An interactive worldwide map of place-name pronunciations.
To begin using the map, close this popup by clicking on the arrow above. On the map, you can zoom in, zoom out, and pan using your mouse (on desktop) or fingers (on mobile or tablet). Clicking on a numbered cluster marker also will zoom in to the map.
To access the audio for a particular place, click on the red map markers and then on the play button.
Some places on the map may not have pronunciations yet. You can contribute to the completion of the map by submitting a missing pronunciation on the website Forvo.com.
Read more about the project on GitHub.
Populated places point data from Natural Earth.
Custom basemaps created in Mapbox Studio.
Place-name pronunciations from Forvo.
Fonts from Google Fonts.
Icons from The Noun Project and Material Design.
Colors by Steven Scott via ColorSupplyyy, where I spent hours playing with their fun color picking tool!
Special thanks to Louis Fitzmorris, Rich Donohue, the New Maps Plus Slack channel, my cousin Asher for inspiring the project, and my supportive, honest-feedback-providing wife Sarah.
Master's Degree project by Michael McNeil for New Maps Plus at the University of Kentucky.
Publication Date: 2019-06-13
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