Abstract:
This paper presents the design and implementation of an information retrieval system
for heritage sites. Majority of people who visit Sri Lanka are interested in heritage sites.
One of the problems they face is lack of access to reliable historic information.’selfappointed’
tour guides who roam around the heritage sites do not possess factual
information about these sites. As such, there is a great need for a source of reliable
information. This project fulfills that requirement.The developed system uses Google
Maps Application Programming Interface (API), HyperText Markup Language
(HTML), Bootstrap for Cascaded Style Sheet (CSS), JavaScript, SQLite, HyperText
Pre-Processor (PHP), Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) and JavaScript'
Object Notation (JSON).This can be used as an information retrieval system which can
be applied for any heritage site, the design was tested using the world heritage site Galle
in Sri Lanka.