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Scottish Borders Looksee AR Vs. Edinburgh's Best: Travel Guide

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Looksee AR for the Scottish Borders is an Augmented Reality (AR) viewer used to find places of interest directly on your phone camera's screen and add fun, knowledge and interest to your adventures and tours. Ideal for both tourists and locals wishing to explore and find out more about their surroundings and beyond: whether by foot, bicycle,car, taxi or Uber! It's simple to use - you just point and go! It includes a choice of Map or Satellite Image in view and a Search function to help locate things. Once downloaded no wi-fi or cellular network is necessary, so you can use when out and about in the Borders, even when there is no or poor signal coverage. This version, for the Scottish Borders, locates places in and around this area in the south of Scotland. It reaches a rectangle stretching towards the coast at Dunbar at its northern most edge and south to Langholm inland. Then west past Biggar in land to the coast at Berwick upon Tweed. An area of over 4700 km2. All areas within the region are covered, including Coldingham, Coldstream, Duns, Eyemouth, Galashields, Hawick, Innerleithen, Jedburgh, Kelso, Lauder, Melrose, Peebles, Selkirk and St Boswells. In fact there are around 4,000 places of interest viewable within the App including Melrose Abbey, Kailzie Gardens, Floors Castle and Culter Fell. Categories that can be viewed and selected include Tourist Attractions, Hills, Lakes, Parks & Woodlands, Cities, Towns, Suburban Areas, Villages & Hamlets, cafes, Restaurants, Cafes, Airports, Train & Major Bus Stations, Municipal Buildings, Places of Worship, Historic Sites and Museums & Arts. Some of the helpful Looksee features include: - Interactive objects (that you can touch for more information on them) - Magic EYE (to declutter the visuals and select only objects within) - Satellite or Map image in view (can select which or disable completely) - Search menu (with on-screen directional arrow and indicator graphics) - Filters menu (using which the categories of points of interest you wish to display can be easily filtered out or selected) - Distance slider (for an interactive depth of view filter up to 10km) - Zoom (using an on screen pinch to zoom gesture) - Snap-shot camera (for annotating your photos) - Video recorder for saving and sharing interesting places on social media (accessed by holding the camera icon for 1 second) - Radar view of everything around you on map (hold face down) So please enjoy adding interest to your Scottish Borders outdoor adventures!

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Edinburgh's Best: Travel Guide

EDINBURGH’S BEST is an ideal travel guide to one of Europe’s real urban jewels and will help you make the most of your city break. Written by a pro-author it explores key NEIGHBOURHOODS; suggests ITINERARIES and WALKS; details SIGHTS; then suggests great spots to EAT, DRINK and find ENTERTAINMENT. All content (150+ points-of-interest/240+ pics) is original and independent; no recommendations are ads! —— *** This app is ad-free and subscription-free: the single-one-off purchase also includes free updates in the future. Published by TouchScreenTravels.com: Travel guides for the digital age. Our Touch, Your Travels. *** —— EDINBURGH’S BEST starts with a TRIP ESSENTIALS section to help with planning, which includes coverage of FESTIVALS & EVENTS as well as TRANSPORT info. A rundown of all the key NEIGHBOURHOODS then helps orientate you, while an ITINERARIES section offers first-timers the ideal way to explore the city using easy-to-follow walks. Or, if you’re keen on exploring local ART; delving into city HISTORY; spending time OUTDOORS; or just want to find the best attractions for KIDS & FAMILIES, you might just dive straight into one of these themed sections. Finally the app details many good places to EAT, DRINK and SHOP, with a rundown of some key RESTAURANTS, PUBS and CAFES along with the low-down on city SHOPPING. —— APP FEATURE: TRIP PLANNING Key before-you-go information, including: • Accommodation • Costs • Seasons, Festivals & Events • Transport APP FEATURE: NEIGHBOURHOODS The lowdown on city neighbourhoods: • Broughton & Calton • Holyrood & Southside • Leith & Leith Walk • The New Town • The Old Town • Outside the Centre • Stockbridge & Dean Village • The West End APP FEATURE: ITINERARIES & TOURS To organise your time in the city: • The Old Town in-a-day • The New Town in-a-day • The Water-of-Leith • Arthur’s Seat • Heritage Braid • The Pentland Hills APP FEATURE: INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES Backgrounders and practical advice on: • Art • History • Kids & Families • Parks & Gardens • Walks & Hiking APP FEATURE: EAT, DRINK, SHOP & MORE Listings and recommendations: • Cafes • Pubs & Clubs • Pools & Spas • Restaurants • Shops & Shopping • Theatres & Cinemas APP FEATURES: TECHNICAL • One-click website LINKS. • One-click PHONE CALLS (on phones). • NAVIGATE quickly using the app's global search; internal hyperlinks, and its many images. • LOCATION info (using your device's GPS). • Detailed MAPS and the ability to ADD YOUR OWN markers. • Save and share FAVOURITES. • Easily CONTACT the author. —— CREDITS: • AUTHOR: Christian Williams has been a freelance travel writer since 1998. He's covered destinations all over the world, but mostly specialises on Germany and Canada. He's lived in Edinburgh for 20 years and is pleased to have finally written about somewhere on his doorstep. • ICON: Petr Meissner (flickr) —— REVIEWS AND RATINGS Reviews and ratings are like gold dust to small developers like us, if you like the app please go back into the app store, find it and leave a review or just a rating. It really helps us. Thanks.