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Very cool, Paul. As you know, we did a tracking exhibition in
Connections that Scott Snibbe developed for us. He is also doing a
taxi tracking piece for the Explo, as I recall. The one for
connections uses essentially the technology used in department
stores, etc.
Eric Siegel
On Aug 8, 2007, at 10:48 AM, Paul Orselli wrote:
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> An interesting GPS-enabled item called Trackstick has been
> introduced that may be of interest to museum folks, including those
> with large outdoor exhibit areas, like zoos and historic sites.
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> About the size of a pack of gum, this clip-on battery powered real-
> time tracker records time/movement and then interfaces with mapping
> programs like GoogleEarth to show the real time path(s) taken by
> the wearer.
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> It looks like a slick little package for just over $100 bucks.
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> Full story and relevant links via the ExhibiTricks blog: <http://
> exhibitricks.blogspot.com/2007/08/trackstick-new-visitor-studies-
> tool-for.html>
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> Does anyone have experience using any of the Trackstick models in a
> museum context?
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