Editing Swisstopo (section)

{{short description|Swiss geological survey}}
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{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name     = Federal Office of Topography (Swisstopo)
|native_name     = {{in lang|de}} Bundesamt für Landestopografie<br/>{{in lang|fr}} Office fédéral de topographie<br/>{{in lang|it}} Ufficio federale di topografia<br/>{{in lang|rm}} Uffizi federal da topografia
|logo            = Logo der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft.svg
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|image           = Swisstopowabern.jpg
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|image_caption   = Building in [[Wabern bei Bern|Wabern]].
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|jurisdiction    = [[Federal administration of Switzerland]]
|headquarters    = [[Wabern bei Bern|Wabern]]
|employees       = 
|minister1_name  = [[Viola Amherd]]
|minister1_pfo   = [[Swiss Federal Council|Federal Councillor]]
|parent_agency   = [[Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports]]
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|website         = [https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en www.swisstopo.admin.ch]
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'''Swisstopo''' is the official name for the Swiss '''Federal Office of Topography,'''{{Efn|{{langx|de|Bundesamt für Landestopografie}}, {{langx|fr|Office fédéral de topographie}}, {{langx|it|Ufficio federale di topografia}}, {{langx|rm|Uffizi federal da topografia}}}} [[Switzerland]]'s [[national mapping agency]].

The current name was made official in 2002. It had been used as the domain name for the homepage of the institute, [https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/ swisstopo.admin.ch], since 1997.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/content/swisstopo-internet/en/swisstopo/publications.download/swisstopo-internet/en/publications/dkw-publications/swisstopo_festschrift_2012_en.pdf|title=Annual report 2012 - The Landscape Memory of Switzerland|publisher=swisstopo|year=2013|location=Wabern|pages=45}}</ref>