Anselmier was a native of Sarrelouis (F) and was naturalized in Geneva in 1861. From 1838 to 1861 he worked under Guillaume-Henri Dufour in the Federal Topographic Bureau as a topographer for the Dufour map. After that he worked in Zurich, Geneva and France as an engineer, cartographer, topographer and relief builder.

Terrain model made by Anselmier (details on Swiss Relief Catalogue)

• Einsiedeln, 1870

[1] This article bases on Mair, Toni. Grieder, Susanne. Das Landschaftsrelief – Symbiose von Wissenschaft und Kunsthandwerk. Mit Schweizer Reliefkatalog. Verlag hier+jetzt. Baden, Schweiz. 2006. S.154

See also: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Anselmier. 2001.