I have been working on a google map - It is a narrative that introduces a character by charting their arrival in LIverpool. The first attempt I received some interesting comments on - particularly about how readers had zoomed into the satelite images - obvious really - and how this recognition of spaces - the whole location based aspect had worked - and so I wanted to make more of this - also some felt that you get a photorealistic image and there is movement which makes the experience quite filmic and so we discussed the use of sound - I found an example of a map with sound - which is great and ideally how I would like to make my map - I really like the simplicity of it - http://www.soundseeker.org/ - but this seems difficult to do - and I don't want to get bogged down in the technology but concentrate on the story - and how to structure it across locations. So far I have used video clips called from youtube - which is simple and straightforward to do - although has drawbacks - I liked the idea of still images but didn't want moving images - so mostly the video is a still image and sound - The images are not right - not really what I want to convey - or right in terms of location - Although I don't want literal images from the locations - more to give texture and atmosphere. I recorded my own voice - which is ok - but I am seeking a young male voice which I think will sound better - so more work to do - but here it is so far -
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=107650386987840170604.00048f8054e4984544be6&ll=53.375252,-2.933816&spn=0.001648,0.004174&t=h&z=18&iwloc=00048f80587ac5e58764e
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