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Touchscreen Kiosk application

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  • 20-11-2008 11:26am
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    trap4
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 468 ✭✭


    A friend of mine is looking to develop a touchscreen kiosk application aimed at tourists passing through a mid-size west of Ireland town. He wants them to be able to see a map of the town pinpointing the various shops and services.

    Does anyone have any experience of the hardware / software side of this kind of project? Two Irish companies I found so far are -

    http://www.touchpoint.ie/

    http://www.icetech.ie/kiosk/index.htm

    Are there others?


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    hobochris
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    Develop or Buy?


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    trap4
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    hobochris wrote: »
    Develop or Buy?

    Well I guess the software, certainly the map, will be application specific so I presume 'develop'. Or are there turnkey solutions for that kind of thing?


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    Biggins
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    I remember something similar at Dublin airport. Maybe you could contact the management there and ask about the equipment suppliers.


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    seamus
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    It can be surprisingly simple enough. Touchscreens don't necessarily require any special coding skills or the like, each "touch" on the screen is treated like a mouse click. So it should be possible to develop the application on a normal machine and then just transfer it to a touchscreen kiosk.

    If Google Maps had adequate mapping of the town, you could develop a web page interface that used the Google Maps API to pinpoint the various services and perhaps even give directions to the user on how to get there from the kiosk.


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    KerranJast
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    Our company, Tricycle Interactive Ltd. (www.tricycle.ie), do a lot of touchscreen installation and app development if you want to give us a shout.


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    trap4
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    @KerranJast thanks. I just tried calling your office twice and got "no-one available to take your call"... and it's well after lunchtime :)


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    KerranJast
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    trap4 wrote: »
    @KerranJast thanks. I just tried calling your office twice and got "no-one available to take your call"... and it's well after lunchtime :)
    Ha sorry about that. We took lunch from 2-3 today. Working on a big job today. If you PM me I'll give you the MDs personal number.


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