Prof. Dr. Lorenz HURNI

Institute of Cartography

ETH Zurich

Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 15

8093 Zurich

Tel. +41-44-6333033, Fax +41-11-6331153

[email-masked]

SWITZERLAND

Lorenz Hurni has been Associate Professor of Cartography and director of the Institute of Cartography at the ETH Zurich since November 1996 (Full Professor since October 2003). He is managing editor-in-chief of the "Atlas of Switzerland", the Swiss national atlas. From 1983-1988 he studied geodesy at ETH Zürich. As assistant at the Institute of Cartography, he implemented a digital cartographic information system for teaching and research purposes. In connection with his doctoral thesis, he developed the first program for automatic generation of cartographic cliff drawing. In 1994 he took up a position at the Federal Office of Topography in Wabern. As project leader for computer-assisted cartography, he worked mainly on the implementation of an interactive graphic system for the digital processing of national maps. The emphasis of Hurni's research lies in cartographic data models and tools for the production of printed and multimedia maps. He is chairman of the "working group on High Mountain Cartography" of the German Society of Cartography (DGfK) and member of the "working group Map Production" of the International Cartographic Association (ICA).