Intelligent travel guides based on SatNav and AI

Satellite navigation is being combined with artificial intelligence as the basis of a location-based pedestrian travel guide, aimed at pedestrians in city environments. The LatitudeN company, supported by ESA’s Business Incubation Centre in Darmstadt, has produced a smart location-based travel guide that automatically suggests fully-personalised city tours, based on the user’s preferences and time at their disposal. ‘Farol City Guides’ is currently entering the market, in partnership with MairDumont, a market leader for digital content in tourism. LatitudeN received a best-practice award in 2010 as a small-medium enterprise (SME) working on the downstream satellite sector.