Category: Reference
Nov 16, 2011
Version: 2.0
118 MB
Seller: Harper Collins Publishers Limited
© UNESCO, Collins Bartholomew Ltd and Aimer Media Ltd
LANGUAGES: English
REQUIREMENTS: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1 or later
Description:
Use the UNESCO World Heritage app to explore all the World Heritage sites at home or while on your travels, choosing your favourites and marking them off as you visit them.
This app fully describes all the UNESCO World Heritage sites. The prestigious List includes some of the most famous places in the world, such as the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, the legendary Acropolis in Athens, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and Machu Picchu, the ‘Lost City of the Incas’, in Peru.
You can search for sites in various ways:
• Index: an A-Z list of all the UNESCO World Heritage sites
• Year Inscribed: the Year that sites were added to the World Heritage List
• Country: world Heritage sites organised by country
• Classification of Site: choose from Cultural, Natural or Mixed sites
• Favourites: browse the sites you have marked as favourites
• Region: sites organized by UNESCO regions
• Recently Viewed: the last 20 UNESCO sites you have viewed
• Visited Sites: browse the sites you have marked as visited
• Random: displays a UNESCO site at random
You can also bookmark your favourite sites and share the description using email, facebook and twitter.
The app contains:
• Over 650 stunning photographs
• Descriptions of all 936 UNESCO World Heritage sites
• The latest sites to be inscribed to the list
• Offline location maps
This is the ultimate app for armchair and active travellers alike.
What's new in Version 2.0
• Ability to share each entry via Facebook, Twitter or e-mail
• Ability to tick sites you have visited, record the date and share
• Ability to search for sites by region
• 25 new sites added to the List in 2011
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