (BFS) offers several specialist atlases in addition to the central statistical atlas of Switzerland, providing more detailed information on specific areas of life from a statistical perspective. With numerous interactive maps, graphics, and underlying data, a wide variety of geographical processes and relationships can be easily analyzed and evaluated.

  • Cadence MapsOpenStreetMap

    OSM-derived GeoParquet layers based on Geofabrik's GIS format, including POIs for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

  • DatalakesNational

    National geodata portal for in-situ lake measurements.

  • EnviDatNational

    Environmental research data from Switzerland, provided by research units of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape WSL.

APIs

Miscellaneous

  • Digitale Verwaltung Schweiz

  • Forschungsstelle Digitale Nachhaltigkeit Uni Bern

    The Research Center for Digital Sustainability focuses on key topics such as Digital Sustainability, Open Data, Linked Data, and Open Government. The center offers studies, research, services, support, and lectures (see below) in these areas.

  • Geschäftsstelle OGD BFS

    This unit coordinates measures to implement the OGD strategy of the Swiss government and provides support to both data publishers and users.

  • National data management NaDB

    The I14Y interoperability platform is available since June 2021 to promote the multiple use of data. All of the Federal Administration’s data collections are described here. In addition, a directory of electronic interfaces (APIs) will facilitate access to the actual data.

Organizations, Initiatives, Events and Projects

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