I’m attending Congress 2010 at Concordia this week. I’ll be providing brief blog updates about the cool things MediaStyle readers might be interested in.

The first is a novel installation on campus created by Max and Julian Stein. They’re two students at Concordia that have created the Montreal Sound Map, an online Google map that anyone can contribute location-based recordings to. You can search sounds based on defining characteristics or area. The online app mixes similar sounds together with images to give an evocative impression of an area in Montreal.

Sound maps aren’t new, but this one is particularly well designed. I also can’t help but think of my interview with OpenFile’s Craig Silverman, in which we talked about location-based news and advertising. I can’t begin to speculate what future media will take advantage of all of this hyper-localizing. Share your thoughts in the comments, and stay tuned for more Congress 2010 updates. -@TravisBoisvenue