I-Tours
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I-Tours (also spelled "iTours" or "Itours") are an emerging technology, typically using podcasting technology. A user, usually a tourist, visits a website on the internet and downloads an audio tour of an area the tourist is interested in. This audio tour is loaded onto a portable electronic device, such as a standard .mp3 player (for example, an iPod(tm)), a cell phone, or other portable electronic device. The user then listens to the audio tour while walking or driving through the area being described on the audio tour.
The I-Tour format permits the user to skip ahead to other tracks if not interested in the present subject being described, or to listen to a supplementary track providing further information about the subject being described.
I-Tours may be accompanied by photographs, maps, or other written materials which can also be downloaded to aid the user. There are presently I-Tours available in Glasgow, Scotland, Savannah, Georgia, New York, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, San Francisco, California, and other tourist destinations. It is believed that the I-Tour of Glascow may have been the first such tour that was widely available.
It is anticipated that future I-Tours may be "location-knowledgeable" and, by using GPS and cell location technology, sense the user location, select audio (and visual) materials appropriate for the user's location, and then transmit that material to the user in "real time."
References
- [Glasgow first I-Tour]
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