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The Atlas of Switzerland team looks back on a successful participation at the 32nd International Cartographic Conference (ICC) in Vancouver, held from August 17–22. We had the opportunity to exchange ideas with cartographers from all [...]
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René Sieber officially retired at the end of April. He played a key role in the development of the Atlas of Switzerland. As project manager from 1994 to 2023, he brought the Atlas into the digital age. Thanks to his commitment, [...]
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We are pleased to share news about the Atlas of Switzerland. A lot has happened in the past few weeks! New Team Member At the beginning of February, a new PhD student joined our team: a warm welcome to Clarisse Aubert! With her [...]
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We are pleased to announce the latest version of the Atlas of Switzerland, featuring a range of new updates and improvements aimed at optimizing the user experience. This update focuses particularly on enhancing the visualization and interaction with elements in the infobox [...]
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Autumn is here, and with it the latest version of the Atlas of Switzerland. Various improvements have been implemented and bugs fixed. Among other things, the spatial map navigation via the keyboard and the display of the legend have been optimised. The [...]
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The EuroCarto conference took place in Vienna from 9 to 11 September and was an engaging event with a clear focus on cartography. The topics spanned a wide range, including sustainability and cartography, education, atlases, artificial [...]
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The Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation is looking for a PhD student in the fields of storytelling and storymaps to support the cartography group in their research and teaching activities. The research, concepts, and programming will be developed in close collaboration [...]
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The first half of the year is already over. It's time to look back on the developments at the Atlas of Switzerland in recent months and to look at what's in the pipeline for the coming months. Team reinforcement: The Atlas of [...]
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We are pleased to present the latest version of the Atlas of Switzerland. Various improvements and bug fixes have been implemented in the new version.

The map navigation, the search functionality and the display of tooltips have been [...]
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The year 2023 is drawing to a close. It was a year of transition for the Atlas of Switzerland. In April, our long-standing project manager, Dr. René Sieber, retired after 28 years. We would like to thank him warmly for his [...]
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