Digital Interpretation Shelley signs are solar-powered outdoor signs for heritage and wayfinding, delivering site information to visitors’ smartphones via a local Wi-Fi web, with no need for external power or infrastructure.

  • Outdoor digital sign system for heritage and wayfinding

  • Solar-powered, requiring no mains power or cabling

  • Delivers maps, audio, video, and interactive content to smartphones

  • Compatible with any smartphone or tablet using standard web browsers

  • Technology is secured inside the sign, reducing risk of damage

  • Wi-Fi access range up to 250 metres

  • 5-year warranty on technical equipment

Applications

  • Heritage sites

  • Outdoor visitor attractions

  • Parks and gardens

  • Nature reserves

  • Car parks and entrance areas

  • Wayfinding at outdoor locations

How they work

At one level, they are traditional signs using normal graphics. Beyond that, they generate a ‘local web’ onto which any type of web-based content can be put. The visitor connects to the sign’s Wi-Fi signal and browses its local web using their normal browser, just like they would at home. Using standard web technology means that, unlike smartphone apps, this system is compatible with any smartphone or tablet – both now and in the future.

The new system overcomes the main problems facing digital technology at outdoor sites: lack of power, damage due to weather, and damage caused by the public.

In Shelley igns the technology is solar-powered and locked away safely out of sight and out of reach.

The only technology the user touches is their own phone. The Wi-Fi can be accessed from up to 250m away – further than a sign can be read, and enough to cover a car park or entrance area.

In developing the new signs, Shelley has teamed up with Info-Point who has a 5-year track record of providing ‘local web’ devices to some of the UK’s biggest heritage organisations.

The technical equipment comes with a 5-year warranty, which is suitable for HLF and other capital grant schemes.

Warranty

5-year warranty on technical equipment

Turnkey solutions

Shelley offers solar-powered digital interpretation signs as a complete turnkey solution.