You might think I’m referring to the 31 cities that have now been VoiceMapped, or to all of our many new routes, but I’m being more literal, writes Iain Manley.
“You see, this week Up Cycles published the first VoiceMap that requires two wheels. ”
Cycling the Seaboard
You start your ride in the hustle and bustle of the V&A Waterfront and escape onto the tranquil and scenic Sea Point Promenade. Let the sea breeze fill your lungs, as you cycle along the Atlantic Seaboard, while VoiceMap tells you all.
“The route is safe and mainly flat, and is suitable for riders of every fitness level. Along the way you will pass the landmarks, architecture, people and everyday moments that mark life on the Atlantic Seaboard.
This is a minor semantic problem for me. When I explain this new medium, I struggle to find the perfect phrase. A tour is for tourists, or at least it sounds that way, but everybody walks. And because VoiceMap is for stories, and stories are for everybody, ‘immersive audio walk’ is what I end up reaching for most of the time.
But change comes to startups quickly, and it seems like we might be outgrowing the phrase.
Along with our new bike ride, we have a cruise down Bangkok’s royal river, and a rocketship ride (in your car) in Cape Town. Keep an eye out for an upcoming series of drives in San Francisco, an art trail on a public bus, a hiking route in Seoul, and maybe even a skateboarding VoiceMap or two.
We’re thrilled to see all of this popping up on our platform. Every startup hopes for a community that will take your idea and run with it, and we can’t wait to see what else is in store for this new way of telling the stories that are most important to you.
Happy mapping!” concludes Iain.
The next group walk
If you’re in Cape Town, join VoiceMap at 2pm this Saturday 4 July for a walk through quaint and quirky Harfield Village, with its proudly preserved sense of community.
Today, it’s a village of daytime pram pushers, but in the 1940s and 50s, the sounds of jive, kwela, quickstep and waltz were heard in Harfield on Sunday afternoons.
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