Dynamic Contextualization: Redefining User-Driven Base Map Interaction within the Atlas of Switzerland Web

Wohlert, Christian; Neumann, Andreas; Hurni, Lorenz

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Dynamic Contextualization: Redefining User-Driven Base Map Interaction within the Atlas of Switzerland Web

Christian Wohlert, Andreas Neumann, and Lorenz Hurni

Christian Wohlert

ETH Zurich, Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation, Zurich, Switzerland

Andreas Neumann

ETH Zurich, Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation, Zurich, Switzerland

Lorenz Hurni

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0453-8743

ETH Zurich, Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation, Zurich, Switzerland

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