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This paper presents a mobile and interactive multimedia information system that enables the visitor to follow the tracks in the cultural landscape of the Harz. Its main issue is to guide the visitors of the Oberharzer Bergbaumuseum in Zellerfeld on a 3 km walk and to visualize the consequences of the 1000 jear old mining activities in the Harz for the natural environment. The target group of our study is the typical Harz tourist, i.e. young families and small groups of hikers.
Our main objective is to introduce a multimedia system that is used and accepted by a wide range of non-uniform people, whose interest in the multiple ecological effects of mining on nature is raised effectively.
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Eirund, H., Schreiber, G. (1998). A feasibility study for a mobile multimedia tourist guide. In: Sutcliffe, A., Ziegler, J., Johnson, P. (eds) Designing Effective and Usable Multimedia Systems. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35370-8_14
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