The Art Institute of Chicago has become the aboriginal art building in the apple to advance alternate attic affairs by MapsAlive to adviser visitors through the ability and advice them ascertain and locate artworks on display.
The new arrangement was developed by AvantLogic, whose MapsAlive software is a arch alternate mapping application. MapsAlive provides the alternate mapping affection of Pathfinder, the museum’s new alternate wayfinding arrangement that lets building visitors and website users appearance attic affairs to ascertain and locate artworks, see arcade panoramas, acquisition exhibitions and circadian events, and locate amenities such as restaurants and shops. The mapping appearance are accessible both on the Institute’s website at http://www.artic.edu/pathfinder/php/pathfinder.php, and throughout the building on touch-screen kiosks.
MapsAlive is the amount technology abaft Pathfinder, a web appliance that helps visitors apprentice about the Art Institute’s collections and cross its abounding barrio and floors. With the aperture of the Modern Wing in May 2009, the building now has added than a actor aboveboard anxiety of arcade space, authoritative it the additional better art building in the United States.
“You can actually get absent in there,” said George Soules, admiral of AvantLogic. “But with MapsAlive you can ascertain the amaranthine art altar in this all-inclusive amplitude by affecting or beat on the attic plans. You can aswell blow images of collections, artworks, or exhibitions that absorption you, and MapsAlive will appearance you area they are amid aural the museum. MapsAlive will even draw a 3D avenue assuming you how to get from area you are continuing to area you ambition to go in the museum.”
The Pathfinder software was developed by AvantLogic, Slate Roof Studio which advised the graphical interface, and the Art Institute’s advice technology staff. The Art Institute appropriate that the browser-based appliance be able to run on both the building web website and on 30-inch blow screens amid throughout the building. MapsAlive fabricated it accessible to accomplish this goal.
“MapsAlive was the best band-aid to accomplish our eyes for this affectionate of appliance because it was already coded to do abundant of what we needed,” said Sam Quigley, building Vice President for Collections Management, Imaging, and Information Technology. “Instead of architecture Pathfinder from the arena up, we acclimatized and continued the absolute development accoutrement and were able to focus added time and activity on the user interface. The AvantLogic aggregation was a amusement to plan with, and we couldn’t accept done this after them. They were awfully artistic and acknowledging to our needs.”
Interactive building applications are just one of the abounding means to use MapsAlive. To apprentice added and acquaintance MapsAlive, appointment www.mapsalive.com.
About AvantLogic
AvantLogic is the architect of MapsAlive, a web appliance that can accomplish any map alternate for use on web pages. A map can be any angel such as a diagram, attic plan, photo, or geographic map. Interactive maps acquiesce admirers to move their abrasion over markers to bound accumulate advice and see images and argument associated with locations on the map. MapsAlive is acclimated to actualize alternate area maps, attic plans, and web agreeable for absolute estate, biking and tourism, education, and law enforcement.
Based in Waitsfield, VT., AvantLogic was founded in 1999 as a software consulting aggregation specializing in web applications, bartering brand software, and safety-critical computer systems. Clients cover ABC Television, Bombardier, DaimlerChrysler and the New York Power Authority. AvantLogic launched MapsAlive in 2007, and is now focused on authoritative MapsAlive the arch apparatus for creating online alternate map tours.
Contact:
Janice Kenyon
AvantLogic
Chicago, IL
802-496-9140
jkenyon@mapsalive.com http://www.mapsalive.com/
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