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41 | Notation system and code to visualise sound
Periodically Repeated Impulsive Travelling sound sources Continuous
Nature Leisure Human Machinery Warning Silence
Using shapes and colours, users can map different areas of cities: the application in fact works together with a map provider (like Google Map or Open Street map), that will bring up the exact geographical position, which the user wishes to map. After selecting the location and the specific area, users will be able to design their map and submit it. The entire world can be mapped this way between zoom levels 1 and 5. Zoom level one shows the entire map of the world, while at zoom level five neighbourhood details are shown. Users not only can contribute to the world mapping, but they can also browse through the cities sound maps, to get information about the sonic environment of cities and specific neighbourhoods, so that they
can visualise the noisiest or the quietest areas. Users that could benefit from this could be architects and urban planners. Also, the map by highlighting the aural quality of everyday streets, gives the users valuable information, before making a large financial commitment in real estate: the environmental noise originating from freeways, traffic, bars and restaurants seems to be one of the most common complaints of residents, and one the most important factors when deciding on where to live. The application contains several parameters (sound, hour of the day, location and emotion), that enable the user to filter data. The selection of different search criteria will change the sound pattern displayed on the map. In this way, users