Department of Cartography, ETH Zurich

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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