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SoundAboutPhilly's Awesome Audible Tours/Google Maps Mash-up

by Willy Volk (RSS feed) on Feb 19th 2007 at 9:27AM

Recently, we told you about the [murmur] project, an audio archive of the stories of Toronto. It turns out that SoundAboutPhilly is undertaking a similar project for the City of Brotherly Love. SoundAboutPhilly's free, customizable sound-seeing tours are told by "real" Philadelphians, and provide an insider's look at the city. Moreover, since it's mashed with Google Maps, the site lets you plan an interesting, detailed trip from wherever you are.

Featuring dozens of audio clips, SoundAboutPhilly lets people browse by subject (History, Unplugged Philadelphia, Flavorhoods, My Philly, Philly Noir, Once Upon A Nation, Vintage Philadelphia) and even lets users create and upload their own tours. For example, I just finished listening to Aaron's Haunted/Eerie Philly tour. (The Mütter Museum sounds creepy!)

SoundAboutPhilly allows you to save your favorite tours (and their associated waypoints), so you can create your own personal audio tour/map of the city. Perfect for that upcoming trip, just download all the portions of your custom Philly trip, print your map, and listen to the tours as you explore. If you go by yourself, just don't get scared when you reach the Edgar Allan Poe house.

Filed under: History, Podcasts, North America, United States

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Caroline Bean Feb 20th 2007 6:38PM

Wow! Glad you came across the site and you like the tours! We just uploaded Vintage Philadelphia, and are working on one about Philly's religious history. Philly is the site of William Penn's "Holy Expiriment!"

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