1. Cédric Moullet is the head of web infrastructure at swisstopo and is responsible for developing and maintaining their spatial data infrastructure in the cloud. 2. The Federal Act on Geoinformation mandates that geospatial data relating to Switzerland be made available to authorities and the public in a sustainable and cost-effective way. 3. While geospatial data is not fully "open", it can currently be freely accessed. Usage analysis shows that the vast majority access the data through web services rather than direct downloads.