The Daily Telegraph: UK academics are calling on members of the public to use their mobile phones to record their local soundscape and send them the results.
It is hoped that the clips will then make up a detailed acoustic map of the noise environment around the country and help offset the growing menace of noise pollution.
The project—which will make the raw acoustic data available on the web—aims to get a better idea of why some sounds add to the atmosphere of a place and others detract and cause annoyance.
raw acoustic data [will be] available on the web
I really like this idea. Acoustical consultants very often could do more, if only the relevant data were available. Now we just need to figure out what one can do with these data!