Audio Layer Added To Google Earth AND Google Maps
Wild Sanctuary has added the audio layer for Google Earth that was promised a month ago, and you can get it right over here. Not only that, but the layer is available for Google Maps as well! The sounds play in Google Maps via the embedded Google Video player, and you can use it here.
Ionut Alex embedded the map in his blog, which was very cool, so I had to do it myself:
If you don’t like soothing nature noises, then ladies and gents, I present the sounds of New York City.
Very cool mix of sounds, although the absence of cars and annoying noises detracts from the realism. I guess they are only modeling natural sounds, from the land and the animals/people.
Is this useful? For educational use, certainly. For fun? Maybe, too. And the nature sounds, if you can set them […]
Original post by Nathan Weinberg