"At the Museum with the smartphone 2" is a multilingual guide dedicated to the museum centers in Solferino and San Martino della Battaglia, who remember and celebrate the great battle that opened the way the unification of Italy.
With this APP, tourists can enjoy, the descriptions of the different points of interest, in text or audio format, in Italian, English and German accompanied by photographs and by geographic location.
It is also possible to know the area where historical events took place, using a specific navigation system, which guides us on a series of cycling routes.
The application is arranged in four sections
HISTORY
The section is dedicated the narration of the Battle of Solferino and San Martino and to the birth of the International Red Cross that Henry Dunant conceived precisely on the occasion of the great battle on 24 June 1859.
SAN MARTINO
In this section we find the multilingual and text or audio formatted guide to the monuments of the Monumental Complex in San Martino della Battaglia: the majestic Tower, the Museum and the War Memorial Chapel
SOLFERINO
The section contains a guide to the sights in Solferino, where we can visit the Museum, the Rock (also known as the "Spy of Italy", for the great panorama from the top), the Memorial of the Red Cross and the Ossuary Chapel.
CYCLING ROUTES
Six different routes, designed for cycling, lead us to the places where the great battle took place. In addition to the description of the route and GPX tracks a GPS navigation system is available here, for each itinerary , that guides us through AUDIO INFORMATION
To activate the navigation system:
1)Go to the starting point of the chosen path
2)Select the page of the path and press "GO"
By this time, along the way, we are given - depending on the position detected by the GPS system - the information to the direction of travel, the presence of the memorial stones of confrontations, the proximity to critical points.
The information is given in audio format, so you will not be forced us constantly look at the display of your mobile, on which we find the direction of travel, distance travelled and the one still to go.