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People’s Collection Wales / Placebooks development

People's Collection Wales is an online, multimedia, multi-platform web service that provides bilingual content on Welsh cultural heritage. Discover the economic value of heritage and recreation with the PCW Trails, which allow users to create and explore trails that combine online cultural heritage resources with tourism and community engagement. Download the free "Trails Cymru" app for iPhone and Android to access trail maps and media, and visit the website for more information.

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People’s Collection Wales / Placebooks development

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  1. People’s Collection Wales / Placebooks development Tom Pert, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales Dr Alan Chamberlain, University of Nottingham

  2. People’s Collection Wales? • An online, multimedia, multi-platform web-service providing bilingual content created by Welsh museums, archives and libraries and user-generated content on Welsh cultural heritage.

  3. Economic value of heritage & recreation • Welsh Historic Environment supports 30,000 jobs contributes approx. £840m to Welsh economy. • Walking contributes around £548 million to the Welsh economy each year (Ramblers Cymru). • Why not combine the two?

  4. PCW Trails • Trails are the item-type that most clearly illustrate the possibilities for linking online cultural-heritage resources with tourism and community engagement.

  5. User-generated trail creation using online TrailBuilder tool

  6. Free “Trails Cymru” app for iPhone & Android

  7. Free “Trails Cymru” app for iPhone & Android

  8. Free “Trails Cymru” app for iPhone & Android

  9. Free “Trails Cymru” app for iPhone & Android

  10. Free “Trails Cymru” app for iPhone & Android

  11. Free “Trails Cymru” app for iPhone & Android

  12. Free “Trails Cymru” app for iPhone & Android

  13. Visit Wales i-frame provides visitor information relevant to the spatial context of trail.

  14. Problems • Maps & media are not cached – app needs network to operate properly

  15. 3G network coverage Best Worst

  16. Problems • Maps & media are not cached – app needs network to operate correctly • Problems supporting updated software platforms • Unable to offer level of flexibility requested by key user groups • Moderation

  17. Solutions • Use flexible 3rd party tools that cache trail route, maps and media... • Placebooks!

  18. WHAT IS PLACEBOOKS? place.books|pleys books| verb [trans.] 1. To create books; to narrate or describe a place you live in or wish to visit. 2. To make books using digital media.

  19. My Book

  20. WEB INTERFACE www.placebooks.org

  21. OVERVIEW OF THE EDITOR EACH ELEMENT CAN BE GEO-LOCATED ON THE MAP - BOOK HAS A LOCATION

  22. VIDEO DEMO

  23. SHARING BOOKS • Share published material • Share rights – group publishing • Sharing encourages feedback!

  24. SEARCHING FOR BOOKS

  25. MOBILE APP For Android and iPad

  26. WHAT THE MOBILE APP DOES A tool for accessing placebooks while ‘on the go’ and being able to use features ‘in the wild’, in areas without any data connectivity.

  27. FEATURES Downloaded books Access your online shelf Search for nearby books

  28. NAVIGATING THROUGH BOOKS Scroll up and down Swipe left and right between pages

  29. INTERACTING WITH IMAGES

  30. INTERACTING WITH VIDEO

  31. INTERACTING WITH MAPS - Cached OS Maps - YAH marker (red pointer) tracks where you are on the map - Geotagged media items can be opened by clicking on their icons (orange camera icons)

  32. IPAD VIDEO DEMO

  33. WHAT NEXT? • Bilingual PCW hosted & branded version of Placebooks available to service users • PCW maps (including historic maps) incorporated into Placebooks system • Internationalise - European languages • Work with more partners • Launch on 3rd July – Royal Geographical Society

  34. Abstract Placebooks and the People’s Collection of Wales Dr Alan Chamberlain, Mixed Reality Lab, University of Nottingham New developments in mobile, location and sensor-based or ‘ubiquitous’ computing now make it possible for users to move beyond the urban fringes. They herald the expansion of computing from cities into rural locations that have long been marginalised due to the limitations of existing technology. Current digital mapping services largely focus on urban environments with many systems offering rich street views of urban settings, but such views of rural space are largely absent. Placebooks is a ‘toolkit’ that allows people to create and share community-based maps that reflect their interests and concerns. For example, users are able to sketch routes of their favourite pathways through the countryside. GPS data and community content, relevant to different points on their route, can then augment these routes. Tags and content can also be added to other users’ routes, adding to the overall body of knowledge. We will be giving a brief introduction to the project followed by a demonstration of the system. For more information email: Alan.Chamberlain@Nottingham.ac.uk This work was supported by the Research Councils UK (RCUK) [grant number – EP/I001816/1]

  35. Contact us • tom.pert@rcahmw.gov.uk (@trompet2) • azc@cs.notts.ac.uk

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