ArchiMaps: desarrollo de una aplicación móvil de guías de arquitectura

Abstract

Architectural guides are publications with an eminently practical sense and that originally have been conditioned by the need to include as much information as possible in a compact, lightweight and portable format. The widespread use of smartphones has solved this problem, in addition to providing many other advantages. The change of format is unavoidable. ArchiMaps, an architectural guides mobile application, was launched in 2017. This paper provides details on its development process and highlights the implications of this new medium when designing an architectural guide: the selection and management of the content when virtually unlimited space is available, the implementation of search and filtering tools for the exploration of a digital database, or the advantages of geolocation and satellite navigation, among others.