CONVENTIONAL SIGNS

AND FURTHER INFORMATION TO THE SWISS TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS

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Federal Office of Topography

3084 Wabern

2001

Roads, tracks
Highway (divided lanes) Junction Rest area Parking 2nd cl. highway (undivided lanes) Exit/Access Trunk road 1st cl. road (at least 6m wide) 2nd cl. road (at least 4m wide) 3rd cl. road (at least 2.8m wide) 5th cl., path, trail, bicycle path 6th cl., footpath Traces, mountain passage Barrier, traffic ban conspicuous roundabout Level crossings Underpasses Overpasses Tunnels Gallerie Parklane Traces of historic road Airport, hard surface runway Airfield, grass strip Tank road Ventilation shaft Parking lot under construction Main connecting road conspicuous bridge conspicuous bridge covered bridge Footbridge, catwalk Passenger ferry, attached free on glacier under construction

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Adorf

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Adorf

Ried A1 Wil

Ried A1 Wil

3 7

3 7

Suburban road (at least 4m wide) conspicuous bridge 4th cl., narrow road (at least 1.8m) Bridge

Boundaries
35

National boundary with numbered markers Cantonal boundary with markers District boundary with markers Municipal boundary with markers Boundary for National Park or protected area

36

Railways
Railway station, tracks Stop with separate track Stop without separate track Normal gauge railway: multiple tracks Normal gauge railway: single track Narrow gauge railway: multiple tracks Narrow gauge, rack, cable railway: single track Freight or nostalgic railway Railway out of service Intercommunal tramway with stop Industrial track Tunnels Galleries Aerial cable way, chairlift with intermediate station Goods lift Skilift Pylon Pylon Bridge Bridge Bridge Bridge Bridge Platform roof

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Bridge

Topography
Contour lines Index contours earth, scree/shingle, ice / lake earth, scree/shingle, ice / lake
10m (Jura Mtns., Plateau) 20m (Alps) 20m 100m 5 m/10 m 200m 10 m 50m 200m 25 m

Intermediate contours earth, scree/shingle, ice / lake Small depression Escarpment, earth Cutting Earth slip Clay pit Rock Doline Escarpment, stone Embankment Gravel pit Quarry Scree

Glacier

Moraine

Rock with 100m contour lines

Individual symbols
House Remote inn Greenhouse Allotment (garden) Church Cemetery Cooling tower Chimney-stack Lookout tower large antenna Camp site Sports ground Rifle range Race course (horses) Border of an area Ski jump Wall Cave, grotto Golf course dry wall Avalanche barricade erratic bloc Ruin Tower Storage tank Monument Chapel Shrine, cross Wind power station Castle Radio transmitter small antenna Summer toboggan-run Stadium

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Trigonometric points, spot heights

Trigonometric points 1st to 3rd order and LV95 Spot heights Index contour Lake level Spot height at lake bottom
419
1587 800 387 419 2127.6 713
1587 2127.6 713 1587 2127.6

only Pyramids
713

800 387

800

419

387

Vegetation
Forest, defined outline Scattered forest Scrub Orchard Vineyard undefined outline isolated tree/group of trees Hedge Tree nursery

Hydrography
Spring Waterfall Dry gully River, backwater Marsh Lake, shoreline Port/quay Landing pier Stream weirs River weirs Peat cutting undefined shoreline Car ferry Lake level Stream

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419

419

419

Dam

Spot height at lake bottom max. flood level

827

827

827

869

869

869

Lake with varying water level Single pressure pipeline Underground pipeline Pond Well, uncovered Water treatment plant Reservoir Power plant with switching station Fountain covered Public swimming pool Water tower High tension transmission line with pylon
E.W. E.W. Cit. ARA Bad ARA Cit.

multiple pipeline

The Swiss National Maps

are the official topographic maps of Switzerland published at the scales 1: 25 000, 1: 50 000, 1: 100 000, 1: 200 000, 1: 500 000 and 1: 1 million. Each of the different map scales covers the entire area of Switzerland. There are composite sheets available at the scales 1: 25 000, 1: 50 000 and 1: 100 000 of regions that are of particular interest to tourism or that form a geographic entity. All maps can be obtained folded or unfolded.

Conventional signs
The symbols of the topographic maps at the scales 1:25 000, 1:50 000 and 1:100 000 are explained in this brochure. The symbols appearing on maps at other scales are explained on those maps. Other symbols may appear on older maps, however, these discrepancies will be eliminated in the course of the regular revision and update cycle. For maps at the scale 1: 25 000 bordering with France and Germany, the symbols and conventional signs are those used by the respective countries.

Map lettering
The type style depends on the represented feature. Names of municipalities are set upright, names of suburbs or hamlets in italics. Names of valleys and mountains are set in medium, regional names in light weight type. The importance of an object is indicated by the size and type of lettering. For towns and cities, the size depends on the number of inhabitants.

Settlement Town Town Municipality Municipality Suburb Suburb Hamlet, group of houses Single house, hut

Population over 50 000 10 00050 000 200010 000 less than 2000 over 2000 1002000 50100

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BERN
LUGANO

GENVE
CHUR

ZRICH
SION

Sumvitg
Cressier (NE)

Biasca
Sagogn

Buochs
Corippo

Cassarate
Champr
Le Plan
Trithtte SAC

Bruggen
Carasso
Clavaniev
La Rpette

Le Sentier
Mrren
Nante
A. Naucuola

Examples of other topographic names Regions, Forests Valleys Mountains Passes Rivers Lakes Glaciers

Clos du Doubs

G i b e l e g g w a l d

Surselva
Jungfrau
LE RHNE

Val Malvaglia
Rosablanche

Chummertlli

Poncione di Braga
Fuorcla Surlej Ova Chamuera

Passo del San Gottardo

Col de la Croix

Limmat

Verzasca

LAGO MAGGIORE Lac de Morat

Aletschgletscher
Vadret Pers
Gh. dei Cavagnoli

Lej da Segl
Gl. de Darbonneire

Abbreviations
A. Bl.err. CAS Cna Cum.

rumantsch
F. Fda Funt. Lav. Mgna

Alp Bloc Erratic Club Alpin Svizzer Camona Cumn, Cumegn

Fuorcla, Furcla Fermeda, Fermada Funtauna Lavinar, Laviner Muntogna, Muntagna

O. E. Osp. P. Rna S.

Ouvra electrica Ospidel, Ospedel Piz, Pez Ruina San, Son, Sogn, Sontg

Sar. Ser. Stn Vad. Vscha

Sarinera Serenera Staziun Vadret Vischnanca,Vschinaunca

Abbreviations
The individual symbols are designed to indicate the represented feature clearly. In addition, some important features are labelled, often with an abbreviation due to lack of space.

deutsch
A. ARA uss. B. Bhf. Br. Err. Bl. EW F. Gde. Gl. Gr. Gr. H. Hint. Hst. Inn. J. K. Kap. Kl. Klr. L. Mittl. Ob. P. Prh. Rne. Rm. S. SAC Schl. Sp. St. St. Stn. Unt. Uss. Vord. W.

franais Alp Abwasserreinigungsanlage ussere, -er Bach Bahnhof Brcke Erratischer Block Elektrizittswerk Firn Gemeinde Gletscher Graben Gross, -e, -er Htte Hinter, -e, -er Haltestelle Inner, -e, -er Joch Kopf Kapelle Klein, -e, -er Kloster Lcke Mittler, -e, er Ober, -e, -er Pass Prhistorisch, -e, -er Ruine Rmisch, -e, -er See Schweizer Alpen-Club Schloss Spitz, -e Sankt Stock Station Unter, -e, -er Usser, -e, -i Vorder, -e, -er Wald
A. Aig. Anc. B. Bl.err. C. Cab. CAS Ch. Chap. Cht. Cit. Clin. Cne Cont. Et. F. Font. Gd, Gde Gl. H. Hp. M. Mt. Mgne Mlin Pass. Pt, Pte Pte de... R. Ref. Rne Sce StSteStn STEP T. U. E.

italiano Alpe Aiguille, -s Ancien, -ne Bois Bloc erratique Col Cabane Club Alpin Suisse Chemin Chapelle Chteau Citerne Clinique Commune Contour Etang Fort Fontaine Grand, -e Glacier Halte Hpital Mont Mtairie Montagne Moulin Passarelle Petit, -e Pointe de... Ruisseau Refuge Ruine Source SaintSainteStation Station d'puration des eaux uses Torrent Usine lectrique
A. Biv. Bl. err. Btta Cap. CAS Cast. Cna Cne Dog. F. Forc. Fta Gh. IDA Imp. Inf. Lto M. Mgna Mno O. E. Osp. Oss. P. Pne Pso R. Rif. SAT Sta Stne T. UTOE V. Ved. Vne

Alpe Bivacco Blocco erratico Bocchetta Capanna Club Alpino Svizzero Castello Cascina, Cassina Comune Dogana Fiume Forcola, Forcella, Forcellina, Forchetta Fermata Ghiacciaio Impianto di depurazione delle acque luride Impianto Inferiore Laghetto Monte, Monti Montagna Molino Officina elettrica Ospedale Osservatorio Pizzo Poncione Passo Ri, Riale, Rio Rifugio Societ Alpinistica Ticinese Santa Stazione Torrente Unione Ticinese Operai Escursionisti Val, Valle Vedretta Vallone