SenCord GeoInfo AB presents TURGIS visiting guide in every phase

TURGISOur research  How do you choose the tourist object after your own choice of destination? How do you choose today?: 1. Internet 2. Tourist Information Center/Travel Agency 3. Family/Friends 4. Travel journals 5. Travel books  What do you appreciate most when you do the search?: 1. Common information 2. Price 3. Specific information related to an object 4. Pictures 5. Maps SenCord GeoInfo AB

TURGIS  What makes TURGIS so useful? Well, TURGIS:  Is built on modern GIS-technics  Have the objects positioned on digital maps  Can use a link to the home page of a company  Is prepared for alternative use  Has a compatibel data base  Has a well developed program  Is focused on rural and coastal areas  Can give new possibilities to visualize by stand alone computers or via Internet connection SenCord GeoInfo AB

TURGIS Demonstration of the approach SenCord GeoInfo AB Chosen areas – a first step 2004 Test 2005 Agora 2005/

TURGIS The goal will be reached by following the mentioned tracs of ideas single or in combination to establish contact with the market and then be able to start operations as follows  Direct to market  Indirect to market via EU-projects  Test stations – Stand Alone computers  Cooperation with universities in projects – open ”practical placement” for Swedish and foreign students With focus on  Tourism/Visitors  Related to rural areas – coastal areas islands special areas – Historical places, World heritage, Glass factory areas are such examples  Users – Municipalities County administration County administration Tourism organisations - tourists Tourism organisations - tourists SenCord GeoInfo AB

TURGIS The goal is to provide a tool based on GIS which via different forms of transmission can make it easier for the tourism industry to:  Be used in destination planning (incl. Links to other public planing)  Be used in destination development  Be used in marketing  Easily provide the tourists with information  Visually exemplify the supply in the area and stimulate more visits  Provide actual information  Provide route descriptions  Make it possible to use GPS and other modern technics  Or in other words give the tourists extended service SenCord GeoInfo AB

TURGIS The goal is to provide a tool based on GIS which via different form for transmission can make it easier for the tourism companies to:  exhibit the supply and stimulate to extended visits  meet the extended need of information and increase the level of service  Speed up the update and change of information by using new modern technics  minimize the marketing costs  route deecriptions to companies SenCord GeoInfo AB

TURGIS The goal is to provide a tool based on GIS which via different forms of transmission can make it easier for the tourist to:  visually describe the supply in the area and stimulate more visits  easily have the need of information fulfilled  have actual information about object with an www-address manage the reservation/booking for participating companies in the tourism organisation dayly weather forecast dayly information about algae  have extended services  Have route descriptions  have extended possibilities to use GPS and other modern technics SenCord GeoInfo AB

TURGIS-alternative  Stand alone computers with GIS maps installed  GIS transmitting via InterNet to stand alone computers  GIS transmission via InterNet to cell phones (in the future)  GIS transmission via InterNet via cell phone to navigation system (in the future)  CD-disc or Compact Flash card available to buy including yearly update available to buy including yearly update SenCord GeoInfo AB