Digital Explorer, putting travel in the palm of your hand

Digital Explorer Electronic Tour Guide

The Digital Explorer Electronic Tour Guide is composed of a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, which is a newly developed handheld device equipped with integrating functions such as: Audio Tour Guide, GPS Navigation, E-maps, Tourist Information, Phrase Book, and many more…. These functions will cover a visitor's entire stay in Beijing and our website will assist you in planning your itinerary to easily travel to locations such as: Tourist Attractions, Restaurants, Performances, Bars and Clubs, Parks, Shopping Areas. This device will also give you information concerning the costs, distances and travel times by means of GPS navigation, e-maps and a fully automated audio guide. Also, to help you communicate with Chinese people the Phrasebook lets you not only make requests and purchases but also learn useful phrases. The Digital Explorer Electronic Tour Guide is a very useful traveling tool and will provide convenient navigation throughout your stay in Beijing.

Function 1: Automatically Electronic Tour Guide

It is fully automatic, providing narrative about the tourist sites and features around you.

Using GPS, Digital Explorer Electronic Tour Guide can provide you with real-time electronic maps showing your present location and automatically offer explanations of site by using various media, the electronic tour guide explains culture, history and relevant stories to give the visitor a full and clear picture of the area.

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Demonstration:

The Forbidden City

the Temple of Heaven

the Summer Palace

the Great Wall at Badaling

Function 2: GPS Navigation and E-Maps

You can be accurately guided to your destination by using GPS Navigation and Electronic Maps with information provided on your current and destination locations and estimated distances between these positions. You can also instantly access information on travel conditions enabling you to take the most efficient methods of transportation to reach your chosen destinations.

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Function 3: Tourism-related Site Enquiries

To assist your personal itinerary you can add other locations to your tour and use GPS navigation to reach these locations efficiently.

We've carefully selected four categories of tours in Beijing: Sights, Restaurant, Shopping, Nights. There is also a database of other tourism-related sites giving you over 200 destinations to choose from. Entering any of these tourism-related sites will provide information including: Exact Location (based on latitude and longitude), Destination Profiles, Site Images, Contact Details, Estimated Costs, Opening hours, Websites, other detailed information that can be used when designing a personalized itinerary.

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Function 4. Trip Design

Trip Design is a new online tool for users to personalize their tour by selecting sites from our website.

Throughout your tour, you can easily access information concerning the distance between tourist destinations, taxi costs, estimated travel times and much more. You can easily adjust your own itinerary by using our recommended itineraries or sharing those uploaded by other tourists.
Our website allows you to share your personal itinerary and offer suggestions and recommendations to other visitors based on your experiences. This website also provides online support to help design and modify itineraries.

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Function 5. Talking PhraseBook

Understand and be understood.
Voice Phrasebooks for all common situations.

How? By doing the talking for you! Featuring 14,000 of the phrases you need most when traveling abroad, LingvoSoft Talking PhraseBook takes all the worry out of international travel instantly. Available to help you out in Everyday Conversation, when Traveling, Shopping, Sightseeing, and more, the phrases are divided into 15 easily navigated areas for maximum efficiency.

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