Friday, November 05, 2010

Grants for Dublin mobile applications

From the list of 25 Cultural Tourism Technology projects to be funded :

iSpysculpture - development of iPhone App for 30-50 pieces of Dublin's public art – iPhone GPS will get the user's current location and then plot all artworks in the immediate area and give directions to create in effect a self guided walking tour

Develop a free of charge mobile application for both android and iPhone directly linking localities in Dublin city with the life and poetry of Patrick Kavanagh

National Botanic Gardens - Development of 3 x 40 minute colour coded self guided Tours / walks consisting of audio commentary, music and digital images which will be available to download at the visitor centre, online and also preloaded onto reusable media cards for insertion into mobile phones
via Damien Mulley who thinks it's a massive waste of money.