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The Siegfried Map projection was a cone equivalent, as for the Dufour Map. The print mode used for the 1:25,000 pages was initially intaglio, and from 1905 a printing plate. The 1:50,000 pages were printed via a lithography process, and from 1910 by intaglio. Until 1949, there were occasional revised editions of Siegfried Map pages.
Info This map is part of a series of location maps with unified standards: SVG as file format, standardised colours and name scheme. The boundaries on these maps always show the de facto situation and do not imply any endorsement or acceptance.
The original images for the Dufour Map were created in 1:25,000 scale (for the Swiss plateau) and 1:50,000 (for the mountains). However, the Dufour Map was published in 1:100,000 scale, enabling the territory of Switzerland to be divided into 25 sheets, each of which measured 70 centimetres (28 in) x 48 centimetres (19 in).
General Map of Switzerland (1:200,000) The National Maps of Switzerland, also referred to as the Swisstopo maps, are a set of official map series designed, edited and distributed by Swisstopo, the Swiss Federal Office of Topography. Each map series is based on an oblique, conformal, cylindrical projection (Mercator projection), with a Swiss ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Maps of Switzerland (1 C, 1 P) Media in category "Images of Switzerland"
English: :Share of land area used for arable agriculture The share of land area used for arable agriculture, measured as a percentage of total land area. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow.
As of 2001, 36.9% [26] of the land in Switzerland was used for farming. 30.8% of the country is covered with forests and woodlands, [26] with an additional 6.8% covered with houses or buildings. [1] About one-fourth (25.5%) of the country is either mountains, lakes or rivers and is categorised as unproductive.