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A new project from a company named Wild Sanctuary will bring sound to Google Earth. Bernie Krause, head of Wild Sanctuary, has been recording sounds from all over the world for the last forty years and a new piece of software will allow those sounds to be embedded into Google Earth.
The Wild Sanctuary sounds would available when zooming in on specific areas in Google Earth. "Our objective is to bring the world alive," Krause [told the New Scientist][1]. "We have all the continents of the world, high mountains and low deserts."
With over 3500 hours of sounds, ranging from bird calls to the cacophony of melting glaciers, the Wild Sanctuary collection is, according to Krause, the largest library of natural sounds in the world.
Krause hopes his project will make Google Earth users more aware of the impact of human activity on the environment in the years since he began making and collecting the recordings.
Although it won't be available for the initial launch at the Where 2.0 conference later this month, Krause hopes to eventually take advantage of the history of sound be offer options to hear sounds over time. For instance hear the sound of the jungle in the 1970s and then hear sounds from the same location today.
Although Google is not officially involved yet, Krause is reportedly talking with them about including the sounds in the default Google Earth Download.
The Wild Sanctuary software and sounds will be available for download from the Wild Sanctuary site following the Where 2.0 conference on May 29th.
The impatient can get a taste of the sounds by heading over to the [Wild Sanctuary website][2].
[2]: http://www.wildsanctuary.com/ "Wild Sanctuary"
[1]: http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/mg19426035.500-audio-collection-to-enhance-google-earth.html "Audio collection to enhance Google Earth"
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[3]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7305041@N05/432733536/
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