Author once, publish many

Once you've created a web site with the ArmchairTour Studio software, it's a simple matter to 

The information is stored in a database, and can be published in a wide variety of formats, including:

• Web (a complete web site or an addition to your existing site)

• CD-ROM

• kiosk

• printed books, maps and posters.

Quick, easy, and inexpensive to produce and maintain

The ArmchairTour process is the quickest, easiest, and most inexpensive way to produce a comprehensive tour of your location. With our author-once-publish-many capabilities, both your initial development costs and your costs of updates are minimized.

Scalable

No site is too large or small. You can create an ArmchairTour for places tiny and enormous:

• the cockpit of a sailboat, or the levels of a huge cruise ship

• an interpretive exhibit, or an entire museum complex

• a house, a neighborhood, or an entire city with thousands of sites

Updateable

Since all the information is stored in a database and can be published on demand, it's quick and inexpensive to keep an ArmchairTour up-to-date.

Customizable

Both the content and presentation of an ArmchairTour can be customized to meet your needs. For example, you might want the ArmchairTour to match the look-and-feel of your website. You can even publish different versions of an ArmchairTour for different audiences. 

Comprehensive

Unlike all other "virtual tour" concepts, an ArmchairTour isn't simply a collection of photos or panoramas. It is instead a complete resource for all information about the ArmchairTour site, with

• special interest tours

• interactive exhibits and timelines

• information about local culture and tradition

• interactive maps

• informative articles, references, resources, and links

In fact, most ArmchairTours are the single most comprehensive reference about the tour site ever published. And since they are easy to update, they'll never be obsolete.

Fun and easy to use

Even though an ArmchairTour may be encyclopedic in scope, it's no dry, scholarly work. Casual users can take one of the many specialty tours, or explore on their own with the unique "free explore" feature. For those power users who want to know every tiny detail, every arcane tidbit of information, it's all here too, indexed and cross-referenced for easy access.

What are my options for creating an ArmchairTour?

There are several options, depending on the size of the potential market and the nature of the subject matter.

• We can partner with you to create and publish the ArmchairTour

• You can employ a third-party consultant to create the ArmchairTour (we can recommend consultants)

• If you are (or have access to) a photographer or writer, you might want to consider using the ArmchairTour Author software to create the ArmchairTour yourself. Click here for more information.

How can I generate revenue from an ArmchairTour?

Many organizations use an ArmchairTour for purely promotional purposes. However, the ArmchairTour data can also be published in several marketable formats, including CD-ROM tours, ArmchairTour guidebooks, fee-based web tours, and others.

The amount of revenue you can realize from selling ArmchairTour products depends entirely on the size and nature of your target audience. There are many different options for publishing and marketing your ArmchairTour products, both regionally and nationally.

Contact us for more information

To find out more about an ArmchairTour for your location or organization, please contact Eden Street Software at 252-482-1582 or send us an email at services@armchairtour.com.