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Hi, Tehmina suggested: "Another addition to location/place-based data could include details of monuments and sites." I love this idea. I had a quick poke on Flickr, searching existing groups for "statues", and found this map - http://www.flickr.com/groups/statuesnsculptures/pool/map?mode=group - containing almost 20,000 geotagged photos (out of a total of about 65,000 in the group) of statues and sculpture. This is an interesting example to me, because there's already 8,000 people in that group, with an obvious interest in collecting together images of sculpture. What if museums joined a group like this as _contributors_, and not as "the governing body?" "There have been various talks about making data available (presumably using SMR/HER information) to mobile devices using geo-tagging so when people enter an area of particular interest, their mobile or sat nav alerts them and then allows them to explore further information - this would be particularly useful for world heritage sites. Museums or visitor centres within sites could serve as 'hubs'." There was a recent release for the iPhone, called "Exposure", which shows you photos from Flickr taken near you. Super cool! - http://connectedflow.com/exposure/ - Photos could be replaced with anything, conceivably. Imagine what a group like Antenna Audio might be able to help with here? (Not sure if they do much GPS stuff yet, but there's a certain infrastructure there...) Cheers, george ************************************************** For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk **************************************************