Objective The main objective of MAGIC TOUR is to develop a multimedia and spatially-oriented Authoring System to support the automatic low cost generation of electronic applications for tour operators, tourist bureaus and travel agencies.In order to validate the authoring tool in different situations corresponding to real life problems, the MAGIC TOUR project will include a second part in which the Authoring System will be tested and validated. The test will be conducted developing three typical kinds of tourism application prototypes. The three applications, also used as demonstrators to support dissemination and promotional activities, will constitute an additional main objective of the project. The three applications are:- an electronic application prototype for a tour operator (LOOK, France).- an electronic application prototype for a region tourist bureau (Sicily, Italy)- a consultation and reservation system prototype for a travel agent (ravel Plan, Greece)From a commercial point of view, the availability of an Authoring System specifically designed to develop tourism application will allow to increase the competitiveness of the partners due to the significant reduction of development costs.From a technical point of view, the major project objective is the integration of the multimedia and GIS technology. This will allow to provide the final user of tourist application with new classes of functionalities based on vector data (i.e. route optimisation, proximity calculus, etc), in addition to the usual multimedia functionalities. Optimised itineraries satisfying specific user needs will be calculated and proposed to the user through an advanced graphical interface. Fields of science social sciencespolitical sciencespublic administrationbureaucracy Programme(s) FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Intecs Sistemi SpA Address Via a. fratti 14 56125 Pisa Italy See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CLUB MEDITERRANEE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 2 place de la bourse 75002 Paris See on map INTRACOM Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Markopoulou avenue, 19.5 km, 68 19002 Peania See on map LAMBRAKIS PRESS S.A./TRAVEL PLAN Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Christou lada, 9 10237 Athens See on map MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS INSTITUTE OF CRETE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Counoupidiana, 134 73100 Chania See on map NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via moruzzi, 1 56127 Pisa See on map Regione Siciliana Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Piazza indipendenza 90100 Palermo See on map Silogic France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 78, chemin des sept deniers 31000 Toulouse See on map Université de Paris XI (Université Paris-Sud) France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Batiment 490 centre université d'orsay 91405 Orsay See on map
