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- Title
Going Mobile: Changing the Face of Interpretation in the National Park Service.
- Authors
Oppegaard, Brett; Shine, Gregory P.
- Abstract
The article discusses various developments in relation to historic site interpretation and localized education activities involving the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) as of 2014, focusing on services for NPS visitors and a Fort Vancouver Mobile project which includes the creation of a park-related mobile application (app). The NPS' Interpretation and Education Renaissance Action Plan is mentioned, along with mobile tourist guides and Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MOBILE apps -- Social aspects; UNITED States. National Park Service; INTERPRETIVE programs of historic sites; MOBILE app development; PUBLIC use of national parks; GLOBAL Positioning System; NATIONAL parks &; reserves; FORT Vancouver National Historic Site (Vancouver, Wash., &; Oregon City, Or.)
- Publication
Federal History, 2014, Issue 6, p123
- ISSN
2163-8144
- Publication type
Article