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		sschueller 9 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cartographers have been hiding illustrations insid... The digital version over at https://map.geo.admin.ch/ has existed for many years but it is only a few years now that all Cantos have agreed to provide the data for free[1]. There is a lot of interesting data such as "Lärmbelastung" where you can lookup how loud car or rail traffic is at a location. [1] https://www.geo.admin.ch/en/general-terms-of-use-fsdi

KronisLV 9 days ago [–]

The speed at which that map loads on a slightly old iPhone is really pleasant!

Aside from that, having those little Easter eggs in the maps is nice, at least more so than fake streets.

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