Do You Want Sound In Google Earth?

California-based Wild Sanctuary says it has created software that can add ambient sound to Google Earth. They’ve collected 3,500 hours of sounds from all over the world, and director Bernie Krause has spent 40 years collecting more than 40,000 animal sounds, all of which they plan to present as a plugin for Google Earth at Where 2.0 on May 29 in San Jose as an add-on for Google Earth.
Before I say anything else, the worst quote of the week:
Its director, Bernie Krause said: “A picture tells a thousand words, but a sound tells a thousand pictures.”

Does it?
Anyway, its an amazing collection and undertaking, but do you really want all these sounds assaulting you while you’re using Google Earth? I mean, it’s not like you’re hearing live audio, so is there really an advantage of hearing a traffic jam when looking for directions in Manhattan, or even something cooler […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg