another thing that might be really cool would be to have a time of day and GPS location feed, so then you'd know exactly where and when it was recorded - this might be useful for conservation projects...
On 6 October 2013 16:08, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Very interesting idea Eric. There are also sorts of insects, birds etc > that navigate by the Earths magnetic field, the moon (thats why moths > fly round a candle etc) . To navigate by a sound though it would have > to be a "fixed point" or a sound that stayed in the same place pretty > consistently for anything to navigate by - animals, insects and birds > move around a lot so it would be difficult to use them help with > navigation. In the article above it shows theres some evidence birds > may use very low frequencies to help with navigation which are more > likely to be in the same place (tectonic plates rumbling etc) . > I am researching how plants respond to sound - and it is the opinion > of one biologist I worth with that hypothetically "the angle of > incidence" or direction a sound comes form might affect physiological > responses in plants - response so it is possible that direction > plays a role there too - though this would not be related to the > magnetic poles - just local sounds. There might be some relationship > between light and sound direction though - ie when the sun is setting > a certain bird might fly east or north etc etc > > On 06/10/2013, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > > http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2013/01/sound-maps-may-help-pigeons-navigate > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> The usefulness may not be obvious. One application would be > >>> forensics. If someone is trying to determine direction of a sound > >>> source after post processing, this could be useful. But my initial > >>> thoughts were a bit loftier, as I will explain... > >> > >> it's convincing enough that i will bring a compass to my next IR > > recordings to document direction and GPS lat/lon. > >> thanks for this idea :) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Jörn Nettingsmeier > >> Lortzingstr. 11, 45128 Essen, Tel. +49 177 7937487 > >> > >> Meister für Veranstaltungstechnik (Bühne/Studio) > >> Tonmeister VDT > >> > >> http://stackingdwarves.net > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Sursound mailing list > >> Sursound@music.vt.edu > >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > >> > > > > -- > > 07580951119 > > > > augustine.leudar.com > > > > > -- > 07580951119 > > augustine.leudar.com > -- 07580951119 augustine.leudar.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20131006/2cb89100/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
