toponym Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I have been doing some research regarding audio and GPS tours for an upcoming trip. How about a Waymarking category which lists any place which offers such an audio or GPS tour? Tours can be conducted using a proprietary device unique to a location such as special headphones rented out to visitors, or they can be conducted using downloaded MP3 files (some tours available on iTunes) or downloadable GPS touring apps. Quote Link to comment
Checkmark Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I have been doing some research regarding audio and GPS tours for an upcoming trip. How about a Waymarking category which lists any place which offers such an audio or GPS tour? Tours can be conducted using a proprietary device unique to a location such as special headphones rented out to visitors, or they can be conducted using downloaded MP3 files (some tours available on iTunes) or downloadable GPS touring apps. Wow I can't believe we don't have that! It seems obvious now and so many places offer that. Good suggestion and I encourage you to pursue it. Quote Link to comment
+BruceS Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Would these be covered in the existing Self Guided Walks and Trails category? Quote Link to comment
toponym Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 According to that category's description - "convey some knowledge, either in the form of interpretive signs or brochures that accompany a numbered path." I don't think so. That category relies on paper handouts or physical signs - my proposal is paperless. Also, that category uses consecutively numbered stations - which correspond to numbered descriptions in the brochure. Mine would be GPS based. I suppose this could be a sub-set of that category or that category could be changed to include this. I would not be opposed to that. Quote Link to comment
Checkmark Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Having done several audio-tours I think those would be unique enough to have their own category. Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Any plans for this category proposal to go forward? Quote Link to comment
+silverquill Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Thanks for bringing this idea back! I'm needing to cut back rather than expand my Waymarking commitments, so I can't pursue this. I hope the originator of the thread, or someone else, will pick up this idea and develop it. I suppose the Self-Guided Tour category could be expanded to include these, and that is certainly an option. They are, however, unique enough to warrant a separated category, as checkmark has suggested. We have them in Korea at some of the larger tourist attractions and museums. Sometimes there are other languages available - usually English, Japanese and Chinese. (A good variable for the category). Quote Link to comment
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