CScout: By connecting the real world with information from the Internet, users can explore geographical spaces with the eye of an insider. There is a huge variety of technologies which can be used to enable visitors to find their way around the globe. So far, most applications are used to tour museums, tourist sights or foreign cities. The most obvious applications are audio tour guides, recorded to CD or downloadable to cell phones, iPods and PDA’s. New online tools enable users to tag certain locations with special barcodes which let interested visitors retrieve the hidden information with their cellphones.
Annotated Spaces [CScout]
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