Nussberger was an engineer-topographer at the Swiss Federal Topography in Bern from 1911 to 1948. On the basis of his relief of the Matterhorn, he demonstrated the processing of photogrammetric images for a layered model. The relief was created with the help of the engineer and land surveyor Ernst Schwarz, who also worked for the Swiss Federal Topography from 1913 to 1955.

[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.164.