The Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings (RBD) contains basic information on all buildings in Switzerland. Data is collected by municipal building departments and managed and made publicly available by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). The information in the BBR covers, among other things, residential area, location, usage, installations, water and drainage conditions, kitchen conditions, and exterior wall and roofing materials. With an address lookup on DinGeo, you can view BBR information for all Danish addresses and download the official BBR notice.
Governments around the world are creating and expanding policies to enhance the openness of data relating to public health and welfare. There is a growing emphasis on making this data available to the public for free and in formats that allow a variety of uses. The benefits of open data in health are numerous, including empowering individuals to make more informed decisions about their own health.
The Swiss open data related to health is, to a very large extent, published in a geographic WebGIS format. At Geoda.ch, we collect and curate this data at the level of individual addresses and display it in our housing reports. We aim to expand the datasets included, which currently comprise the following:
- Radon and your health: Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can accumulate in indoor air and pose a health risk. In Switzerland, radon exposure is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking and is estimated to cause around 300 deaths each year. The risk of indoor radon exposure varies significantly depending on local geology and building characteristics. Geoda.ch allows you to look up any Swiss address and provides an address-specific overview of the most important radon risk factors for the building
Read more » - Traffic noise and your health. One in seven people in Switzerland has to put up with excessive noise pollution, particularly from road traffic. Traffic noise reduces life expectancy. Every year, the Swiss population loses approximately 69,300 life years that could have been lived out in good health in the absence of noise pollution. A Geoda.ch housing report gives you information on traffic noise for all Swiss addresses.
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