Department of Cartography, ETH Zurich



Company name:	Department of Cartography, ETH Zurich
Contact:	Andreas Neumann
Phone:	+41-1-6333037
Fax:	+41-1-6331153
E-Mail:	andreas.neumann@karto.ethz.ch
WWW URL:	http://www.karto.ethz.ch

Institute of the ETH Zurich, (Technical University) - We do teaching and research in Cartography. Main Interests are in Multimedia Cartography, Internet Mapping, 3D-Visualization, GIS and Cartography, Topographic Maps.



Department of Cartography, ETH Zurich uses Linux for the following functions:

• X-Windows:
  • X-Windows terminal (display, keyboard, mouse -- applications run elsewhere)
  • X-Windows server (runs applications, possibly exports display)
• Network file server:
  • Samba server for a network of PCs.
  • NFS server for other PCs and Unix systems.
  • File server for other types of clients.
• Print server:
  • Print spooler using lpd (Unix, NFS clients)
• Desktop environment:
  • KDE.
• Office productivity software:
  • Document preparation with WordPerfect.
  • Document preparation with Star Office.
  • Image preparation with CorelDraw.
  • Document preparation with FrameMaker.
  • Graphics prepared with GIMP.
  • Other document management.
• Backup services
  • Tar.
• HTTP servers
  • Apache.
• Databases
  • mySQL.
• Internet client software - WWW
  • NetScape Navigator.
  • Lynx.
• Internet client software - mail
  • Pine.
  • Netscape's mail client.
• Network management:
  • NIS server.
• Electronic mail server:
  • POP-3 server.
• Network services provided to local users:
  • HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
  • Anonymous ftp server.
  • Accepts telnet connections.
• Network services provided to remote users over dial-up or the Internet:
  • HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
  • Anonymous ftp server.
  • Accepts telnet connections.
• Software development tools:
  • C and/or C++
  • Java
  • Perl
  • Tcl/Tk
  • Pascal

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