A world sound pollution overlay would cover virtually the whole globe,
now. I was at the new
Google Earth 5.0 launch, yesterday, and it's pretty impressive. Now,
all they need is to add the voice of
the planet (urban, rural, wild natural) and it'll be
complete...particularly if they do it from an historical perspective
(what things sounded like before human or other causes and what they
sounded like after). We've gone some distance in putting
together a version of what it might look like if/when they choose to
go "native." Examples can be found at:
http://earth.wildsanctuary.com
Bernie Krause
On Feb 3, 2009, at 5:50 AM, picnet2 wrote:
> A world sound pollution map overlay for google earth would be very
> welcome in this regard,
> mind you I would hope thats not a magnet for an invasion of sound
> recordists.
>
> I remember Ramsey Island to be a quiet place, if the sea & wild life
> is taken as natural
> background radiation that is :)
>
> Ramsey Island in Near Infra-Red http://ohidunno.com/gal/pictures/img_3791p.jpg
>
> BR,
> Mike
> Current plagued with construction site noise, barking dogs, and
> traffic lights that beep.
>
>
>
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