The Grand Prix Möbius is a special award for the best digital development and has been awarded this year to the Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation for the atlas products Atlas of Switzerland and SWISS WORLD ATLAS interactive. Claudio Generali, president of CORSI commented: The institute continues with the longtime tradition of Swiss cartography and developed the tradition further with technological innovation.

You will find further information about Premio Möbius at www.moebiuslugano.ch.

On the occasion of "Werkschau Kartografie Schweiz 2011" on September 13th the Swiss Society of Cartography (SGK) awarded the "Prix Carto" for the fourth time. Every other year an outstanding product in the field of cartography gains this prize for innovation.

In 2011 the SWISS WORLD ATLAS interactive is awarded with the Prix Carto. The interactive atlas is developed at the Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation at the ETH Zurich and published by the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK).

You will find further information about Prix Carto and SGK at www.kartografie.ch.

These videos should ease the usage of the atlas by demonstrating specific features.

Start of the atlas and map selection

Interactive maps, block diagrams and globes

Basic functions of the atlas

Creating a worksheet

Map comparison and synchronization

The beta-version of the SWISS WORLD ATLAS interactive has been available for the public since early June. This atlas version can be started from www.schweizerweltatlas.ch and is free of charge.
The application is fully web-bases and no local installation is needed. Software and content updates are automatically provided on each start of the atlas. It is therefore guaranteed that all users use the latest version at any time.

During the next weeks some videos about the use of the atlas will be published on the website.

To start the beta-version of the atlas successfully, the minimal requirements are now Java in Version 6 Update 10 and a graphic card, which supports OpenGL 1.5.
The changing of the system requirements is based on some remarkable improvements, especially on the performance. OpenGL 1.5 is required for displaying the 3D graphics.