“Novel Smart Map” Design for the Tourism Industry

The main function of the NOVEL SMART MAP(NSM) is to assist tourists who come to the Ximending area for sightseeing in Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. With this digitalized map, they can smoothly plan their schedules. The idea of Novel SMART MAP comes from that tourists won’t need to spend too much time in searching places to visit in general. The goal of NSM P is to make tourists’ use of time visiting local businesses more efficient. There are two character-istics in this modern map: First this map will reduce the probability of tourists wasting time going to a store which is “closed” on the day that they search. If the store is not open, the system will advise tourists to switch to another store with a similar style which is close to the “closed” store. The map provides an available “match” for both restaurant and recreational type businesses. The second advantage of NSM is that the system will tell tourists: when “YOU ARE READY TO GO!” so they do not need to wait in line, for example, to have a table at once in restaurant that they have chosen. There are two additional functions of this modern map. One is that coupons can be made available for the stores which may not appear by default on the search results of this map, as long as this business is willing to pay for the advertisement service charge. The other addi-tional function is the relevant positions between each spot for the stores are shown in NSM. Based on the user-friendly and modern-style design of this map, we hope that NSM will at-tract tourists with that the characteristics and functions of it will bring convenience to those visiting the Ximending area in Taiwan.