Aplicación móvil multiplataforma para la gestión de información georreferenciada de sitios turísticos de interés social y cultural de la ciudad de Ambato

Abstract

ABSTRACT In a world where the information and communication technologies ICTs have become very important within the communities, it is possible to show how computer tools have started to stand out, as the case of the geographic information systems SIG and its applications for the easy access to the geographic information. The tourism sector has seen in the ICTs an important means of diffusion due to their massive reach for the promotion of their attractions, as well as to make known relevant aspects of local culture and customs. Taking advantage of the increasingly frequent use of mobile devices, tourism-related companies and entities have made use of applications that allow them to repower their activities and thus achieve substantial economic income through tourism. This research project has been developed with the aim of promoting tourist sites of social and cultural interest in the city of Ambato, as well as the dissemination of its history, customs and traditions through an application for mobile devices, which presents a catalogue of relevant sites in the urban area in combination with the use of 2D and 3D maps. The application has been developed using the Ionic framework in its version 5 in conjunction with Angular, using Typescript as the programming language. The resources for the visualization of maps have been made using the Leaflet and Mapbox libraries. Additionally, the services required for the operation of the application were developed using Node.js, as well as MongoDB as a database management system, which were deployed on a Digital Ocean VPS.