Geoportail features

Géoportail is the internal geolocation tool at EPFL.
Main features:

  • display ‘business layers’, i.e. information reserved for technical uses or security.
  • make drawings and  measurements.

Certain specific information, which does not concern the general public, is displayed in the « geoportal » tool, without connection.

To access it, please click on the link in red ‘Geoportal’ via the right button : Options plan .

These are :

  • public ‘business’ layers (network connections, mobility, infrastructure)
  • the measuring instrument (surface and area)
  • the drawing instrument
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It is necessary to have a special right to access to these informations. Please contact philippe.vonallmen@epfl.ch directly to be added in the group.Beneficiaries have access to these layers via the Login button Login sur géoportaillocated in the tool bar on the right.

  • Click on the button
  • In the foldout pane on the right, click on the red link ‘Geoportal’
  • In the ‘Theme’ menu, choose ‘Pro layers’
  • Select ‘Network IT’
  • Click on the button and choose the link in red ‘Geoportal’
  • Select the ‘Drawing and measurement’ icon in the tool box on the right
  • Choose the type of object to measure: a point, a line, a polygon, a rectangle, a circle
  • The system will indicate the corresponding measurement, which can be imported