In April 2007, SWITCH moved its offices from the "Central" area of Zurich to Werdstrasse 
near Stauffacher. This meant that SWITCH's highly popular webcam also had to be moved. 
Thanks to the generous support provided by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology 
(ETH), SWITCH has been able to find a highly attractive location for the camera once 
again. 

On the roof of the ETH Chemistry Building
The ETH has provided SWITCH with both the space and a network connection on the roof of a 
high-rise block on Universitätsstrasse. The camera is not so close to what is going on at 
street level as before, but it now has a broader swivel range, and the restrictions on 
the maximum possible zoom factor have now been completely eliminated at certain points of 
the area covered by the picture.

Highly popular
The fact that the SWITCH webcam attracts a great deal of interest is something that is 
borne out by the access statistics too. In 2006, around 1000 visitors a day, from 150 
different countries, called up the camera. Each day, they took 200 photos of Zurich and 
produced 900 live streams. The average visit lasted three and a half minutes.

Seit 1987 steht SWITCH im Dienste der vernetzten Schweizer Wissenschaft, 
vertritt die Schweizer Interessen in zahlreichen Gremien und trägt damit in 
einer Schlüsselrolle wesentlich zur Entwicklung und zum Betrieb des Schweizer 
Internets bei.

Publisher:
swiss-press.com

Branche:
Computer & Internet
Computer & Internet
Kontakt:
Switch - Serving Swiss Universities / Computerwelt.ch

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