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Newspaper Map

Posted by John Dalziel on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, In : Newspapers

Newspaper Map...

is a website for locating and reading newspapers from locations all around the world;

claims to have geolocated more than 10,000 newspapers.

To find a newspaper users can...

browse the map;
click on any placemark to open further information and access to a link which takes them to a site to read the newspaper;

locate newspapers by using the search boxes
- by title; or
- location.

Along with links to newspapers, Newspapers Map also pro...

Soundcities

Posted by John Dalziel on Monday, December 6, 2010, In : Audio

Soundcities claims to be the first online open source database of city sounds and soundmaps from around the world, using both "found sounds" and "field recording".

These sounds can be...

listened to;
used in presentations on laptops; or
played on mobiles via wireless networks.

Users can, because of the sound art project by UK artist Stanza,...

contribute their own found sounds onto the various soundmaps; or
create their own soundmap; or
remix the hundreds of samples rec...

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John Dalziel

Liverpool Uk

I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.