Alternative Mapping: Psychogeography: Home

"Soundcities is an open online database of the thousands of sounds from around the world and you can visits the various cities and create soundmaps."

Publicly generated soundscape of Montreal. Users may listen to and upload new sound clips to an interactive map.

An article with apps and ideas for making a sound map.

A short list of sound map sites.

An interesting array of serious and not-so-serious maps.

Doodling with bike routes and GPS

A Smithsonian article about the Scent Maps of Kate McClean.

Website of sensory cartographer Kate McClean.

An interview with alternative cartographer Dennis Wood.

A link to a This American Life Episode on the subject of sensory mapping.

In psychogeography, a dérive (French: [/de.ʁiv/], "drift") is an unplanned journey through a landscape, usually urban, on which the subtle aesthetic contours of the surrounding architecture and geography subconsciously direct the travelers, with the ultimate goal of encountering an entirely new and authentic experience.

Interesting blog on the subject of psychogeography.

Essay on the practice of Dérive by situationist Guy Dubord.