Cellphones become tourism tool

A Hawke's Bay company is hoping a pilot project to use cellphones as a tourist tool will revolutionise the way holidaymakers get information in New Zealand, reports stuff.

"The trial, in Pukaha Mt Bruce wildlife centre in Wairarapa, uses technology developed by Mobile Interactive Visitor Information Service (Mivis).

Mivis' system uses the camera on a cellphone in the same way as a barcode scanner. Visitors to Pukaha Mt Bruce take photos of barcodes at various points around the centre.

These are sent back to a central server, which uses software to "scan" the barcode, then send the relevant information for that particular point back to the phone as a one-minute audio file."

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