1. Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
May 2014
Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs

2. Open (Government) Data in
Switzerland in a Nutshell
Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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2001 Swiss Federal Strategy for Geographical Information
2003 Implementation Plan: National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)
Since 2010: geo.admin.ch
Since 2011: About 15 Parliamentary Requests Regarding OGD
2011 «Manifest» of the Association OpenData.ch
2012 OGD Study Switzerland
2012 Launch of OpenData.Admin.ch
2013 Report on the Economic Impact of OGD in Switzerland
2014 Version 3.0 of map.geo.admin.ch
2014 OGD Strategy for Switzerland

3. Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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Open Government Data (OGD) Value Chain
Source: Golliez, André u. a.: Open Government Data Studie
Schweiz, 2012, http://www.itopia.ch/repository/Publikationen/OGD_Studie_Schweiz_Juni_2012.pdf

4. Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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Data Charging
(Commercial)
Use
Conventional Approach:
Charging for Public Sector Information

5. Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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Data Tax Income
(Commercial)
Use
New Approach:
Generating Taxes from the Commercial Use of Public
Sector Information

6. Key Figures from a Survey in the Swiss
Federal Administration in 2013
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Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
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Question Sum over All
Replies
Sum over all replies coming
from «Geospatial Offices» (*)
What is the revenue that your data
and information services generated in
2012?
CHF 41 Mio. CHF 33.4 Mio.
What did it cost your office to provide
standardized or customized data and
information services in 2012?
CHF 9.7 Mio CHF 6.2 Mio
What is your estimate for the one
time cost of switching to Open
Government Data?
CHF 5.5 Mio CHF 3.4 Mio.
What is your estimate for the annual
cost of Open Government Data (if
different from 2012)?
CHF 5.2 Mio CHF 4.7 Mio.
* Swisstopo, ASTRA, ARE, BABS, BAFU,
BAKOM, BFS

7. Summary of the Estimates of the
Economic Impact of OGD in Switzerland
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Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
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http://www.bar.admin.ch/themen/01648/01651/ind
ex.html?lang=de&download=NHzLpZeg7t,lnp6I0
NTU042l2Z6ln1acy4Zn4Z2qZpnO2Yuq2Z6gpJCD
eIR4e2ym162epYbg2c_JjKbNoKSn6A--

8. Finding: OGD is Revenue Neutral for
the Federal Government
Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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Economic Impact CHF 0.9 B to CHF 1.2 B
Potential Tax Income (Federal
Government Only)
+ CHF 44.2 Mio. to
CHF 61.6 Mio.
Today’s Income from Charging - CHF 41 Mio.
Switching Cost over three
years
- CHF 1.8 Mio.
Efficiency Gains over three
years
+ CHF 1.5 Mio.
Net Benefit over three
years
+ CHF 2.9 Mio. to
CHF 20.3 Mio

9. How to Determine What is OGD
Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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10. OGD Strategy Switzerland 2014-2018
Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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• Approved by the Swiss Federal Council in May 2014
• Commitment to Free Access to OGD in Machine
Readable and Open Formats: „Open Data by Default“
• Data Protection
• Data Publication on OGD Portal(s)
• Stepwise Abolishment of Charging for OGD
• Cooperation among all Levels of Government
• Collaboration with Users and with the OGD Community
• Link (in German):
http://www.news.admin.ch/NSBSubscriber/message/att
achments/34534.pdf

11. Open Geospatial Access
Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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map.geo.admin.ch  open
api.geo.admin.ch  «freemium»
wms.geo.admin.ch  open
Alain Buogo, swisstopo

12. http://www.sogi.ch
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Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
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13. geo.admin.ch
The Swiss Federal Geoportal
Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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1 Portal
5 Languages
99.95% Availablilty
300 Geospatial Data Sets
1000 GB Data Delivered Per Day
2’600 Map Tiles Per Second
33’000 Visitors Per Day
2’000’000’000 Map Tiles Managed in the Cloud
Hanspeter Christ, swisstopo

14. map.geo.admin.ch
Digital data can be viewed, printed out, ordered
and supplied by means of the map viewer tool.
The required data is available in the form of
digital maps and photos, vector data and also as
online services. The desired data is available in
the form of pixel maps, digital images, vector
data etc., at a variety of scales.
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Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
3rd Version in February 2014 – received four awards in Best of Swiss Web 2014

15. Geocatalog 1/3
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Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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Hohle Gasse, Küssnacht am Rigi
Population & Economy -> Transportation -> Hiking Trails
National hero
The national hero was already known here in the late middle ages and also modern age. Long before
Friedrich Schiller made the figure world famous through his stage play «WILHELM TELL» (first
performed 1804 in Weimar).
Tell is first mentioned around 1470 in the so called «White Book of Sarnen». This is the chronicle
which Hans Schreiber wrote when he was the Notary of Obwalden. Therefore for more than 500
years he has been an important part of the Swiss Confederate freedom mythology and in the same
connection the supression of the Habsburgers by the bailiffs, the Rütli Oath, Burgenbruch and the
fight for liberation.
As a blameless mountain farmer he fought the tyrant bailiff Heinrich Gessler, who he shot in an
ambush with his crossbow in the Hohle Gasse in Küssnacht am Rigi. Through his heroism he became
part of the legendary confederate freedom fighters around 1300 which reached its climax at the
Battle of Morgarten (1315). …
Right up to today his name stands for bravery,
strong will and determination and since
hundreds of years represents the symbol for
freedom and independence.
http://www.hohlegasse.ch/69/?L=1
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Hohle_Gasse.jpeg
http://www.kulturwege-
schweiz.ch/fileadmin/images/via_storia/
medien/ViaGottardo_HohleGasse.jpg

16. Geocatalog 2/3
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Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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Hohle Gasse, Küssnacht am Rigi
Population & Economy -> Transportation -> Hiking Trails

17. Geocatalog 3/3
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Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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Hohle Gasse, Küssnacht am Rigi
Population & Economy -> Transportation -> Hiking Trails
Base Information -> Spatial Planning -> Building Zones

18. Historical Routes (Historische Verkehrswege) 1/3
Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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Vereina (GR) - Klosters-Serneus
IHR Inventory

19. Historical Routes (Historische Verkehrswege) 2/3
Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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Vereina (GR) - Klosters-Serneus

20. Historical Routes (Historische Verkehrswege) 3/3
Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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Vereina (GR) - Klosters-Serneus

21. FOEN - Federal Office for the Environment
Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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Water -> Groundwater -> Quality -> Nitrates

22. Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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FOEN - Federal Office for the Environment
Chemicals -> Pollutant Releases (Swiss PRTR) 1/3

23. Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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FOEN - Federal Office for the Environment
Chemicals -> Pollutant Releases (Swiss PRTR) 2/3

24. Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz
Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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FOEN - Federal Office for the Environment
Chemicals -> Pollutant Releases (Swiss PRTR) 3/3

25. INSPIRE 1/3:
Environment, Biology and Geology -> Protected
Sites -> UNESCO World Natural Heritage
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Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
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Top of Europe (Jungfraujoch)
http://www.personal.psu.edu/jlh3
79/Interlaken,%20Switz.html

26. INSPIRE 2/3:
Environment, Biology and Geology -> Protected
Sites -> UNESCO World Natural Heritage
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Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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Top of Europe (Jungfraujoch)

27. INSPIRE 3/3:
Environment, Biology and Geology -> Protected Sites -> UNESCO World Natural Heritage
Environment, Biology and Geology -> Species
Distribution -> Ibex Colonies
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Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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Top of Europe (Jungfraujoch)
http://www.palu
e.ch/pontresina-
engadin/pontres
ina/pontresina-
und-der-
steinbock.html

28. Capacity Building
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Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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http://api.geo.admin.ch/main/wsgi/doc/build/api/sdiapitutorial.html

29. Next Event: http://www.geosummit.ch/
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Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
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Special Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs
Open Data in Switzerland
Geospatial World Forum 2014
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