Mobitel launches 'HeritageSL' mobile app
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Product Manager, Value Added Services, Mobitel, Madura
Hewage demonstrates
the ‘HeritageSL’ app to President Maithripala Sirisena.
Chairman, Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel, P. G. Kumarasingha and
Chief Executive Officer, Mobitel, Ranjith G. Rubasinghe look
on. |
Mobitel and the Department of Archaeology have launched a mobile app,
'HeritageSL' which provides unlimited free access to explore Sri Lanka's
archaeology and cultural heritage.
The location-based app designed and developed by Mobitel functions on
sophisticated iBeacon technology. It was launched to mark the 125th
anniversary of the Department of Archaeology.
The 'HeritageSL' mobile app is provides detailed information on key
archaeological locations and artifacts which cannot be found through
traditional research.
The app will also enable the Department of Archaeology to promote
national heritage and archaeological values beyond national boundaries,
and act as a medium of information that could be used for publication,
teaching, public engagement, communication and ensure the preservation
of information related to national heritage and history. The free 'HeritageSL'
mobile app could be downloaded on Google Play or App Store for the use
of information seekers, sightseers and tourists.
The app will be developed in the future to act as a digital storage
and publishing platform for cultural heritage while also providing
localised notifications as and when predetermined geographical locations
are approached by the user.
The app will also be extended with additional content on key
archaeological sites and museums, with further insight into the
Department of Archaeology and deliver more interests and preferences on
archaeological interests of 'HeritageSL' mobile app users. |
