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However, it is not possible to expect that students will have all the softwareequipment available in their home environments, which is why all seminarsmust be maintained by the university. Moreover, in the case of the distancelearning form, seminar severs should be available 24 hours a day and 7 days aweek, with minimal operation failures. This is the main requirement bringingproblems that this project was trying to help resolve.Within the project, we have designed a potential way for maintaining the practicalseminar for the Interactive Data Presentation subject with respect to therequirements of the distance learning form, while keeping the financial costsand time consumption as low as possible. Within the project, we have also builta supportive workplace for creating multimedia educational materials and anInternet directory. We also searched for an optimal solution for the Internetdirectory, especially from the viewpoint of time and financial demands. On theother hand, the solution should allow control of presented information.13.3.1 Internet Map Servers for the SeminarTo maintain the IDP subject teaching under the aforementioned conditions, weselected the VMware Workstation software that allows creating several virtualcomputers within one physical server. Normally, 3–4 virtual servers can be runningon one computer. The backup of virtual servers is easy, since the wholevirtual server is represented by only a few files. The VMware Workstation programis affordable and universal for these purposes – it can be run both in theMS Windows and Linux environment.In the winter term of the academic year 2002/2003, the testing operation is takingplace – servers are used for teaching the Interactive Data Presentation subjectoffered to full-time students and voluntaries from the category of combinedlearning students. In the summer term, testing operation of the servers withina compulsory subject for students of the combined learning program will takeplace.13.3.2 Preparation of Multimedia Educational MaterialsWithin the project, we have also established a multimedia workplace for acquiringand processing multimedia materials. At the GIS in Public Administration(GIS ve veřejné správě) conference, Seč 2002, we acquired first testing shots tobe converted to the digital record, which were processed at the workplace fortrial.162 High-speed National Research Network and its New Applications 2002