Mobile GIS strategies for disseminating thematic tourist information: Examples of spatial narratives
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The paper discusses the concept of spatial narratives based on so-called narrative links and their potential role within the implementation of flexible and thematic tourist information systems on mobile gps-enabled devices. References are made to two examples of specific application areas: one from a European city and one from an African urban region.
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