Kurt is alive, people. Or at least his spirit is with AWorldofNirvana.com, a Google Maps and YouTube mashup dedicated to celebrating the beloved 90’s grunge band’s every move. Site visitors select a year, ranging from 1987 to 1994. With each selected year, they are provided with a Google map and an accompanying text list of the concerts played that year. If there is any video footage from that concert, it can be viewed as well, as powered by YouTube. This website is still in its beta phase, hence there may still be mistakes and glitches. However, Nirvana fans are encouraged to not only correct these mistakes, but also contribute their own thoughts and information to the site.
“This website is a Google Maps and YouTube mashup. It shows Nirvana's live concerts on a Google map by year, when you click on a concert, the website dynamically pulls videos of that concert from YouTube and shows the first one in the info window. You can play the video in the info window or you can click the [+] icon on the upper right corner to maximize the info window which will show all videos of that concert. Click the thumbnail image and it will take you to the page that plays this video, which also provides the download URL for that video. You can also search for videos directly by keywords, please note that the search engine of this site only provide Nirvana related results, so you don't need to add Nirvana to your search words and searching of other videos might give irrelevant results.”
Dedicated Nirvana fans everywhere will undoubtedly be interested in this site. Although it still needs development, it’s off to a great start. With some tweaking and possible fan contribution, this site has potential to make even Axl Rose have a peek.
What other classic bands may fans want to see a site like AWorldofNirvana.com for? What additional media could be added to enhance the selected years? How can the visuals of the site be enhanced?
Visit website:
http://www.aworldofnirvana.com
