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Mobile guides aid exploration of open space
Around Town, posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Apr 25, 2012 at 2:43 pm

The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District audio tour is part of the latest trend in the outdoor experience. Once the purview of art and natural history museums, audio tours and digital guides bring history and science into the outdoors through smartphones, iPads and MP3 players.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 11:26 AM

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Posted by Martin Omander, a resident of the Rex Manor neighborhood, on Apr 25, 2012 at 2:43 pm

Sounds great -- I'd love to try one of these trail guides. We should make one for downtown Mountain View as well. Lots of history there to explore!


Posted by Otto Maddox, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood, on Apr 26, 2012 at 7:21 am

Way to go everyone. Yet another group of people who will be walking around while starting down at their phone screens.

When I walk along these trails I just look around. I don't need my phone to tell me when to look at a bird or check out a tree.


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