AntennaAudio: Walk the Wall!

In May 2008 Antenna Audio starts the first gps guide on the history of the Berlin Wall (German/English). The “MultiMediaGuide” for pedestrians and cyclists consists of interviews, historic audio takes and video footage.

Press Release

(Picture: Antenna Audio)

Hamburg GPS Guide

(Photo: Hamburg Tourismus GmbH)

For the GPS city guide collection: Hamburg offers a device to rent with three tours to follow since 6 may 2007.

http://www.hamburg-tourism.de/themen-touren/rundfahrten-und-gaenge/gps-stadtfuehrer/

GPS Guide Stuttgart (DE)

For my collection of GPS city guides: Stuttgart offers a rental system. You can also buy the software for your Windows PDA.

http://www.stuttgart-tourist.de/DEU/ipunkt/stuttgart2go.htm

mySKY’s Guide to the Galaxy

This multi-media device is a personal guide to the sky, using GPS for the convenience of astronomy hobbyists. Point the gun-style “mySKY” to one of 30.000 celestial points of interest, and you will see and hear a location-based experience. The other way round you shall be able to search a dedicated object.

Astroarmy on the commercial via YouTube: “Introducing the Meade mySKY. Meade introduces a revolutionary way to explore our universe. The new Meade mySKY is an easy-to-use multi-media device that will guide you through the night sky better than if you had your own private astronomer standing next to you.”

Via OhGizmo! who got it via GEARlog, to OhGizmo! I came via gizmag.

Stourhead (Node) Explorer

Two videos from YouTube on Node:

1. This one shows the nodeexplorer as the “Stourhead GPS Explorer”

2. Here is an example of a program for the nodeexplorer as “Stourhead GPS Explorer”. I like it, as it does not simply show the reality, but reconstructs the past.

More:

Press release: Node goes live at Stourhead Gardens

Site information: National Trust

CityShow in Seville

Screenshot: Locative Media

It’s sunday. So, here comes just another GPS audio tour guide for my collection (more to come): CityShow Seville. Nice are the flickr-photos of “customers” using the CityShow.

Charming ranger for GPS tours

Screenshot: Locative Media

Here comes “a location based self-guided touring system” from BarZ Adventures. It is an offline GPS multimedia guide system for zoos, parks and historic sites. It shows visitors their position on a map and automatically plays videos, audios, stills or texts at the right place of a specific site. The GPS Ranger is comparable with the cruso and the nodeexplorer – although the latter is a connected device and offers a content management system.

The product sheet of the handsome “GPS Ranger”:

Special Software Features

• Easy to use touch screen
• Supports multiple languages
• Supports closed captioning
• Supports daily updates and content changes
• Visitor way finder using on screen MapTracker
• “Bread crumbing” information tracks visitor stops
• Easy to update and to change content as often as daily
• Provides accounting reports
• Reports how often the units are rented and which were returned

Ranger Hardware

• 4” sunlight readable screen
• Storage for up to 4 GB of content
• Up to four hours of life on rechargeable battery
• Lightweight, measuring 6 ½” x 3 ½“ x 1”
• Rugged and durable
• Amplified audio system
• No invasive signage or file transmissions
• Supports headphones and can be mounted in automobiles.
• Water resistant and can withstand a 5 foot drop on to concrete.

http://hercules.barzadventures.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=6

Virtual NYC Tour

Taher Baderkhan’s Mashup is cool – and his “Moving Maps” are equipped with “handmade” photos.

His blog: http://websitesandmore.blogspot.com

Screenshot: Locative Media