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03-24-2016, 05:20 PM
Explore the sounds of New York, London and Barcelona in these gorgeous maps
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Ever wanted to escape the big city hustle and just find a quiet place to sit and rest for a minute?*A new project called Chatty Maps might help you find that ideal spot.*
The project aims to map the most common sounds in cities, turning the results into*beautiful maps (http://goodcitylife.org/chattymaps/index.html)*that tell you what an urban area sounds like.*
SEE ALSO: Surprising map of the Internet shows tiny U.S. and huge mystery island (http://mashable.com/2016/03/10/country-domain-map/)
Created by researchers Luca Maria Aiello, Rossa** Schifanella, Daniele Quercia and Francesco Aletta, the project currently includes maps of New York, London, Boston, Madrid and Barcelona.*
The sounds are divided into five categories: Transport, nature, human, music and building (mechanical), each represented with a different color (red, green, blue, yellow and grey). So if an area is predominantly green, chances are you'll hear birds chirping and water splashing there. A red area, on the other hand, will likely have the **ise of buses and trams drowning out all other sounds.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/new-york-london-sound-maps/)
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Ever wanted to escape the big city hustle and just find a quiet place to sit and rest for a minute?*A new project called Chatty Maps might help you find that ideal spot.*
The project aims to map the most common sounds in cities, turning the results into*beautiful maps (http://goodcitylife.org/chattymaps/index.html)*that tell you what an urban area sounds like.*
SEE ALSO: Surprising map of the Internet shows tiny U.S. and huge mystery island (http://mashable.com/2016/03/10/country-domain-map/)
Created by researchers Luca Maria Aiello, Rossa** Schifanella, Daniele Quercia and Francesco Aletta, the project currently includes maps of New York, London, Boston, Madrid and Barcelona.*
The sounds are divided into five categories: Transport, nature, human, music and building (mechanical), each represented with a different color (red, green, blue, yellow and grey). So if an area is predominantly green, chances are you'll hear birds chirping and water splashing there. A red area, on the other hand, will likely have the **ise of buses and trams drowning out all other sounds.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/new-york-london-sound-maps/)
More about Science (http://mashable.com/category/science/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Madrid (http://mashable.com/category/madrid/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Boston (http://mashable.com/category/boston/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), London (http://mashable.com/category/london/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Barcelona (http://mashable.com/category/barcelona/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/gIIhhQ7puUA