Koordinationsorgan für Geoinformation des Bundes GKG
Organe de coordination de la géoinformation au niveau fédéral GCS
Organo federale di coordinamento della geoinformazione GCG
Organ federal da coordinaziun per la geoinfurmaziun GCS
Use Case www.geo.admin.ch
"60 to 80 per cent of all decisions affecting citizens are linked to geographical
information." 1
Use case 1) Retreating glaciers
Use case 2) Urban development Zurich
Use case 3) „Ideal“ holiday destination for ibex
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- Coopers and Lybrand 1996, Economic aspects of the collection, dissemination and integration of
government’s geospatial information, Published by Ordnance Survey,
Southampton, UK.
1) Retreating glaciers: http://tinyurl.com/34jjxzr
Ca. 1850: Extent glaciers
Today: Ret reating glacier, evolvement of an high alpine wetland
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2) Urban development Zurich: http://tinyurl.com/35kz372
Ca. 1900:
Today: Buildings (red) 100 years later
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3) „Ideal“ holiday destination for ibex: http://tinyurl.com/28qv6nq
From an ibex perspective (blue: ibex colonies) western part of Switzerland is a more interesting than the
eastern part: Areas prohibited for hunting (orange) are more frequent.
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