Bern, from directly above
46.9480° N 7.4474° E · Switzerland
Sharpest free source hereswisstopo SWISSIMAGE (Switzerland 10cm)
Resolution10 cm/px
Free · no signup · view, download a georeferenced GeoTIFF, or time-travel to 2014.
Why this is sharper than Google Maps
Most people assume Google has the sharpest view. For Bern it doesn't: the imagery above comes from swisstopo SWISSIMAGE (Switzerland 10cm) at 10 cm/px, versus Google's typical ~30 cm. VNTG checks ~35 free imagery sources — national aerial surveys, Esri, live Sentinel-2 — and shows whichever is sharpest for the exact point you click. You're looking at the UNESCO medieval old town in the Aare bend.
What you can do with Bern in VNTG
- Look closer than Google, free — down to 10 cm/px.
- Download a georeferenced GeoTIFF (EPSG:3857) or PNG + world file.
- Time-travel — step Bern back through every year since 2014 (Esri Wayback).
- See it fresh — render the latest Sentinel-2 pass, usually days old.
- Live overlays — active fires, cloud/weather, and precipitation radar.