Review of Cadw Mobile App [application]
The Welsh Government's historic environment service, Cadw (Welsh: 'to keep, protect'), released a mobile app in early 2016 so that members of the public can learn about and plan visits to heritage sites cared for by Cadw. With more than one hundred archaeological sites available for b...
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| author | Miriam Rothenberg |
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| description | The Welsh Government's historic environment service, Cadw (Welsh: 'to keep, protect'), released a mobile app in early 2016 so that members of the public can learn about and plan visits to heritage sites cared for by Cadw. With more than one hundred archaeological sites available for browsing, conveniently ordered by spatial proximity to the user, and with a clean and accessible user-interface, the app effectively showcases the richness and distinctive character of Wales's archaeological record.
The app is free and available to download for both iOS and Android devices (from Apple's App Store and the Google Play Store), and is also well signposted on Cadw's website.
This article is a review of the Cadw mobile app. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6dfacfc2e1944e51995212f9c329f2022024-02-03T04:22:37ZengUniversity of YorkInternet Archaeology1363-53872017-06-014410.11141/ia.44.15Review of Cadw Mobile App [application]Miriam Rothenberg0Brown UniversityThe Welsh Government's historic environment service, Cadw (Welsh: 'to keep, protect'), released a mobile app in early 2016 so that members of the public can learn about and plan visits to heritage sites cared for by Cadw. With more than one hundred archaeological sites available for browsing, conveniently ordered by spatial proximity to the user, and with a clean and accessible user-interface, the app effectively showcases the richness and distinctive character of Wales's archaeological record. The app is free and available to download for both iOS and Android devices (from Apple's App Store and the Google Play Store), and is also well signposted on Cadw's website. This article is a review of the Cadw mobile app.http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue44/14/index.htmlarchaeologyCadwmobile appdigital heritageWalesaugmented visitation experienceDigital Trailsheritage tourismarchaeological tourismvisitor experienceimmersive experienceappiBeaconsUUIDhistoric environment |
| spellingShingle | Miriam Rothenberg Review of Cadw Mobile App [application] Internet Archaeology archaeology Cadw mobile app digital heritage Wales augmented visitation experience Digital Trails heritage tourism archaeological tourism visitor experience immersive experience app iBeacons UUID historic environment |
| title | Review of Cadw Mobile App [application] |
| title_full | Review of Cadw Mobile App [application] |
| title_fullStr | Review of Cadw Mobile App [application] |
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| title_short | Review of Cadw Mobile App [application] |
| title_sort | review of cadw mobile app application |
| topic | archaeology Cadw mobile app digital heritage Wales augmented visitation experience Digital Trails heritage tourism archaeological tourism visitor experience immersive experience app iBeacons UUID historic environment |
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