16th March 2010, 12:38 PM
This is something that I've been experimenting with for the last few months. It's a great idea and I think it will be realised very soon.
I've built an iPhone application which delivers content to the user based on their current location. Given the datasource it would be fairly simple to feed archaeology/heritage data to an iPhone based on it's location. I'm using secure web services with inbuilt authentication handlers to send data back and forth to a database. Without jargon, I can register an account on my iPhone so I can send comments back to the database for any record.
This model will truly place the end user in direct contact with heritage data, if that were the end goal. My own view is that people with smartphones should be able to interact with the records like this and add comments/ratings/photos/videos to the record from their phones.
In my application I can send georeferenced photos via the web service and then use a web site to display these photos on a map. These can also appear on a map on the iPhone.
So technically this is possible now. I'll be writing some archaeology-based iPhone applications very shortly after I've got this first one through the app store.
I've built an iPhone application which delivers content to the user based on their current location. Given the datasource it would be fairly simple to feed archaeology/heritage data to an iPhone based on it's location. I'm using secure web services with inbuilt authentication handlers to send data back and forth to a database. Without jargon, I can register an account on my iPhone so I can send comments back to the database for any record.
This model will truly place the end user in direct contact with heritage data, if that were the end goal. My own view is that people with smartphones should be able to interact with the records like this and add comments/ratings/photos/videos to the record from their phones.
In my application I can send georeferenced photos via the web service and then use a web site to display these photos on a map. These can also appear on a map on the iPhone.
So technically this is possible now. I'll be writing some archaeology-based iPhone applications very shortly after I've got this first one through the app store.