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The «Atlas of Switzerland» has produced a variety of publications that address different aspects of cartography and geoinformation.

Clarisse Aubert, Andreas Neumann, Lorenz HurniCartographic Arc: The Art of Storytelling in Map DesignAbstracts of the International Cartographic Association, 12, 5
Luca Gaia, Andreas Neumann, Lorenz HurniAtlas of Switzerland Web: Genesis of a Web AtlasAbstracts of the International Cartographic Association, 12, 39
Christian Wohlert, Andreas Neumann, Lorenz HurniDynamic Contextualization: Redefining User-Driven Base Map Interaction within the Atlas of Switzerland WebAbstracts of the International Cartographic Association, 12, 153

Luca Gaia, Andreas Neumann, Lorenz HurniClimate Change Maps for the Atlas of SwitzerlandISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2025, 14(3), 99
Andreas Neumann, Alexander Müdespacher, Lorenz HurniRedesigning the User Interface of the Atlas of Switzerland for the WebAbstracts of the International Cartographic Association, 10, 216
Christian Wohlert, Andreas Neumann, Lorenz HurniDigitizing historical Swiss railway data for interactive presentation in the Atlas of SwitzerlandAbstracts of the International Cartographic Association, 10, 303

Luca Gaia, Andreas Neumann, Lorenz HurniCartographic visualization of the effects of climate change: a practical application for the Atlas of SwitzerlandAbstracts of the International Cartographic Association, 7, 42
Andreas Neumann, Alexander Müdespacher, Remo Eichenberger, Lorenz HurniMigrating the Atlas of Switzerland to the Web: A comparative analysis of 2D and 3D open-source web rendering frameworksAbstracts of the International Cartographic Association, 7, 117

René SieberAtlas GUI and Layout DesignThe Atlas Cookbook: Ten Ingredients How to Edit an Atlas, ICA Commission on Atlases, 2023, pp. 95-111
René Sieber, Juliane CronAtlas FunctionalityThe Atlas Cookbook: Ten Ingredients How to Edit an Atlas, ICA Commission on Atlases, 2023, pp. 149-180
Ernst SpiessVisualization and Map DesignThe Atlas Cookbook: Ten Ingredients How to Edit an Atlas, ICA Commission on Atlases, 2023, pp. 113-148

Raimund Schnürer, Martin Ritzi, Arzu Cöltekin, René SieberAn empirical evaluation of three-dimensional pie charts with individually extruded sectors in a geovisualization contextInformation Visualization, 2020, 19(3), pp. 183-206
Raimund Schnürer, Cédric Dind, Stefan Schalcher, Pascal Tschudi, Lorenz HurniAugmenting Printed School Atlases with Thematic 3D MapsMultimodal Technologies and Interaction, 4(2), 23

Matthias Thöny, Raimund Schnürer, René Sieber, Lorenz Hurni, Renato PajarolaStorytelling in Interactive 3D Geographic Visualization Systems.ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2018, 7(3), 123

Raimund SchnürerMetadatenbearbeitung und Kartenerstellung beim Atlas der Schweiz.Fallstudie, QGIS Anwendergruppe Schweiz, 2016
René Sieber, Raimund SchnürerAtlas der Schweiz – Fit für die Zukunft!Geomatik Schweiz, 4/2016
René Sieber, Marianna Serebryakova, Raimund Schnürer, Lorenz HurniAtlas of Switzerland Goes Online and 3D – Concept, Architecture and Visualization Methods.Gartner, G., Jobst, M., Huang, H. (eds) Progress in Cartography. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, Springer: Switzerland, 2016

Olga Chesnokova, René Buffat, René Sieber, Lorenz HurniDepicting Settlement Development – Extraction and Visualization Workflow.Proceedings of the 27th International Cartographic Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2015
Raimund Schnürer, Remo Eichenberger, René Sieber, Lorenz Hurni3D Charts – Taxonomy and Implementation in a Virtual Globe.Proceedings of the 27th International Cartographic Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Raimund Schnürer, René Sieber, Arzu CöltekinThe Next Generation of Atlas User Interfaces – A User Study with “Digital Natives”.Modern Trends in Cartography. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Cham
Raimund Schnürer, Remo Eichenberger, René Sieber, Lorenz Hurni3D Charts – Taxonomy and Implementation in a Virtual Globe.Brazilian Journal of Cartography, Special Issue 27th ICC, No. 67/5, 2015
René Sieber, Marianna Serebryakova, Raimund Schnürer, Lorenz HurniAtlas of Switzerland goes online and 3D – Concept, Architecture and Visualization Methods.Proceedings EuroCarto, Vienna, Austria, 2015
René Sieber, Raimund Schnürer, Remo Eichenberger, Lorenz HurniDesigning Graphical User Interfaces for 3D Atlases.Proceedings of the 27th International Cartographic Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,2015

Lorenz Hurni, Hans Rudolf Bär, Christian Häberling, Barbara Piatti, René SieberAtlas Information Systems – Current Developments at ETH Zurich.Kartographische Nachrichten, special issue 2013
Nadia Panchaud, Ionut Iosifescu, Remo Eichenberger, René Sieber, Lorenz HurniService-Driven 3D Atlas Cartography.Proceedings of the 26th International Cartographic Conference, Dresden, Germany, 2013
René Sieber, Raimund Schnürer, Remo Eichenberger, Lorenz HurniThe Power of 3D Real-Time Visualization in Atlases – Concepts, Techniques, and Implementation.Proceedings of the 26th International Cartographic Conference, Dresden, Germany, 2013

Raimund Schnürer, René SieberAssessment of standards-compliant Web Mapping Tools for Atlas Creation.Proceedings of the 5th All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference on National Mapping, Kiev, Ukraine, 2012
René SieberDie Zukunft der Kartografie.arcAKTUELL: Teilen und mitteilen – Karten in der Kommunikation. 1, 2012
René SieberVon digitalen Atlanten zur Webatlas-Plattform – Der Weg des neuen Atlas der Schweiz.60. Deutscher Kartographentag, Hannover, Oktober 2012 [Abstract]
René Sieber, Livia Hollenstein, Remo EichenbergerConcepts and Techniques of an Online 3D Atlas – Challenges in Cartographic 3D Visualization.Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation – Applications and Case Studies. ISoLA 2012, Part II, Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012

René Sieber, Livia Hollenstein, Benedicte Odden, Lorenz HurniFrom Classic Atlas Design to Collaborative Platforms – The SwissAtlasPlatform Project.Proceedings of the 25th International Cartographic Conference, Paris, France, 2011
René Sieber, Livia Hollenstein, Lorenz HurniDer neue Atlas der Schweiz 3 auf DVD.Kartographische Nachrichten, 2, April 2011

Christian Häberling, René Sieber3D-Anwendungen in modernen Atlasinformationssystemen.15. Münchner Fortbildungsseminar Geoinformationssysteme, München, 2015
Lorenz HurniInteractive Multimedia Atlas Information Systems.The Map Center, 455, Tokyo, Japan, 2010
Christophe Lienert, René SieberTemporal Hydrological Atlases: Adding Value through Inclusion of the Real Time.3rd International Conference on Cartography and GIS, Nessebar, Bulgaria, 2010
Lorenzo Oleggini, Samuel Nova, Ivan Orvieto, Lorenz HurniSmooth Transition between 2D and 3D Digital Atlas Visualization.ASPRS AutoCarto, Orlando, USA, 2010

René Sieber, Patrik Jeller, Lorenz HurniStatistische Oberflächen in einem interaktiven 3D-Atlas – Strategien und Techniken.Kartographische Nachrichten, 4, Oktober 2009
René Sieber, Roman Geisthövel, Lorenz HurniAtlas of Switzerland 3 – A Decade of Exploring Interactive Atlas Cartography.Proceedings of the 24th International Cartographic Conference, Santiago de Chile, 2009