Developing a Tour Guiding Information System for Tourism Service using Mobile GIS and GPS Techniques

Abstract

Guiding information services have become more important at popular tourism destinations. Conventional methods seem no longer adequate to provide information to satisfy all tourist needs. A new system for providing such services is described in this paper. Mobile geographic information system (GIS) and global positioning system (GPS) techniques are applied to provide guiding information and manage tourism destinations more effectively. The system includes four main functions, a graphic function, a GPS function, a Route function, and a Query function. In particular, this system combines mobile GIS and GPS techniques with location-based services (LCBS) to provide tourists a better trip experience and deeper understanding of the importance of this valuable landscape. The tour guiding system is currently being used for guiding services in the Yehliu GeoPark.