Galson Estate Trust

Tourism, Heritage, Environment: Technology Applications

THETA

The Key Points

• Giving tourists a direct experience of heritage resources

• Mobilising community participation

• Authenticity through user generated content

• Integrated platform of proven applications

• Exploiting eCommerce opportunities

• High-tech, Low-cost, High sustainability

The Process

1) Set up and inter-link open source and/or freeware applications

2) Various community training workshops

3) Galson Estate Trust assumes leadership of content management

4) Trust exploits consultancy and merchandising spin-offs

5) Whole community benefits

Ecology of Applications

• What’s Happening? – Blog Site• Where it is Happening – Google Maps

• History and Stories – Wikis in English & Gaelic• Music sampler

• Learn about the landscape – Podcasts• The community and its residents – Flickr

• The community and its residents – YouTube • Community Calendar for – Events

• Online purchasing – eShop• Galson Estate in Wikipedia

Conclusion• Innovation

– Unlocking of under-used local heritage resources

• Partnership– Local + regional + national– Business + voluntary + academic

• Technology – Open source mash-ups and Web 2.0

• Customer Focus– Fuller service for tourists plus local ownership

Home Page

Countryside Ranger’s Blog Site

Galson Estate on Google Maps

Wiki Information Sites

Music Sampler

• Taigh Donnachaidh Fiddlers

• Ness melodeon band

Landscape Podcasts

• Introduction to the Geology

Link to Flickr

Link to YouTube

eCommerce and Merchandising

Community Calendar

Galson Estate on Wikipedia

Wiki an Urras