Integration of Cultural and Natural Heritage Information in Future Mobile Guides

Abstract

This paper presents a visualization model supporting the map-based presentation of environmental data about geographic areas. Our model is based on the evaluation of the ecological aspects of a landscape and on the dynamic generation of a layer that shows the levels of naturality, the land use, and other similar characteristics, of the area in focus. We propose this model as an extension of the information that can be provided by a mobile guide with the aim to support the exploration of Natural Heritage by making users aware of the richness and weaknesses of the places they visit and raising the attention towards biodiversity and environment preservation, which are key to green tourism.