The Ministry of Culture presents an augmented mobile application to locate libraries

The Ministry of Culture has launched a new free application of augmented reality that allows GPS location and interaction with 8.215 Spanish libraries via mobile.

The Ministry of Culture, Through the General Subdirectorate of Library Coordination, has presented a free application of augmented reality that allows access to the basic information of any of the 8.215 Spanish public libraries. The application is available for iPhone smartphones, Android and Symbian and works through Layar, A well -known GPS geolocation platform that provides its services to third parties.

The Layar augmented reality browser is installed on the mobile and allows you to locate the points close to the position of the device. So, When selecting the ‘Libraries’ A layer, We can locate the libraries closest to the place where we are and get their contact data.

About the image captured by the phone camera, The application superimposes in real time the icons that reveal the position of public libraries that are at a distance lower than 5 km. By clicking on one of them, A file is displayed with the physical address of the library, your email and your phone. Besides, Calculate the shortest route to her from the user's position.

What makes this geopositioning service original is that the points of interest (THEN) They can be displayed in the form of the list, About a map or an image of reality, captured through the mobile device camera (augmented reality).

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