MPA GéoDistribution SA was established in September 1981 by Michel Patthey in Chavannes/Renens. For 40 years the company has traded successfully in French-speaking Switzerland as a map publisher with its brand edition mpa and produces hiking maps, panoramic maps, city plans and bespoke publications specifically for non-motorised transport, particularly for leisure and tourism. However, the range of publications also includes a wide variety of street maps for motorists, covering various European countries. Since 2007 the edition mpa brand is owned by Orell Füssli Kartographie AG. The right foundations for every map project: as well as our range of publications we also create bespoke map products according to your requirements. Take advantage of our know-how. Whether you need maps, plans, brochures or information boards - we draft, design and create your print product to our usual high quality.We also offer special services in cartographic pre-press, we check your map products using Colour Management System (CMS), create reliable authoritative digital proofs and generate your CtP print data with 100% reliability. As a general contractor we also offer all printing services, including multicolour offset printing, digital printing, processing, packing and forwarding. Our complete range of services is rounded off by our cooperation with efficient photogrammetry and geo-informatics companies.

For over 90 years Orell Füssli stands for high-quality map products and for reliability. We assist you in the planning, consultation and development of all cartographic products, from the conception stage, through to drafting and editing of the basics, right up to the modelling of your data according to cartographic principles and corresponding graphics.

At Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints we believe that rare books are an important part of our cultural, natural and intellectual heritage that should be preserved and appreciated. Masterpieces of art that become an impressive experience not only through their content, but also through their form, material, design and printing. That is why we attach great importance to the authenticity and genuineness of the objects we offer.The best place to buy a collectible rare book is still an antiquarian bookshop. Our showroom is located at Kirchgasse 22, in the heart of Zurich's old town. Here you can browse our shelves at your leisure, pick up any book you like and examine it before you buy it.You can also get a comprehensive overview of our stock from our digital catalogue at georg-schneebeli.com. Here you can make a secure and convenient purchase from a distance.As an intermediary between enthusiasts, collectors and libraries, we are always interested in adding to our collection by purchasing well-preserved individual items, entire collections or archives. If you are considering a sale, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will be happy to inspect your items and assist you with any questions you may have regarding the sale.Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints is a member of the Swiss Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (VEBUKU) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). We are therefore fully committed to complying with all VEBUKU and ILAB codes of quality, ethics and conduct.

The Swiss Alpine Museum (alps) is firmly established in the present and its topics are close to our visitors: identity, mobility, tourism, tradition and innovation, culture and nature. The Swiss Alpine Museum conveys complex concepts and ideas. It presents, asks questions, contradicts, moves, irritates and provokes – looking beyond the events of the day, visualizing even slow change, using relations as a tool for reasoning, and turning the attention to the future. The active human being is at the very center. The Swiss Alpine Museum is a platform for dialogue and guidance, and its historic collection (mountain photography, cartography, and mountaineering) is part of this purpose.The Swiss Alpine Museum knows its visitors. It involves experts, artists and museum visitors in its work and combines cultural and natural scientific disciplines to create a holistic view. It conceives the Alpine region across borders, from Slovenia to France, and assumes a global perspective when looking at the relationship that people all over the world have to mountains. The Swiss Alpine Museum encourages its visitors to act and provides a venue for both communication and reflection. A network of several local museums throughout the Alpine region also benefits from our knowhow.The Swiss Alpine Museum is the "Embassy of the Alps" in the capital city of Switzerland. Its location in the capital emphasizes the museum’s Switzerland-wide responsibility to be a platform of topics for everyone: for city dwellers, people from the suburbs and those living in the mountains, German- and French-speaking Swiss, for tourists from Switzerland and abroad, for conservationists and people for whom the mountains are primarily a place to spend their free time, for school classes and groups of adults. The museum is located where stakeholders from politics, professional associations, NGOs and the economy meet to discuss and dispute their causes. And at the same time, Berne is the gateway to the touristic top destinations of the Bernese Oberland and the Valais.The Swiss Alpine Museum’s potential has not been exhausted yet – it can be further utilized and developed thanks to the commitment of both public and private partners.Supporting Agencies:Swiss ConfederationCanton of BerneCity of BerneSwiss Alpine ClubSection Berne of the Swiss Alpine Club