Self-service folk tourism guiding technology on mobile terminal with multi-mode: Application of GPS and electronic map

摘要

Folk tourism has features of small-scale operated and unbalanced infrastructure condition. It is necessary to study a flexible configurable self-service guiding technology suitable for different type of scenic spots. It should have capability of diverse demonstrating and be affordable by most of folk-tourism operator. In this paper, a self-service folk-tourism guiding technology is introduced. This low-cost and flexibly-deployable technology was developed on mobile equipment, which is accord with the floating feature of folk-tourism. A case study was done at Changjia manor, Shanxi province, China. It shows the feasibility of this technology, which has the characteristics of low-cost and flexibly-deployable. It enriches demonstration means of folk-tourism operators as well as make guest's experience profound and flexible.