Development of the walking trail applicationson GPS-based smartphone utilizing the local narrative

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One of the current trends in Korea is tourism, which is developing more 'walking trails in nature' connectingtouristic places with residential villages in order to help visitors experience the local environment. Another trend is the phenomenon that smartphone usersnumber more than half the population. Theusersare equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) to combine geographical and cultural information with the various applications usingLocal Based Service (LBS). Recently, an application named 'Dulegil around Bukhansan in Seoul' has been released, which combines manypieces of information about geography,tourism, cultural heritage and ecology. It also contains audio guide 'storytelling' effects so tourists can listen to new information dramatized in local stories or as simple narratives that describe the history of each place. Now, it has left a good precedent for developing user-centered applications for local tourism based on GPS.

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