The Federal Office of Topography swisstopo has long operated the standard services wms/wmts.geo.admin.ch, where both swisstopo’s own datasets and around 1000 thematic geodatasets from other federal agencies or cantons are published. As a supplementary service for internal administrative access by intranet using (Q)GIS clients, swisstopo operates a PostGIS database platform containing vector data. This platform offers a subset of the datasets from geo.admin.ch, with the difference that they are available in their original vector data structure and accuracy, ready for individual analysis, visualisation and use in GIS. This presentation describes the system architecture, the access options available to users within the federal administration, and the tools used in operation, as well as some operational experiences.