Ass. Prof. Dr. Mag. Karel KRIZ

University of Vienna, Department of Geography and Regional Research

Universitätsstraße 7

1010 Vienna

Austria

Tel: +43 (1) 4277 48641        Fax: +43 (1) 4277 48649

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Karel Kriz, born 1962, studied geography and cartography at the University of Vienna and graduated in 1989. For the next 3 years he worked in the fields of digital cartography, GIS and computer science developing various scientific and commercial applications. Since 1992 he is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography and Regional Science at the Department of Geography and Regional Research. In 1994 he completed his PhD on the topic of “requirements on digital cartographic systems”. His major areas of interest lie in web-based cartography, GIS and thematic aspects of mountain cartography.