The canton of Friborg is proud to announce the production of its new cartographic portal, Maps.fr.ch. Put into service in 2015, the previous portal must indeed be abandoned for reasons of computer obsolescence, even though it is always very efficient and it gives complete satisfaction.
The new portal offers users the same information as that available on the old system. The rich features of the portal, much appreciated, have been maintained, guaranteeing continuity in the user experience.
In addition Maps.fr.ch also offers new possibilities and turns into a modern web geographic information system, capable of replacing an office application in many situations. Thanks to its visualization capacities and extensive features, it allows you to find the information sought in the territory, to share it, to carry out analyzes and becomes a precious decision aid tool.
Whether you are a professional of geoinformation, a specialist in the territory or simply a citizen of curious people, maps.fr.ch is designed to meet your needs and facilitate your projects. We invite all users and users of MAP.GEO.FR.CH to adopt now maps.fr.ch.
-For more information concerning the possibilities of the cartographic portal and the new features of Maps.fr.ch, you can refer to a very complete online help (https://maps.fr.ch/pcarto_help/fr/).
MAP.GEO.FR.CH will be put out of service at the end of July 2025. This will also be the case for open data web services, previously available under https://geo.fr.ch/ags/rest/Services/opendata. They are already accessible under https://maps.fr.ch/ags/rest/services/opendata.
The cartographic portal – which does not change:
- Consultation of more than 500 geodoneds presented in 24 thematic cards covering very varied fields ranging from agriculture to the protection of the population, including regional planning, mobility, the environment, schools, geology, etc.
- Tools to print or share cards.
- Possibility of making measurements and enriching cards with graphic annotations.
- Use in the office and in the field, with a PC, a tablet or a smartphone.
Among the news:
- Support for 3D, little used for the moment, but which augurs fascinating developments in the coming years.
- Improvement of research, now less sensitive to typing faults.
- Up -to -date card funds directly from the Federal Topography Office – Swisstopo.
- More possibilities for layers management: order, name, symbology, transparency, labels, etc.
- Ability to add extended and facilitated external data.
- New possibilities of importing and exporting geodoneds (more formats).
- Data filtering capacity enriched and supplemented by a space filter tool.
- Geotraite tools (eg buffer zones, grouping of entities, intersection, cutting).
- And again: definition of a default card, printing in Word format, etc.
