Page 246 - AC/E's Digital Culture Annual Report 2015

AC/E Digital Culture Annual Report 2015246about the monument. Developed in two lan- guages (so far Spanish and English, though there are plans to include French, Italian and German) with a clear and attractive design, it provides users with all the information found in the print guidebook as far as content is concerned. It also features more than 200 images, interactive maps, pre-established routes, customised routes and useful information such as on opening times and tickets and the possibility of including the user’s own notes.This guide makes it possible to explore content in three different ways: through a list, througha map of the monument or using a real image; we can locate each piece of content quickly, orient ourselves and make notes to which related information can be added.However, it should be stressed that apart from specific applications of which many different examples could be cited, geolocation services can be used by visitors simply with GPS embedded in smartphones. Such is the case of Areago, un paseo sonoro por Igartubeiti (Areago, a soundtour of Igartubeiti).72 This innovative heritage project combines the use of geolocation with the heritage resources of the Caserío Museo Igartubeiti. It consists of an audio guide system which, through the use of mobiles, makes it possible to explore open spaces acoustically through stories created specifically for and in the Caserío Museo Igartubeiti.The Wikimedia Foundation has developed a new service, Nearby,73 to operate with its mobile version. Despite being designed with the experi- ence of mobile navigation in mind, it also runs on the Wikipedia desktop version. What thissite does, together with the user’s mobile, is recommend Wikipedia articles based on the person’s location.Wikipedia’s community of editors has gathereda large amount of location data associated with the millions of articles it contains; with Nearby they have made this information readily avail- able. The idea is also for users to help complete the articles, and therefore Nearby first shows articles on nearby places that are missing images, inviting users to add a photograph.Another curious example that does not needa specific mobile application is the service developed by the Boston Museum of Science in association with ByteLight, a manufacturer of LED light bulbs.74Visitors can browse and explore the museum using an indoor positioning system based on LED lighting. In other words, LED light bulbs send specific information (signals invisible to the human eye) about visitors’ location inside theFocus 2015. Museums and New Technologies