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 900 thematic geodatasets from other federal agencies are published. As a supplementary service for internal administrative access by intranet using (Q)GIS clients, Swisstopo operates a PostGIS database containing vector data. This database 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 access options available to users within the federal administration, the system architecture and the tools used in operation, as well as some operational experiences.