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Pune city now at your fingertips
Developed the first time for an Indian city, Pune Layar allows users to identify & locate significant landmarks in and around Pune city using a mobile device. Search for your favorite restaurants, know more about a historical monument or still better, add your favorite place - all at a touch. Explore Pune the way you never have!
Note: Currently, Layar is available for mobile devices that run Android version 1.5 and above or the Apple IPhone 3GS.
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1. I want to know about Layar
What is Layar?
How does Augmented Reality work using Layar?
2. How do I use Layar?
3. What does Pune Layar do?
4. What are these Points of Interest (POI)?
5. Does my phone support Layar?

 
1. I want to know about Layar
  What is Layar?
  Layar is an application on your mobile phone that displays real time digital information on top of the real world as seen through the camera of your mobile phone. This technology is called Augmented Reality.
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  How does Augmented Reality work using Layar?
  Layar works by using a combination of the mobile phone’s camera, compass and GPS data to identify the user’s location and field of view, retrieve data based on those geographical coordinates, and overlay that data over the camera view.
   
2. How do I use Layar?
 
  • Use your Android Smartphone or iPhone to download and install Layar
  • Launch the Layar browser and choose ‘Pune Layar’ in the local layers tab
  • Hold the phone in front of you like a camera
    • Information is displayed on top of the camera display view
    • For all POIs which are displayed on the screen, information is shown at the bottom of the screen
  • Select the POI of your choice to get additional information
You can also use filters to modify your search (eg: Area- from 5 kms radius to > 15 kms; Type of POI – restaurants, places of worship etc.)

View a demo.
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3. What does Pune Layar do?
 
  • Identifies and locates:
    Points of Interest (POI), currently set by Upside Learning, in and around Pune city.
  • Gives details of the selected POI :
    • Type of POI (eg. tourist destinations like museums, forts, monuments; buildings & landmarks; restaurants; places of worship etc.)
    • Rating (Numerical)
    • Distance from the user’s current location (in kms)
    • Time of opening/closing (if applicable)
    • Entry fee(if applicable)
  • Provides additional information of the selected POI through:
    • Wikipedia
    • POI’s website(if available)
    • Google Maps
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4. What are these Points of Interest (POI)?
 

POIs are essentially the geographical locations that hold some significance for the general public.
We have classified them as under:
Tourist destinations like museums, forts, monuments; buildings & landmarks; restaurants; places of worship, dams etc.

 
Icons and Explanations
Dams Forts Forts
Temple Places of Worship Monuments Monuments
Museums Museums Parks Parks
   
  Click here to add your POI.
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5. Does my phone support Layar?
 

Yes, if you have a smart-phone running Google Android 1.5 OS and above - Motorola Milestone, Samsung Galaxy, Galaxy S (Coming soon), HTC Hero, Desire and others. Layar also runs on the iPhone 3GS.
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