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An Application for Geosciences Communication by Smartphones and Tablets

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Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 8

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Urban areas are interesting places for developing geotourism because of a large audience and connections with other forms of cultural tourism. The presence of very good communication infrastructures allows the development of geotourism products using smartphone and tablet technologies. This paper presents the objectives, the procedure for choosing and organizing the content, and the technical aspects of the GeoGuide, an application developed in the city of Lausanne (Switzerland).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Geography and Sustainability, University of Lausanne, Géopolis, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Emmanuel Reynard & Christian Kaiser

  2. Relief (Private Company), Oisillons 9, 1860, Aigle, Switzerland

    Simon Martin & Géraldine Regolini

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  1. Emmanuel Reynard
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  2. Christian Kaiser
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  4. Géraldine Regolini
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Correspondence to Emmanuel Reynard .

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Inst. for Geo-hydrological Protection, National Research Council (CNR), Turin, Italy

    Giorgio Lollino

  2. Inst. for Geo-hydrological Protection, National Research Council (CNR), Turin, Italy

    Daniele Giordan

  3. Faculty of Geology and Geophysics, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

    Cristian Marunteanu

  4. Department of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Basiles Christaras

  5. Geo Research Institute, Osaka, Japan

    Iwasaki Yoshinori

  6. ISPRA-Inst. f. Env. Protection&Research, Geological Survey of Italy, Rome, Italy

    Claudio Margottini

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Reynard, E., Kaiser, C., Martin, S., Regolini, G. (2015). An Application for Geosciences Communication by Smartphones and Tablets. In: Lollino, G., Giordan, D., Marunteanu, C., Christaras, B., Yoshinori, I., Margottini, C. (eds) Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09408-3_46

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