OpenTour Builder
Title
OpenTour Builder
Short Description of Project
OpenTour Builder is an open source software platform for building geospatial tours that are optimized for mobile devices.
With this tool, tour builders can easily create interactive, attractive tours that guide users from stop to stop using their smartphone's GPS and OpenTour Builder's native Google Maps instructions. At each location, the designer can include images, video, text, and external links to provide historical and cultural context, tying that information to the physical space.
ECDS partners with Emory community members and external parties. Interested parties can apply to get a hosted OpenTour Tour Site on the ECDS installation of OpenTour (https://www.opentour.site). Get more information and apply for a Tour Site here (https://digitalscholarship.emory.edu/opentour-builder-proposal-process/).
With this tool, tour builders can easily create interactive, attractive tours that guide users from stop to stop using their smartphone's GPS and OpenTour Builder's native Google Maps instructions. At each location, the designer can include images, video, text, and external links to provide historical and cultural context, tying that information to the physical space.
ECDS partners with Emory community members and external parties. Interested parties can apply to get a hosted OpenTour Tour Site on the ECDS installation of OpenTour (https://www.opentour.site). Get more information and apply for a Tour Site here (https://digitalscholarship.emory.edu/opentour-builder-proposal-process/).
Project Website
https://opentour.site/
Citation
“OpenTour Builder,” ECDS Project Catalog, accessed November 13, 2026, https://catalog.ecds.emory.edu/items/show/16.