Epicuticular waxes from various organs of Cistus albidus L. showed always an organ specific composition. Leaf wax contained homologous series of very long chained and saturated wax components, such as hydrocarbons, wax esters, fatty acids and alcohols. Additionally in this wax extract triterpenoids and great amounts of resin were found. Sepal wax had nearly the same wax composition like that of leaves with a trend to shorter chain lengths and not so great amounts of resin. Petal wax contained the common wax lipids, too, but the homologous series showed a shift to shorter chain lengths, and great amounts of unsaturated lipids were found in hydrocarbons, wax esters and fatty acids. In addition triterpenol esters were found but no resin. Stamen wax was similar to that of petals. The shift to shorter chain lengths and the presence of great amounts of unsaturated lipids showed a characteristic distribution for stamens. Seed wax contained only saturated wax lipids. In contrast to leaf waxes, the short chain compounds were dominating, and triterpenoids and resin were missing. The chemical wax composition of the various organs of C. albidus was correlated to the surface structures of these organs by SEM pictures.

The working group for GIS & Remote Sensing at the Department of Geography at the University of Cologne has established a WebGIS called CampusGIS of the University of Cologne. The overall task of the CampusGIS is the connection of several existing databases at the University of Cologne with spatial data. These existing databases comprise data about staff, buildings, rooms, lectures, and general infrastructure like bus stops etc. These information were yet not linked to their spatial relation. Therefore, a GIS-based method is developed to link all the different databases to spatial entities. Due to the philosophy of the CampusGIS, an online-GUI is programmed which enables users to search for staff, buildings, or institutions. The query results are linked to the GIS database which allows the visualization of the spatial location of the searched entity. This system was established in 2005 and is operational since early 2006. In this contribution, the focus is on further developments. First results of (i) including routing services in, (ii) programming GUIs for mobile devices for, and (iii) including infrastructure management tools in the CampusGIS are presented. Consequently, the CampusGIS is not only available for spatial information retrieval and orientation. It also serves for on-campus navigation and administrative management.