Subject: Using sound with a GIS From: Nick Bearman <nb92@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:40:30 -0400 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Hello to everyone on the list, I'm interested in how sound (in conjunction with vision) can be used to show data in a GIS (Geographical Information System). A GIS is basically a computer based map, which allows users to view, edit and analysis geographical data. Google Earth is an example of a very basic GIS, which just allows you to view data. (Apologies if I'm preaching to the converted, but I wanted to make sure people know what I'm talking about!) Specifically I'm looking for references which look at this use of sound. I have some already (see below) and would be very grateful if people could post any others they may have. MacVeigh, R. & Jacobson, R. D. (2007) Increasing the dimensionality of a Geographic Information System (GIS) Using Auditory Display. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Auditory Display. Montréal, Canada, 26-29 June 2007. Lodha, S. K., Wilson, C. M. & Sheehan, R. E. (1996) LISTEN: sounding uncertainty visualization, IEEE Visualization, Proceedings of the 7th conference on Visualization '96, San Francisco, California, United States. Gluck, M. (2000) The Use of Sound for Data Exploration. Bulletin of The American Society for Information Science, 26(5):26-28. Many Thanks, Nick. -- Nick Bearman University of Leicester nb92@xxxxxxxx nick.bearman@xxxxxxxx