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Digital Virtual Educational Trails
A digital virtual educational trail is built on virtual points, which are the stopping places within each educational trail. These points are defined by their GPS coordinates, and in older DVETs by means of a QR code at the given point
The aim of DVETs is to make the locality / municipality more attractive, attract tourists (users), and offer them additional paid services of a local character (refreshments, accommodation, parking, etc.).
Digital virtual educational trails have relatively low acquisition and operating costs and, from the point of view of nature conservation and / or heritage protection, they are non-invasive. They therefore do not require any building permit. Thanks to the digital solution, they allow easy updating of content. Their only condition thus remains the availability of a mobile data network.
Among the best DVET products are:
CloudGuide: A global application with official content, suitable in cities, institutions, and important monuments around the world. Launch via GPS and QR codes, possibility to buy tickets, quizzes.
SmartGuide: Combines community content with official content, automated GPS-based guiding, usable also on trips abroad, often with offline content.
WalkIS: A unique combination of movement in the fresh air with education and activity. It independently motivates users to walk along the route, with automatic launching of content on site via GPS. So far, DVET only in the Czech Republic.
TalkIS: The offline version of the WalkIS application. The user can use navigation at www.mapy.cz and manually start the narration upon reaching the given point of the educational trail. WalkIS and TalkIS are sister applications and are interconnected. They also support older launch methods such as a QR code.
TourStories: Czechia/Europe, offline function, stories often from local people, focused on trails and interesting places, including smaller communities.
Outdooractive: Priority on planning and recording activities in nature, hiking/cycling routes, offline maps, less guiding in the sense of stories.
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