The Alpine range is one of the first monitored mountain belts worldwide, both by seismic networks and space geodesy (GNSS), in particular due to its moderate but steady seismicity. Permanent GNSS measurements demonstrated that uplift is the main signal characterizing the current deformation in the European western Alps, reaching up to 2 mm/yr, while no shortening is observed across the belt. Based on the incredible amount of geodetic and seismic data available today, it now appears possible to constrain a new high resolution crustal strain field in the western Alps. This 3D field, made of surface deformation measurements and of the seismic deformation characteristics, is of primary importance in order to decipher the links between horizonta...