Now, you would be able to hear the song of haunting whale or singing birds, while searching on Google Earth. Soon Google will add sound effects to its 3-D virtual globe program, Google Earth.
Google Earth allows users to zoom in on any spot on the planet’s surface. Bernie Krause, Director of California-based company, Wild Sanctuary, has been recording sounds from all over the world for last 40 years. His company has developed the software, which will allow those sounds to be embedded into Google Earth.
He has spent last 40 years in collecting more than 35,000 hours of sound recording of more than 15,000 animal noises and sounds from a huge array of habitats, including cities, deserts, mountains and the marine environment.
The Wild Sanctuary sounds would be available when zooming in on specific areas in Google Earth. He is hoping that his project will make Google Earth users m0ore aware of the impact of human activity on the environment.
Bernie Krause, said
Our objective is to bring the world alive. We have all the continents of the world- high mountains and low deserts.
He said that software is ready with 26 sounds for demonstration at a new technology conference in San Jose, California on May 29, 2007.
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Via: Tech Tree
