Heritage Connect - connecting people with the places in which they live, work and visit

www.heritageconnectlincoln.com

How much do we know about the history and ecology of our hometown? Not enough if we are truthful! Heritage Connect is about to change that for the city of Lincoln in the East Midlands.

Heritage Connect gives people a tool to make a stronger, richer connection to the places where they live, work and visit.

Heritage Connect uses web and mobile technology to enable people to access and contribute to a unique resource about the city of Lincoln.

Heritage Connect Lincoln displays the results of the Lincoln Townscape Assessment (2005 to 2009), and contains the findings from a number of heritage related projects conducted in the city since 1993 including:

• The Lincoln Heritage Database (1993 - Ongoing)
• The Lincoln Archaeological Research Assessment (2000 to 2003)
• Lincoln Ecological Survey (2006)

Using videos, MP3 audio, maps, photographs, interactive maps, descriptive text and GPS navigation, the Heritage Connect Lincoln site can be used by residents and visitors alike to find out about the heritage of different places in the city, how they formed and why they look and feel the way they do today. There is also scope for people to add their own knowledge and memories to the website, and to upload photos and videos.

Heritage Connect Lincoln is the first of its type in the country. This ambitious product was delivered in partnership by A Recipe For Success Ltd, the City of Lincoln Council, English Heritage and The Heritage Lottery Fund. Audio-visual material was produced by Dragoman Sound Guides.

The Heritage Connect media launch will take place at 11:30am on 22nd June 2010 at the Old Palace, Lincoln.

A further launch seminar entitled 'Connecting People with Place' will be held by the Historic Towns Forum in Lincoln on 5th of July and will be attended by over 60 local authorities and heritage professionals in the UK and Ireland.

Key technology used

Heritage Connect is a mobile enabled application. The mobile elements of Heritage Connect have been optimised for browser based access on smart phones (e.g. iPhone and Android). Heritage Connect uses W3C Geolocation to suggest points of interest that are close to your current location - e.g. Monuments and Character Areas. Heritage Connect uses open standards such as GeoJSON and Google Maps for the storage, delivery and presentation of geospatial information.

To see the live Heritage Connect Lincoln site:

Visit Heritage Connect Lincoln site - www.heritageconnectlincoln.com

Project partners:

• City of Lincoln Council - http://www.lincoln.gov.uk/index.asp
• A Recipe for Success Ltd -
• English Heritage - http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/
• Heritage Lottery Fund - http://www.hlf.org.uk/

For further information or to arrange a demonstration:

For further information please contact Jeff Hume, Director, A Recipe For Success Ltd, on 08458 409933 or jeff.hume@heritageconnect.info, www.heritageconnect.info

Caroline Ashman, Senior Communications Officer, City of Lincoln Council on 01522 873443, or www.lincoln.gov.uk/media