The Heart of London

30/04/2020

The Largest Single Collection of Stories About Ontario's History Is Now Available Online The Ontario Historical Society (OHS) is excited to announce that, for the first time, the entire run of ov

03/08/2019

http://www.heyrogers.net/heart-of-london-tour.html

03/08/2019

The Heart of London app is now 4 years old, so I am making it free from now on. iOS version runs on phone and tablets. The Android version is only available on tablets.The Rome apps are now free too!

06/06/2018

05/05/2017

As of last night at 11:14 PM the updated versions of the Rome Walkabout apps are available in the Apple Store and Google Play. The designs are improved, file sizes a little smaller, shorter articles and some updated content. So, if you are going to Rome or know anyone going to Rome, buy the apps. Tour Rome with Mary Redekop as your tour guide! Mary and the apps provide 1600 years of art and architecture in two days! Use them to plan your trip ahead of time, during your time in Rome and when you get home and want to remember what you saw. And the big change is that both apps are available in the Google Play store now. It took two years for me to get them there! ~~ I need a nap now!~~

02/03/2017

The Heart of London is starting to make its way around the world. The majority of the downloads have been made in Canada but I am delighted to announce that it has also been purchased in America, Germany, the United Kingdom and South Korea!
The United Kingdom purchase makes me smile as I wonder if someone over there purchased it to help them tour around the Thames River where the Queen hangs out. SURPRISE!
It is an easy mistake to confuse London Ontario with London England in app stores, as both cities share many of the same names like: Blackfriars, Kensington, Westminster, and most famously the Thames River. It's all Governor Simcoe's fault! Anyhow.. thank you to everyone who has purchased the app, and also thanks to those who have submitted reviews. I have heard that you are enjoying the app in all the countries! Thank you also for the many congratulatory comments you have sent to me since receiving the 2017 Heritage Award.
Deb :)

10/02/2017

The Heart of London has been recognised with a 2017 Heritage Award presented by theACO - London Region and Heritage London Foundation.

~We are over the moon!~

https://www.facebook.com/lfpress/videos/10154404728842058/

10/08/2016

I have finally converted Heart of London Streamed to Android and it is now available in the GooglePlay Store.
The streamed version of the app does not have the videos embedded in the file, so the file size of the app on your device is a lot smaller than the original version. The catch is with this version, you need an internet connection or a dataplan to watch the videos as they will be streamed to your device.
The Logic: Once I joined Tourism London I was privy to a lot of stats about who visits London and it seems that London gets the greatest number of visitors from people who live in Ontario. The second highest number of visitors are from Canada. This tells me that they have data plans - so the videos can be downloaded as they wish to use them.

The STREAMED version is already available on iPhones and today I am converting it to iPad. It will be ready by early next week. The regular Heart of London version is still available at Apple and Google.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.heyrogers.HeartofLondonStreamed&hl=en

12/03/2016

09/03/2016

We are delighted to announce that the Heart of London app was recognised for the first ever Ontario’s Southwest Innovation Award for planning and imp

23/02/2016

The Heart of London is currently ranked #3 in Canada Travel apps!

21/02/2016

We are still celebrating the fact that The Heart of London is nominated for the Southwestern Ontario Provincial Innovation Award.Therefore, we are placing the app on sale until the award ceremony (March 9) so those of you who have been following the progress of this app since we started to work on it in July, may pick it up at a reduced price before the publicity really starts. This is also the cheapest price for giving the app as a gift. Thanks to everyone who has already purchased it and to those of you who purchase it while it is on sale. Thanks also to those who have posted reviews in the App Stores.

17/02/2016

We are so excited! The Heart of London app is one of three finalists for the first ever Ontario's Southwest Innovation Award which recognizes innovative tourism businesses and organizations. The winner will be announced on March 9, 2016 in Chatham at a conference attended by provincial and municipal leaders, tourism sector professionals and Doug Rogers, Karen Huiberts and Deb Rogers! You can't even imagine how big the smile is on my face right now!

21/01/2016

The Rack Cards have been ordered and will be here by the end of the month. They will be available at Tourism London, The Tourist Information centres and local hotels. Watch for them!

16/01/2016

Hi folks! The Heart of London App is now released for Android tablets and phones! This means it is available in both the Apple and Google Play App Stores! To find it in the Google store put quotation marks around it so it looks like this: "heart of london" If you don't put the quotes you will get thousands of apps showing up. With the quotes it will be about the 6th one down. The download is much quicker on Android devices but wait for it to extract itself and sit for a minute before you open it. Karen, Doug and I had a talk today and our next app is now underway. I'll start the script next week and filming will start in the spring! (But I am not telling you what it is yet! *S*)

13/01/2016

Tourism London has approved the posting of the app on The Tourism London web site and they seem to be reasonably excited about it. It is posted under Things to Do, Family & Fun, Parks and Nature. What do you think?
The site is: http://www.londontourism.ca/Things-To-Do/Parks-and-Nature/Heart-Of-London

12/01/2016

This chart shows all the downloads so far in January 2016. It includes the Rome Walkabout apps, which I haven't posted about recently, but they are still circulating throughout the world. https://itunes.apple.com/app-bundle/id983080688
Slow but sure growth....

12/01/2016

Good morning, I have just gone through my friends list and asked everyone in the list to "like" this page. Apparently if I have more "likes" I can see other statistics provided by Facebook. ~so I am "using" you so I can see what is going on! *S* ~ I hope you don't mind~

10/01/2016

Hour by hour the tiny green dotted line shows the overall ranking position of Canadian Travel Apps. From 12 to 2 pm today The Heart of London was in 2nd place. It has now dropped to 5th position, which is still extremely good (in my opinion)! The grey dotted line shows that the other apps are making more money than the Heart of London. The prices in this chart are for some reason shown in American dollars.

10/01/2016

Other folks have been asking if I have a favourite video. Well... all the videos are my favourites but my two main favourites are Number 6, London's First Hanging and Number 25 Blackfriars Bridge. I am curious to know your favourites from those who have purchased the app. Feel free to post your favourites on this site.

10/01/2016

The Heart of London app is currently only available for Apple mobile devices and can be purchased at:
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/the-heart-of-london/id1042101899?ls=1&mt=8%E2%80%8B

The Android version is almost complete. I am having a couple of technical difficulties; the main problem being that when you open the Index page all 30 videos play automatically upon page load - and they are not supposed to! Once I have that worked out, it will be posted in the Google Store. It sounds like a simple thing to fix, but so far I have not overcome the problem.

I am also exploring the possibilities of Kindle devices.

10/01/2016

Folks have been asking about the videos included in the app. My brother, Doug Rogers, and I shot most of the videos the week of August 2 through 7, 2015. We worked early in the day to try to reduce the ambient sounds and we enjoyed the morning cooler air. We had great weather for filming and it was a delight to be beside the river for great lengths of time. The river, ducks, cyclists, and pedestrians all managed to avoid our equipment, however the Blackburn fountain didn't! We had one tourist from Ohio who followed us a bit to hear the stories, and that was fun. In video 15, just after I introduce Peter McGregor, you can see that I glance up to her as I wasn't sure who was following me down the steps to the river. It was in that video that Doug and I got soaked because a big gust of wind came up from the west which caused the spray from the fountain to reach the east side of the river. We had to wipe down the camera lens and climb back up the steps to film the Applegarth portion of that video. While filming in Harris Park, a number of people came over to chat with us, including a young family who had just moved to London and were eager to find out about their new city. That was a fun conversation. All the time we were filming it was fun to watch and notice the number of people enjoying the paths, benches and view along the river. There were joggers, walkers, day dreamers, good friends lounging and laughing, business people taking a break and cyclists. The river and it's surrounding area certainly is enjoyed by the people of London.

10/01/2016

10/01/2016

On January 8, 2016 the app achieved Number 4 position in the Apple App store Travel Section.

10/01/2016

The map page is the key to the whole tour. Follow the route and tap a button to watch a video about the location.

10/01/2016

The Heart of London App is available for purchase in the Apple Store.

Enjoy this fun and delightful historical tour of London Ontario, while relaxing at home or while strolling along the riverside at the forks of the Thames River in the Heart of London, Ontario, Canada.

Deb Rogers is your personal tour-guide providing over 90 minutes of video and great stories about London and some of the characters who contributed to its success and colourful history. Deb not only provides you with historical details but also personal and humourous comments.

It is a large app because all 30 videos are included, which means you will download the app once and have the content with you at all times - so there is no need to reuse your data to stream the videos each time you want to watch them. Check your space on your device before you download, you will need 1.48 Gigabytes available. It's worth the download, so if you don't have room to install The Heart of London app delete some of those apps that you are not using anymore. Remember that you can re-download apps once you have purchased them without paying for them again.

Have fun while you watch videos about Eldon House, Museum London, Thomas Talbot, The Battle of the Atlantic, Middlesex County Building, Labatt Park, Blackfriars Bridge and of course, London's first hanging!

Find out why London is called "The Forest City!"

Bonus Song Included: The Forks of the Thames, to listen to as you walk from Labatt Park to Blackfriars Bridge!

Use this app while you walk your daily route along the river, or when you bring guests into London and want to show them around. Teachers use this app in your classroom to supplement your local history lessons. Connect your iPad to your whiteboard and take your students for a mostly pre-confederation tour. Tourism London use this app for promoting the city! It's fun!