Open AccessCity guide as a multi-sensory mobile phone application
Author(s) -
Beata Konopska,
Mateusz Kamiński
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
polish cartographical review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2450-6974
pISSN - 2450-6966
DOI - 10.2478/pcr-2020-0003
Subject(s) - maslow's hierarchy of needs , mobile phone , entertainment , human–computer interaction , tourism , computer science , triad (sociology) , phone , software , smart phone , sensory system , psychology , multimedia , advertising , business , social psychology , telecommunications , cognitive psychology , geography , visual arts , art , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , programming language , psychoanalysis
The authors analyses the issues inherent in implementation of a multi-sensory mobile application which uses a map as an interface for an edutainment-style city guide for tourists. Two models – the triad of tourist experiences (3E), i.e. education, entertainment, and excitement, and the hierarchy of needs of Abraham Maslow – were used as the basis for identifying what conditions should be met by such an application to encourage its use by both local residents and tourists, in equal measure. It was decided that only open source software would be used to achieve the goal of the application.