A mobile tourist guide system based on mashup technology

With the development of 3G networks and the tourism industry, enriched travel information is provided on the Internet. However, a problem is shown that tourists are usually hard to get travel information timely and efficiently, when they are away from PCs (personal computers). In this paper, we propose architecture of mobile tourist guide system that is able to provide tourism information to the mobile end-users conveniently. The system takes advantage of light-weighted mashup technology that can combine more than one data sources to create value-added services, while overcomes the limitations of mobile devices. Firstly, we present the architecture of the system, and then elaborate on the main components of the mashup server. Finally, we present the communication protocols and working flow of the system in detail.