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--></style></head><body lang=DE-CH link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>As the ETHZ is scattered all around Zurich, all buildings with ETH offices got a short name.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Normally (obviously with exceptions) the first two letters give a hint where the building is located (street/area/region name..) and the third letter discriminates the building on that street.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>AM_ = Auf der Mauer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CA_, CN_ = ??<br>CL_ = Clausiusstrasse</p><p class=MsoNormal>HA_ = Häldeliweg<br>HC_ = Höngg, Chemie (also Hochstrasse)<br>HI_ = Höngg, Ingenieurwesen<br>HP_ = Höngg, Physik<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>LE_ = Leonhardstrasse<br>SO_ = Sonneggstrasse<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>TA_ = Tannenstrasse<br>VO_ = Voltastrasse<br>WE_ = Weinbergstrasse</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Some exceptions</p><p class=MsoNormal>HG = Hauptgebäude</p><p class=MsoNormal>RZ = Rechenzentrum<br><br></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have no clue why CA_ and CN_ is used. There is no corresponding street name near by. Formerly, in those buildings students were studiying chemistry. Might be that C was chosen for chemistry and N for North. But this is pure speculation.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jörg</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b>Von: </b><a href="mailto:peter@easthope.ca">peter@easthope.ca</a><br><b>Gesendet: </b>Sonntag, 23. Mai 2021 16:49<br><b>An: </b><a href="mailto:oberon@lists.inf.ethz.ch">oberon@lists.inf.ethz.ch</a><br><b>Betreff: </b>[Oberon] Re (2): EE, CE, CS buildings on the ETH campus.</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From: Till Oliver Knoll <till.oliver.knoll@gmail.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 11:07:56 +0200</p><p class=MsoNormal>> So if you ask me: use any nice picture of the ETH Hauptgeb=C3=A4ude (HG)!</p><p class=MsoNormal>> No one will recognise the IFW - and again: I am not saying that Professor</p><p class=MsoNormal>> N. Wirth and Professor J. Gutknecht were actually already in that</p><p class=MsoNormal>> building when starting working on Oberon! I just can't tell.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon#Historical_Perspective</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Another vantage point might give a better view, including the </p><p class=MsoNormal>Rechenzentrum and IFW. The Oberstrass neighbourhood?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/47.3839/8.5468</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That's the best I can do at the present. If someone can improve it, </p><p class=MsoNormal>certainly go ahead.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Incidentally what is abbreviated by CAB?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks to all who have replied, ... P.L.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- </p><p class=MsoNormal>tel: +1 604 670 0140 Bcc: peter at easthope. ca</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--</p><p class=MsoNormal>Oberon@lists.inf.ethz.ch mailing list for ETH Oberon and related systems</p><p class=MsoNormal>https://lists.inf.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/oberon</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>