VivaMap
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| Author: | OberTrade Sàrl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| License: | Proprietary (free of charge) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platform: | Web | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Active | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Version: | (2026-04-21) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Languages: | French, German, and English
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| Website: | https://vivamap.ch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Independent quality-of-life heatmap of Switzerland scored across 9 dimensions at commune, neighborhood, and rooftop resolution. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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VivaMap is an independent heatmap of quality of life across Switzerland. It scores all 2,148 Swiss communes, approximately 3.2 million H3 resolution-10 hexagon cells, and ~2.5 million individual buildings across nine dimensions: noise exposure, air quality, public transport access, education and culture, nightlife and dining, nature and green space, health-care access, taxation, and sunshine.
Use of OpenStreetMap data
VivaMap uses OpenStreetMap as a data input (not as the visual basemap, which is provided by swisstopo). OSM contributes to four of the nine scoring dimensions:
- Education and culture — proximity to
amenity=school,amenity=library,tourism=museum,amenity=theatre,leisure=playground. - Nightlife and dining — density of
amenity=restaurant,amenity=bar,amenity=cafe,amenity=pub. - Nature and green spaces — building footprints (built-area openness) combined with FSO Arealstatistik land-cover.
- Health — proximity to
amenity=doctors,amenity=clinic,amenity=hospital,healthcare=*features.
Data is fetched via the Overpass API in the project's ETL pipeline.
Attribution
OpenStreetMap is credited in the page footer of every view ("Data: OFS, geo.admin.ch, OSM") and in the methodology page. VivaMap respects ODbL attribution requirements for OSM-derived data.
Methodology
A full methodology page is published at vivamap.ch/en/methodology. Scores are normalised 0–10 country-wide; data refreshes follow each upstream source's cadence.