Mr. András Szarvas hes got a diplom degree of engineer-cartographer at  the Moscow Institute of Engineers for Surveying, Aerial photography and Cartography (MIIGAiK). He held then various positions from 1972-91 at Cartographia-Budapest  (13 years as the manager for export-import).

       From May 1991 to the present, he has been acting as a private cartographic publisher, map maker and map trader. In the "Green covered" series managed by a group of Hungarian cartographers we have now more than 100 titles (Hungarian hiking maps, city maps, road maps and atlases of Eastern European coutries, World atlases etc.).    

    He has been running a common stand of Hungarian cartographers at the Frankfurt Book Fair since 1993. In the same year he joined the International Map Trade Association and attended their map exhibitions and trade shows. Beside exporting Hungarian maps and services, he tries to find foreign products and rights appropriate for the Hungarian market.