Since already 15 years Switzerland has been establishing its Swiss Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure (FSDI). The Swiss FSDI evolved from an infrastructure project to a prioritized eGovernment pillar covering all administrative levels. Policy making, establishment of a legal framework and a paradigm shift from data to service provision (including metadata, data models, infrastructure) were key milestones. geo.admin.ch is the implementation and the portal to the Swiss FSDI according to the Swiss Federal Act on Geoinformation. In 2012 geo.admin.ch has won the 2012 United Nations Public Service Award, 2nd place, in the category of “Advancing Knowledge Management in Government” which rewards the creative achievements and contributions of public service institutions that lead to a more effective and responsive public administration in countries worldwide. FSDI customers benefit from a very performant and very flexible spatial data infrastructure. Thanks to the flexible underlying cloud infrastructure it was possible for the Swiss Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo) to handle the steady growth of the web traffic, which has doubled every year since 2008. This could be achieved by a novel combination of an open source software framework with an innovative cloud computing architecture resulting in an attractive cost/benefit ratio. A major economic benefit can be achieved with the establishment of geo.admin.ch in Switzerland. Some Federal administration benefits for decision-making, planning and improving efficiency of governmental processes are that data production can be accelerated and data exchange processes simplified. Other major achievements are leveraging open access, open standards, open source software, mobile support, map viewer user interface, mashups and API for all and, last but not least, scalability and agility on the infrastructure level thanks to cloud computing.

1. INSPIRE 2013
Florence
June 27th 2013
geo.admin.ch : use cases and
economics aspects from five-years
experience of cloud computing for the
Swiss SDI
Alain Buogo, Swiss Federal Office of Topography – swisstopo, Member of the board, Lead of
Coordination, Geoinformation and Services (COGIS)
David Oesch, Project leader geo.admin.ch
Hanspeter Christ, Project leader Cloud Infrastructure

2. 08.05.2008
Swiss Federal Office of Topography - swisstopo
established in 1838 !
Operating the federal geo-information center,
swisstopo..
• produces high-quality spatial reference data
and products derived thereof;
• coordinates the activities for federal base
geodata and promotes their broad application;
• guarantees data dissemination and base
information for monitoring spatial development
in Switzerland.

3. Anniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

4. 1838–1843
Friedrich Baader
1:25,000
Dufour Map
swisstopo map collection
Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

5. 1875 / 1877
Alfred Cuttat
1:25,000
Siegfried Map
swisstopo map collection
Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

6. 1877–1880
Siegfried Map
1:25,000
First edition
swisstopo map collection
Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

7. 1894
Siegfried Map
1:25,000
1st revision
swisstopo map collection
Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

8. 1902
Siegfried Map
1:25,000
2nd revision
swisstopo map collection
Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

9. 1915–1916
Siegfried Map
1:25,000
3rd revision
swisstopo map collection
Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

10. 1931
Siegfried Map
1:25,000
4th revision
swisstopo map collection
Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

11. 1940
Siegfried Map
1:25,000
5th revision
swisstopo map collection
Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

12. 1955
Map of Switzerland
1:25,000
First edition
swisstopo map collection
Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

13. 1965
Map of Switzerland
1:25,000
1st revision
swisstopo map collection
Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

14. 1970
Map of Switzerland
1:25,000
2nd revision
swisstopo map collection
Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

15. 1976
Map of Switzerland
1:25,000
3rd revision
swisstopo map collection
Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

16. 1982
Map of Switzerland
1:25,000
4th revision
swisstopo map collection
Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

17. 1988
Map of Switzerland
1:25,000
5th revision
swisstopo map collection
Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

18. 1994
Map of Switzerland
1:25,000
6th revision
swisstopo map collection
Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

19. 2000
Map of Switzerland
1:25,000
7th revision
swisstopo map collection
Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

20. 2006
Map of Switzerland
1:25,000
8th revision
swisstopo map collection
Documenting the landscapeAnniversary 175 years swisstopo :
Journey through the time - open to the public

21. www.swisstopo.ch

22. Umsetzungskonzept zur Strategie für
Geoinformation beim Bund 2003
Picture by lif
added value by
private industry
investment by
government
Geoinformation market

23. Infras (2008): Analyse Geoinformationsmarkt Schweiz. Roman Frick, David Finger. GFX: Ralph Straumann, www.ralphstraumann.ch
Infras & IWV (2002): Analyse Geodatenmarkt Schweiz. Roman Frick, MarioKeller, Anna Vettori, Joel Meier, Dieter Spahni.

24. eGovernment services are like a Rubiks Cube:
Difficult to solve but always possible

25. Picture by floofy
Federal Act on Geoinformation (GeoIG), 1. July 2008
Art. 1 Aim
This Act has the aim of ensuring that geodata relating
to the territory of the Swiss Confederation is made
available for general use to the authorities of the
Confederation, the cantons and communes, the private
sector, the public and to academic and scientific
institutions in a sustainable, up-to-date, rapid
and easy manner, in the required quality and at a
reasonable cost.
Law

26. Map viewer
tile à 2562 pixel

27. ….and mobile!

28. ….and API! Mashups made easy
data -> data as service -> interface to services

29. Picture by Iklasuhl Amal
Characteristics
900‘000‘000 tiles managed
10‘000 users/day, peak > 35‘000 users /day
3000 delivered tiles/s
200 thematic maps
5 languages
1 portal
2‘000‘000‘000 tiles delivered since 08/2010

30. Demo
• But HOW did we achieve this
did we achieve this

31. Components
Sea of laws
API
Applications
Geoservices
Tiles & Databases
Open Source Software stack
View Search Access
Cloud Computing

32. Infrastructure as a Service
[Cloud Security and Privacy, by Tim Mather, Subra Kumaraswamy, and Shahed Latif, ISBN 978-0-596-80276-9]
Swisstopo‘s
choice
Traditional
(On Premise)
Platform
as a Service
(PaaS)
Software
as a Service
(SaaS)
Apps & Services
VM
Server
Storage
Network
Apps & Services
VM
Server
Storage
Network
Applications
Services
Server
Storage
Network
Applications
Services
Server
Storage
Network
Organization has
control and
responsibility
Organisation shares control
and responsibility with
Cloud-provider
Cloud provider has
control and
responsibility
Infrastructure
as a Service
(IaaS)

33. Scalability on demand

34. More power in
a few minutes
Scalability on demand

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37. Open Access
api.geo.admin.ch -> „freemium“
Picture by ul_Marga
Access not ownership is where
all content is going… (Kevin Kelly)
wms.geo.admin.ch -> open
geo.admin.ch -> open
map.geo.admin.ch -> open

38. Open Standards
Picture by bekathwia
It is all about interoperability
api.geo.admin.ch -> RESTful, OGC
wms.geo.admin.ch -> OGC
geo.admin.ch -> all browsers/devices
map.geo.admin.ch -> (all) browsers/devices

39. Open Source
Picture by ravages
Scalability on demand - innovation - reusable

40. 40Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Division
..and it works!
some awards:
Picture by swisstopo

41. 41Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Division
Thank you for your attention
and welcome to
david.oesch@swisstopo.ch
hanspeter.christ@swisstopo.ch
alain.buogo@swisstopo.ch
twitter.com/swiss_geoportal
www.geo.admin.ch