Maps and Views

US government site provides hour-by-hour weather conditions for the past 24 hours for major cities and locations in the country.

Map of major roads, with train lines and rivers. Includes place names index.

Historic maps of Switzerland in the digital map archives of the Ryhiner collection at the municipal and university library of Berne.

Digital maps of Switzerland on the Internet and in geographical information systems (GIS) by the map collection of the ETH-Library.

Interactive map of Switzerland. Locate any place just by the address.

Many photos of mountains and glaciers in the Swiss and Austrian Alps: Eiger, Jungfrau, Rettenbachferner (Sölden, Ötztal), Aletschgletscher (Aletsch Glacier), Morteratschgletscher, murmeltiere (marmots), birds and much more.

Trips to Switzerland, 360° panoramas of Zurich, information about hotels, sights, culture, shopping, galleries, exhibitions, etc.

Numerous panoramas of Valais and Ticino locations, in QTVR format, from Alberto Varonese.

Searchable database of free high-resolution pictures for media use, made available by Swiss tourism organisations, events and companies. The pictures are commented in German and English.

Annotate or zoom in on a picture taken, on October 10th, 1994 by astronauts on board the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour, on mission STS-68, while passing over Western Switzerland.