03/12/25 Update: New 3D Building Data for Switzerland 🇨🇭

We’re thrilled to announce that Cityweft now supports the full 3D-building dataset from swisstopo, bringing high-resolution LOD2 building models to all projects across Switzerland. This upgrade significantly enhances the accuracy and realism of Swiss city and landscape models generated with Cityweft.

What’s new

• National 3D coverage (LOD2 / 3D): Cityweft now includes detailed swisstopo building models with accurate roof geometries, heights, and structures for the entire country.

• Higher-fidelity urban context: Expect more precise roof shapes, footprints, and architectural details — ideal for planning, design, energy modelling, visibility analyses, and high-quality visualization.

• Available across all Cityweft workflows: The dataset is fully accessible for platform users, plugin users, and API integrations, ensuring it slots seamlessly into your preferred workflow.

  
  

Why this matters

For architects, planners, engineers, and developers working in Switzerland, this unlocks a major improvement in context modelling and design iteration. You now get:

• Authoritative national data at high resolution.

• More realistic site models for competitions, concept design, feasibility studies, and policy work.

• Better analytical accuracy for shadows, solar potential, line-of-sight, density, and simulations.

• A smooth workflow through your chosen Cityweft access point — platform, plugins, or API.

  
  

How things have changed

The examples below showcase the improvements in data quality across the country now bringing:

• Comprehensive building height with high accuracy

• Highly detailed geometry including roofs and other key features

• Still lightweight and easy to integrate to your workflow

What's next?

We are continuing to integrate new datasets across the world!

Have a specific region you would like to see improved? Let us know!