TERRAGAZE the complete multimedia guide for geotourism

Looking for something new and innovative to add to your Geopark? This section collects a number of inspiring applications of TERRAGAZE mobile. Look what you can do with TERRAGAZE mobile and be inspired!

Geologic bicycle tour
It is a leisure travel activity which involves travelling by bicycle and exploring the geologic heritage of your Geopark.
Rent out bicycles equipped with TERRAGAZE mobile and deliver to your visitors an exciting mixture of outdoor sports, geotourism and innovative technology. With GPS-support, TERRAGAZE mobile provides site-specific information. Imagine: when the cyclist crosses a geologic point of interest, relevant information (texts, audio and visual data) is automatically displayed. A great way to diversify your touristic offer and attract new tourists to your Geopark!

Walking with TERRAGAZE mobile
With a multimedia guide in the palm of their hands, visitors receive content tailored to their current location. Walking with TERRAGAZE mobile is an intense experience as it is capable of creating engaging activities:
* leading folks to items of interest
* expanding on various attractions or geosites by running related multi-media audio and picture clips
* threading stories around exhibits and attractions, injecting them with new energy
* generating pop-ups indicating show start-times or even cafeteria specials
* overlaying new tours on existing content to provide fresh experiences thereby encouraging repeat visitors
* absorbing people of all ages in entertaining contests and games (see next point!)

Whether it's a family walk in a cultural site or a trek in the wilderness, TERRAGAZE mobile covers it and gives all you need to know to make the most of the great outdoors.

Geologic location-based games, geocaching and alternate reality games
A location-based game is one in which the game play evolves via a player's location, turning the entire Geopark in a gigantic game board. For those who are familiar with videogames, imagine to play "the Secret of Monkey Island" in the real word.
How does it wok?
Imagine to play a high-tech treasure hunting game where clues are given by the TERRAGAZE mobile unit. For instance, the "treasure" could be a geomonument to find by solving geological riddles and quests. Create interactive narratives that uses the real world as a platform to tell a story that may be affected by participants' actions. You can even set the story in the Ice Age: for instance, when the player reaches a moraine, TERRAGAZE mobile displays that place 10.000 years ago!
With this concept in mind, TERRAGAZE mobile could be also used for Geocaching, a game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices.
With TERRAGAZE mobile, creativity is the only limit!