There can be some sensible up-sides if tour apps are created like the apps now available for art museum exhibition visits. If done with quality, it could be like having a knowledgeable docent to provide background information on cave features. Or it could just translate yahoo tour guides into a virtual bullsh*t format, with silly formation descriptions, etc.
Roger G. Moore -----Original Message----- From: Charles Goldsmith via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> To: Cavetex <texascavers@texascavers.com> Sent: Thu, Apr 30, 2015 1:53 am Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Now for something totally asinine : Jerry, I think you are going to see more and more of this at parks, attractions, etc. It's a low cost way to attract more visitors. Our generation probably doesn't see it, but the younger crowd will embrace this and want it more. We are already seeing more and more National Parks that offer free wifi at the visitor centers. On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:35 PM, Jerry via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > Ruby Falls installs wireless Internet for cave visitors > > Don't bump into that stalagmite while you're Facebooking. > Ruby Falls is installing Wi-Fi so visitors to the cave can stay connected on > their underground trip to the waterfall. > At 1,120 feet underneath Lookout Mountain, the attraction says it's the > deepest Internet access available inside a commercial cave anywhere, and a > first for Chattanooga. > Visitors will be able to share their memories with loved ones in real-time. > Staff will be able to use the wireless Internet to enhance safety in the > cave, with 13 security cameras and 10 phones now installed, Ruby Falls said > in a news release. > The attraction says it partnered with EPB and InfoSystems to make the > installation possible without detracting from the natural elements of the > cave. > > http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2015/apr/29/ruby-falls-installs-wireless-internet-cave-visitors/301436/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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