Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park

Interpreting our heritage in a digital age

Fiona PriceCopywriter and Interpretation Consultant

The National Park aims to:

• promote the sustainable use of the area’s resources

• help people understand and enjoy the its special qualities

• conserve and enhance its natural and cultural heritage

• help its economic and social development

Spark in the Park

• What is interpretation?• The National Park’s Interpretive

Strategy• Putting it into practice

Mobility in National Parks…MoPark

• An international project

Mobility in National Parks…MoPark

Mobility in National Parks…MoPark

• An international project• Green tourism• An opportunity to pilot new

ideas

- use of mobile electronic media, multimedia, GPS

Park Explorer

• Sustainable transport routes• Sustainable vehicles• Interpretive hubs

Green Explorer

What are we interpreting?

Inchcailloch - fire, ice, flood and man conspired to create this jewel in the loch

Loch Lomond – uncover the secrets of this Scottish icon and working landscape

Balmaha Discovery

Developing interpretation

• Interpretation leads the technology • Developing interpretive plans

Developing interpretation

• Interpretation leads the technology • Developing interpretive plans

•Developing a range of media

Sustainable interpretation

• One offs and cast offs• Interpretation for keeps

Tangled web

• The challenge of metadata• Starting small• Building blocks• Vision for the future