The geographical sound map: Examples

Here are a few examples of type 4 sound maps: the geographical sound map.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specialreports/saveoursounds/index.shtml

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Help to create a snapshot of the world in sound!

We’re really excited about Save Our Sounds, but we need your help to create an audio map of the world. We’re especially keen to preserve endangered sounds for future generations.

You can get involved by sending us sounds from where you live, and then listen your way around the world with our interactive map.

Please upload your sounds onto our map.

Find out more about Save Our Sounds and follow our recording tips in order to collect the best quality sound.

So get recording and take us all on a journey through sound!'

This map is virtual and the sounds are not connected to eachother. They are uploaded by members of the public.

Below is another type of map

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/interactive/2010/apr/26/caledonian-road-sound-map

There is an actual journey that it is taking you along, and you can either access the virtual version, or print out the map and listen to the MP3. This method is interesting as the two different interactions provide a completely different experience with essentially the same content.

'Sound map: the Caledonian Road

Award winning broadcaster and oral historian Alan Dein walks us down the Caledonian Road, telling the story of the north London street through the voices of the people who live and work on it.

Download our mp3 audio guide and PDF map to play as you walk down "the Cally" or use the interactive map below'

http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/

This sound map is available with different sounds during the day and the night. You click on a grid square to hear the relative sounds.

'Recordings of background atmospheres and incidental noises from all over London. Many form part of a sound grid series recorded at evenly-spaced points across the city, each marking the centre of a square on the map below.'

Out of all of these sound maps i prefer the sounds from the caledonian sound map and the way that different types of recieving the map have been considered and designed for.