TY - GEN
T1 - A multimodal approach to mapping soundscapes
AU - Salem, Tawfiq
AU - Zhai, Menghua
AU - Workman, Scott
AU - Jacobs, Nathan
PY - 2018/10/31
Y1 - 2018/10/31
N2 - We explore the problem of mapping soundscapes, that is, predicting the types of sounds that are likely to be heard at a given geographic location. Using a novel dataset, which includes geo-tagged audio and overhead imagery, we develop an approach for constructing an aural atlas, which captures the geospatial distribution of soundscapes. We build on previous work relating sound to ground-level imagery but incorporate overhead imagery to overcome the limitations of sparsely distributed geo-tagged audio. In the end, all that we require to construct an aural atlas is overhead imagery of the region of interest. We show examples of aural atlases at multiple spatial scales, from block-level to country.
AB - We explore the problem of mapping soundscapes, that is, predicting the types of sounds that are likely to be heard at a given geographic location. Using a novel dataset, which includes geo-tagged audio and overhead imagery, we develop an approach for constructing an aural atlas, which captures the geospatial distribution of soundscapes. We build on previous work relating sound to ground-level imagery but incorporate overhead imagery to overcome the limitations of sparsely distributed geo-tagged audio. In the end, all that we require to construct an aural atlas is overhead imagery of the region of interest. We show examples of aural atlases at multiple spatial scales, from block-level to country.
KW - Audio
KW - Mapping
KW - Multimodal
KW - Satellite
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U2 - 10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8517977
DO - 10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8517977
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85063164241
T3 - International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
SP - 3477
EP - 3480
BT - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018 - Proceedings
T2 - 38th Annual IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018
Y2 - 22 July 2018 through 27 July 2018
ER -