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National Maps of Switzerland - Automated Production Using FME and axpand

Swiss national maps are high-quality topographic maps at 1:25000 to 1:1 000 000 scales. In order to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for vector GIS data, the Federal Office of Topography swisstopo is working on changes to their production process ranging from the compilation of topographic base data to the production of maps. Over the course of the past 10 years, swisstopo has launched a number of projects to enable this transition.

Automation of Map Production and Updating Processes - Why it Matters

Over the past several years, there has been a lot of discussion about why automation in cartography is important or whether or not it is even possible to automate important, recurring tasks in the production and updating of maps. The main reasons why a further exploration of automation in cartography makes sense is twofold: one, because it offers a possibility for timely and consistent creation and updating of map and data products in a landscape of rapid change and two, because it opens up the potential for new uses of location-based data and maps.

axpand Circular Process

Because map production was originally a pen-and-paper endeavor, the production process developed into a linear one - there is a beginning, a middle and an end. When GIS systems came into play, map producers were forced to go digital and automate at least parts of their processes. Unfortunately, GIS systems were not designed to create or produce maps according to the traditions of cartography.

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