Arianna: a GPS-WiFi enabled multimedia guide for tourists visiting art cities
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Arianna is a PDA based guide for tourists visiting cities. First goal of the project is to transform cities in open-air museums in which tourists can get reliable information, in the moment they prefer and in the best format technology can allow today at acceptable prices. Second goal is to reach the first via a commercially viable venture, in which requirements of paying tourists are systematically implemented in the Arianna platform.
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