An expert system for tourists using Google Maps API

In the field of eTourism, it is important to present prominent objects of tourists destinations. Nowadays demand for eTourism applications is rising and the customers need rapid software development. Google Maps API is a technology provided by Google based on AJAX, which powers many map-based services. This paper presents an expert system for tourists. The realized software uses free, public API service from Google Maps. The system utilizes a knowledge base formed by tracking user actions. The expert module suggests information of special interest to the user.