The document discusses the development of location-based mobile applications by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. It describes early projects like the Ruthin E-Trail from 2005-2006 which delivered heritage information to students using GPS and mobile devices. It also outlines later projects including the Blaenavon Town E-Trail and the Casgliad y Bobl digital archive platform, both of which expanded the use of mobile and web-based delivery of cultural heritage content.

1. History in your hands: The development of location-based applications for the public Tom Pert Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales

2. Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales The national body of research and record for the historic environment of Wales

7. E-Lwybr Rhuthun - Ruthin E-Trail Compact Flash GPS Receiver HP IPAQ PDA ESRI ArcPad Mobile GIS AquaPac Waterproof bag Basic Equipment

8. E-Lwybr Rhuthun - Ruthin E-Trail Tap Tap on any of the highlighted buildings to access information and images from the Denbighshire Record Office and RCAHMW’s COFLEIN web service. Using the e-trail

9. E-Lwybr Rhuthun - Ruthin E-Trail

10. E-Lwybr Rhuthun - Ruthin E-Trail

11. E-Lwybr Rhuthun - Ruthin E-Trail

12. Students visiting the Record Office E-Lwybr Rhuthun - Ruthin E-Trail Education

13. E-Lwybr Rhuthun - Ruthin E-Trail Students at Ysgol Brynhyfryd, Ruthin, creating their own E-Trails. Welsh Baccalaureate

14. 2007-08: Blaenavon town e-trail Changing Hardware

15. Changing Software

16. The Blaenavon Town e-trail

17. Blaenavon World Heritage Centre

18. 14 HP iPAQ Travel Companions

19. www.mscapers.com

22. Education – Coleg Gwent IT students

23. Education – Coleg Gwent IT students

24. Transition from outdoor to indoor space with use of spatial triggers other than GPS. Future development Sensor Range Interaction mode RFID 1cm Touch 2D barcodes 10cm Focus Infrared 5m Point RF pingers 50m Approach

25. Casgliad y Bobl / The People's Collection represents an important One Wales commitment to develop an innovative approach to collect, interpret, distribute and discuss Wales' cultural heritage in an online environment. A world class bilingual online resource which extends an understanding of our culture and heritage both within Wales and beyond. 2009-10: Casgliad y Bobl / The People’s Collection

26. An online multimedia platform providing bilingual content created by Welsh museums, archives and libraries and user-generated content on Welsh cultural heritage.

30. Mobile delivery Different levels of mobile interface will be developed to suit different levels of phone sophistication and network availability, thereby maximizing potential audience.

31. Source: Ofcom / GSM Association / Europa Technologies; Q1 2008 Note: Map shows the number of 2G operators with at least 75% area coverage; not directly comparable to that published in the 2007 report. 2G mobile phone network

32. 3G mobile phone network Source: Ofcom / GSM Association / Europa Technologies; Q1 2008 Note: Map shows the number of 3G operators with at least 75% area coverage; not directly comparable to that published in the 2007 report.

36. User-generated content Content uploaded by users will eventually form the majority of content available through the site. Users will be able to choose whether to make this material visible to all users, specific user groups or just add it to their private scrapbook.