Title: A Comparative Analysis of the MTG
(Mobile Tourist Guide for Mauritius) with other Mobile Tourist Guide
Systems
Abstract: Mobile
Geographical Information System can be considered as a hot area in
research studies. Several projects have shown the implementation of
Mobile guides that acts as an aid for tourists, but with the MTG
(Mobile Tourist Guide) we propose a new approach for providing GIS
(Geographical Information System) assistance to tourists visiting the
island of Mauritius. It is different from current GPS (Global
Positioning System) based products on the market and, is applicable to
a range
of mobile devices that fall into the smart phone category. The
implementation of the MTG raised several issues concerning the
environment in which it shall operate: What could be the accuracy and
acceptable data size of the files to be displayed? What are the
peculiarities of the users (tourists)? How can
this service be delivered to the tourists? Is the need for a
multilingual system justified? Can the Mauritian wireless network
infrastructure support such systems? This research paper focuses mainly
on those issues which are embedded in the development of the MTG, and
the latter is compared with existing mobile guides implemented in
different environments.
Authors: Geerish
Suddul and Nawaz Mohamudally