MySoundscape is a STEM project whose purpose is to engage pre-university students as citizen scientists to measure and create sound maps of parks and other natural sites in their communities.

Goals include:

 i) to help the students  better understand the characteristics of audio signals through the use of digital signal processing tools, and to use these tools for environmental monitoring,
ii) to foster a sensory knowledge of their environment,
iii) to participate in a larger project to sound-map local neighborhoods of geographically diverse locations,
iv) to make MySoundscape maps available to the community so that all can gain an enhanced audio experience their local parks. 

To ensure that the program is sustainable for many years, we have endeavored to use freeware where it serves the needs of our program. For audio measurement, we use Sonic Tools SVM on the iPhone and Spectroid on Android, both freeware apps. For mapping, we use OpenStreetMaps, an open software package. For easy data collection of measurements at park sites, we use an online forms app which is free for low usage. We currently use Google Sites to host mysoundscape.org.