Το έργο Xenios έφτασε στο τέλος του;
Το έργο Xenios έφτασε στο τέλος του; Το αντίθετο! Με όπλο -πλέον- το Xenios και την τεχνογνωσία που αποκομίσαμε από την υλοποίηση του, βάζουμε στο τραπέζι νέες ιδέες, σχεδιάζουμε νέες…
The XENIOS project aims to develop services for the short-, medium-, and long-term forecast of extreme natural phenomena and natural disasters in sites of tourist and cultural interest, which are also vulnerable to natural hazards. The ultimate objective is to contribute towards a more effective management and mitigation of these risks.
In addition, the project aspires to enhance safety and improve the tourism product at these sites, through a mobile app which will offer visitors prompt and reliable information.
Tourism is a key sector driving economic growth in Greece. Thus, it deserves maximum attention and investment of effort for offering a high-class tourist product to visitors, who need to feel safe and relaxed during their visit or stay. A positive experience for tourists starts with the characteristics of the site they are visiting, be it archeological, cultural, environmentally unique, entertaining, etc. However, they also need to feel that attention is being paid to them and their well-being. This attention includes provision of relevant information on the elements of the site that are of interest to them and a feeling that they are safe.
The XENIOS project combines the increase of safety with the improvement of the tourist product in these areas, through a mobile app that provides timely and reliable information to visitors.
Depending on the nature of the information, forecasts are designed to be available in the form of intelligible maps, alerts or brief reports, through an online application and mobile app, which have been designed according to the needs of the different end-user categories. The XENIOS system—that hosts these services—operates interactively throughout all risk management levels, from the local (cultural/tourist site) to the regional and national ones, exchanging information and knowledge with real-time status reports and updates. To develop these services, satellite, meteorological, field, and aerial data are processed and analyzed intelligently, in order to provide predictions in different spatial and temporal scales. The experience and expertise of the collaborating research and business partners ensures both a timely planning and a sound implementation of the services and final platform. Finally, all opportunities for commercial exploitation of the platform are being thoroughly investigated via the composition of a comprehensive business plan.
Online map of different natural hazards’ danger forecast for tourist and cultural sites, at multiple spatial and temporal scales, provided to authorized authorities and organizations (e.g., Hellenic National Tourism Organisation, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, General Secretariat for Civil Protection, etc.).
Ability to simulate the spatial behavior of fire at a local level, in order to prepare and adopt the necessary protection measures for the site and its visitors.
Detection of precursor events that occasionally increase risk (e.g., increased visitors’ number at high-risk locations).
Smartphone app to continuously monitor the number and dispersion of visitors at the site, which also informs them of points of interest and sends them warnings and instructions in case of an emergency or problem.
Call center, through which the site manager may receive emergency calls from visitors, identifying the caller’s location at the same time.
The natural hazard forecast within Xenios aims to timely inform field operators regarding the possible occurrence of phenomena that could cause disasters and endanger site visitors and staff. The forecast is achieved by:
The mobilization (alarm) if it is foreseen to exceed the safety limits.
As mobile phone ownership is widespread nowadays, this device is an obvious way to ensure communication between site administrators and visitors. Thus, Xenios offers a mobile phone application for this purpose, while enhancing the visibility of the site to visitors. If a visitor installs the free application and allows the use of location, then the XENIOS system by monitoring and evaluating the user’s position in the space, provides free informational material (digital tour, photos, videos, etc.) with rich tourist content, which concerns the sites and other characteristic points of interest of the routes that are being visited (texts, photos, videos, etc.).
The monument depicted above in Dion are under the responsibility of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Pieria, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports/ Archaeological Resources Fund and the rights of the depicted monuments belong to the Ministry of Culture and Sports (Law 3028/2002).
Το έργο Xenios έφτασε στο τέλος του; Το αντίθετο! Με όπλο -πλέον- το Xenios και την τεχνογνωσία που αποκομίσαμε από την υλοποίηση του, βάζουμε στο τραπέζι νέες ιδέες, σχεδιάζουμε νέες…
Το ερευνητικό έργο Xenios – Συνδυασμένη πλατφόρμα εφαρμογών προστασίας και προβολής πολιτιστικών και τουριστικών χώρων (xenios-project.eu) φθάνει στην ολοκλήρωσή του. To Xenios, έχοντας αξιοποιήσει τεχνολογία αιχμής, ανέπτυξε μια καινοτόμα προσέγγιση…
H ερευνητική ομάδα του έργου Xenios, μετά τη δεύτερη πιλοτική εφαρμογή του έργου στο φαράγγι της Σαμαριάς, συμμετείχε σε μια ενημερωτική ημερίδα, που πραγματοποιήθηκε στο Μεσογειακό Αγρονομικό Ινστιτούτο Χανίων (MAIX),…
Our first Xenios scientific paper is published on MDPI. The paper title is “Development of an Early Warning and Incident Response System for the Protection of Visitors from Natural Hazards…
Within the Xenios Research project we faced the issue of counting visitors’ entry and exit as there is no ticketing system infrastructure, while we needed to know how many visitors…
As part of the XENIOS project, the Creative People team visited the archeological park in Dion in June 2020. More specifically from June 15th to June 19th of 2020. The…
Read more on the Xenios project official website.
This research has been co-financed by the European Union and Greek national funds through the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, under the call RESEARCH–CREATE–INNOVATE (project acronym: XENIOS, project code: T1EDK- 02219).
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