This week's top 10 musical Street View apps, as complied past times Bored Bill.
1. Alan AtKisson - American Troubadour
Straight inwards at lay out i this calendar week is this novel loose from Alan AtKisson 'American Troubadour'. To promote the loose of his novel album AtKission has created a website which uses Google Maps Street View to showcase the locations which inspired the album's songs.
The website starts alongside a Google Map which displays the locations featured inwards each of the album tracks. If you lot select a song's marking from the map you lot tin stance a Street View of the scene that inspired AtKisson to write the song. While you lot explore the scene inwards Street View you lot tin too head to the song.
Click on the downward arrow at the top of the Street View in addition to you lot tin read Atkisson's job concern human relationship of why the scene displayed inwards the Street View is in addition to then of import to him.
2. DJ Tiësto - A Town Called Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Paradise
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Town Called Paradise is a clever Street View based game released to promote the novel album past times Dutch DJ Tiësto.
The game requires you lot to search the Nevada desert on Street View for the embrace fine art of Tiësto's album 'A Town Called Paradise'. The game includes a radar command which shows you lot the management you lot take away to go to honour the embrace art. As you lot wander through the Nevada desert you lot tin head to music from Tiësto's novel album. The music too provides a clue inwards your treasure hunt, as the vocal becomes louder the closer you lot are to your goal.
If you lot grapple to honour the 3 covers hidden inwards Nevada you lot tin larn into a describe to win a trip to New York for 2 in addition to an invite to the Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Town Called Paradise album launch party!
3. P.Morris - 'Debut'
Los Angeles producer P.Morris has released a debut mixtape, truly called 'Debut'. You tin head to the mixtape online at morrismakes.com. The online version of the mixtape combines P.Morris' ambient tunes alongside the interactive imagery of Google Maps Street View.
Each vocal is paired alongside an picture taken from Street View. The Street Views are enhanced using WebKit filters, in addition to then you lot volition in all likelihood take away to purpose the Chrome browser to larn the total visual effect. However you lot exclusively take away to plough upwards your speakers to accomplish the total aural effect.
4. Subfocus - Torus
Subfocus has devised an ingenious means to promote his album 'Torus' past times creating an impressive Street View game. Subfocus - Torus involves next a serious of map related clues to honour thirteen shiny tori hidden to a greater extent than or less the world.
When you lot honour i of the hidden shapes you lot are rewarded non exclusively alongside a neat 3d spinning torus superimposed on a Google Maps Street View of the location but you lot too larn to head to i of the tracks off the album.
Subfocus -Torus is apparently inspired past times (and perhaps developed by) the as amazing Floating Shiny Knot.
5. Arcade Fire's Wilderness Downtown
Arcade Fire's Wilderness Downtown is some other impressive instrumentalist inspired application involving Google Maps in addition to Street View. The application mixes Street View images from to a greater extent than or less your location, music video in addition to reckoner animation inwards multiple animated browser windows.
There is in addition to then much going on inwards Wilderness Downtown that it is a petty difficult to explain. It's far ameliorate to head to in addition to sentinel the application yourself.
6. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
Lykke Li is a Swedish creative mortal whose album Wounded Rhymes was too promoted alongside a neat Street View app. Using the app you lot tin follow Lykke Li's path to places of emotional significance inwards her life alongside Google Maps Street View in addition to Google Earth. On your journeying you lot too larn the run a peril to head to Li's songs.
To honour Lykke Li's path inwards the advertisement you lot take away to follow the directions indicated past times a orbit rose inwards Google Maps Street View. The orbit points inwards the management that you lot stimulate got to go in addition to the distance to go is given inwards metres. When you lot brand it at the specified destination, past times navigating alongside the normal Street View controls, you lot are rewarded alongside the video of a vocal from Lykke Li.
7. Johnny Cash - I've Been Everywhere Man
Johnny Cash Has Been EVERYWHERE (Man)! maps out all the locations mentioned inwards Johnny Cash's version of the Geoff Mack vocal 'I've Been Everywhere'.
The map truly plays the Johnny Cash song, displaying the lyrics in addition to dropping markers on all the 91 locations mentioned inwards the song. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 running total of the lay out of kilometers covered is too displayed. This i doesn't truly purpose Street View but you lot tin drib pegman on the map to stance the Street Views for each of the mapped locations.
8. The Mountain Goats - Going Somewhere
American folk stone ring The Mountain Goats stimulate got written a lay out of songs over the years alongside the words 'Going to ...' inwards the title, alongside a finish completing the song's name.
Going to Somewhere is a fun petty Street View application that volition stimulate got you lot to a random finish based on i of The Mountain Goats 'Going to ...' songs. Just press 'Go' in addition to you lot volition endure transported to a novel destination.
The exclusively affair missing from this app is the actual music. It would endure swell if you lot could truly head to the relevant vocal when each location is shown.
9. Tom Waites
The songs of Tom Waits incorporate many geographical references. Waits' narrative ballads are total of interesting characters living interesting lives inwards atmospheric locations.
Jonas Nordström has scoured the lyrics of all Tom Waits songs in addition to created The Tom Waits Map, a Google Map showing all the locations mentioned inwards the American singer-songwriter's dorsum catalog. Click on a marking on the map in addition to you lot tin honour out which vocal references the selected location in addition to read the relevant lyric.
Again at that topographic point are no Street View links on this map but simply drib pegman on a marking location to come across it inwards Street View.
10. John Mayer - Born in addition to Raised
John Mayer's vocal Born in addition to Raised tin endure listened to on this Google Map.
Shadow Days allows you lot to sentinel an animated Street View moving painting of a journeying across the United States. The geocoder on this map no longer seems to go but you lot tin stance the map inwards activity past times clicking on the link which says 'Take Tim's Journey'.
1. Alan AtKisson - American Troubadour
Straight inwards at lay out i this calendar week is this novel loose from Alan AtKisson 'American Troubadour'. To promote the loose of his novel album AtKission has created a website which uses Google Maps Street View to showcase the locations which inspired the album's songs.
The website starts alongside a Google Map which displays the locations featured inwards each of the album tracks. If you lot select a song's marking from the map you lot tin stance a Street View of the scene that inspired AtKisson to write the song. While you lot explore the scene inwards Street View you lot tin too head to the song.
Click on the downward arrow at the top of the Street View in addition to you lot tin read Atkisson's job concern human relationship of why the scene displayed inwards the Street View is in addition to then of import to him.
2. DJ Tiësto - A Town Called Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Paradise
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Town Called Paradise is a clever Street View based game released to promote the novel album past times Dutch DJ Tiësto.
The game requires you lot to search the Nevada desert on Street View for the embrace fine art of Tiësto's album 'A Town Called Paradise'. The game includes a radar command which shows you lot the management you lot take away to go to honour the embrace art. As you lot wander through the Nevada desert you lot tin head to music from Tiësto's novel album. The music too provides a clue inwards your treasure hunt, as the vocal becomes louder the closer you lot are to your goal.
If you lot grapple to honour the 3 covers hidden inwards Nevada you lot tin larn into a describe to win a trip to New York for 2 in addition to an invite to the Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Town Called Paradise album launch party!
3. P.Morris - 'Debut'
Los Angeles producer P.Morris has released a debut mixtape, truly called 'Debut'. You tin head to the mixtape online at morrismakes.com. The online version of the mixtape combines P.Morris' ambient tunes alongside the interactive imagery of Google Maps Street View.
Each vocal is paired alongside an picture taken from Street View. The Street Views are enhanced using WebKit filters, in addition to then you lot volition in all likelihood take away to purpose the Chrome browser to larn the total visual effect. However you lot exclusively take away to plough upwards your speakers to accomplish the total aural effect.
4. Subfocus - Torus
Subfocus has devised an ingenious means to promote his album 'Torus' past times creating an impressive Street View game. Subfocus - Torus involves next a serious of map related clues to honour thirteen shiny tori hidden to a greater extent than or less the world.
When you lot honour i of the hidden shapes you lot are rewarded non exclusively alongside a neat 3d spinning torus superimposed on a Google Maps Street View of the location but you lot too larn to head to i of the tracks off the album.
Subfocus -Torus is apparently inspired past times (and perhaps developed by) the as amazing Floating Shiny Knot.
5. Arcade Fire's Wilderness Downtown
Arcade Fire's Wilderness Downtown is some other impressive instrumentalist inspired application involving Google Maps in addition to Street View. The application mixes Street View images from to a greater extent than or less your location, music video in addition to reckoner animation inwards multiple animated browser windows.
There is in addition to then much going on inwards Wilderness Downtown that it is a petty difficult to explain. It's far ameliorate to head to in addition to sentinel the application yourself.
6. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
Lykke Li is a Swedish creative mortal whose album Wounded Rhymes was too promoted alongside a neat Street View app. Using the app you lot tin follow Lykke Li's path to places of emotional significance inwards her life alongside Google Maps Street View in addition to Google Earth. On your journeying you lot too larn the run a peril to head to Li's songs.
To honour Lykke Li's path inwards the advertisement you lot take away to follow the directions indicated past times a orbit rose inwards Google Maps Street View. The orbit points inwards the management that you lot stimulate got to go in addition to the distance to go is given inwards metres. When you lot brand it at the specified destination, past times navigating alongside the normal Street View controls, you lot are rewarded alongside the video of a vocal from Lykke Li.
7. Johnny Cash - I've Been Everywhere Man
Johnny Cash Has Been EVERYWHERE (Man)! maps out all the locations mentioned inwards Johnny Cash's version of the Geoff Mack vocal 'I've Been Everywhere'.
The map truly plays the Johnny Cash song, displaying the lyrics in addition to dropping markers on all the 91 locations mentioned inwards the song. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 running total of the lay out of kilometers covered is too displayed. This i doesn't truly purpose Street View but you lot tin drib pegman on the map to stance the Street Views for each of the mapped locations.
8. The Mountain Goats - Going Somewhere
American folk stone ring The Mountain Goats stimulate got written a lay out of songs over the years alongside the words 'Going to ...' inwards the title, alongside a finish completing the song's name.
Going to Somewhere is a fun petty Street View application that volition stimulate got you lot to a random finish based on i of The Mountain Goats 'Going to ...' songs. Just press 'Go' in addition to you lot volition endure transported to a novel destination.
The exclusively affair missing from this app is the actual music. It would endure swell if you lot could truly head to the relevant vocal when each location is shown.
9. Tom Waites
The songs of Tom Waits incorporate many geographical references. Waits' narrative ballads are total of interesting characters living interesting lives inwards atmospheric locations.
Jonas Nordström has scoured the lyrics of all Tom Waits songs in addition to created The Tom Waits Map, a Google Map showing all the locations mentioned inwards the American singer-songwriter's dorsum catalog. Click on a marking on the map in addition to you lot tin honour out which vocal references the selected location in addition to read the relevant lyric.
Again at that topographic point are no Street View links on this map but simply drib pegman on a marking location to come across it inwards Street View.
10. John Mayer - Born in addition to Raised
John Mayer's vocal Born in addition to Raised tin endure listened to on this Google Map.
Shadow Days allows you lot to sentinel an animated Street View moving painting of a journeying across the United States. The geocoder on this map no longer seems to go but you lot tin stance the map inwards activity past times clicking on the link which says 'Take Tim's Journey'.
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