Japanese Zoo Develop iPhone Applications

Kochi - Some local zoo in Japan have begun to provide information about animals that they have through smart phones, which aims to attract more visitors more.

In August, Kyoto City Zoo in the city of Kyoto has launched a free iPhone application that contains information about the animals they have. These applications provide a map of the zoo, also the location of the nearest animal, when iPhone users are in the Kyoto City Zoo. Similarly, as quoted by Japan Today, Thursday (30/12/2010).

These applications, developed jointly by the zoo together with an institute funded by the Kyoto city government, has been downloaded more than a thousand times, according to the zoo.

Meanwhile, Noichi Zoological Park of Kochi Prefecture in Konan also has launched a valuable application 230 Yen by local companies there, which issued in November last.

Noichi applications launched by the Zoological Park of Kochi Prefecture using the Android OS, offers many features, among others, information on animals in the zoo, the animal sound samples and allow users to set the voices are to be used as alarm .

"We plan to update the information in the application from time to time, so that visitors can continue to enjoy our service, although they had often visited," said the zoo Noichi.
(srn)