Interactive Maps of the Accents and Dialects of the UK

Does anyone know of anywhere else with similar properties? I've never come across anywhere with such a huge variation of accents and dialects over a relatively small piece of land, but my experience is limited.

To me (non-American), Americans' differences are far more subtle (and the variations are nowhere near as numerous as in the UK), even when comparing between regions that are far-apart.

It's a shame that Firefox doesn't know what to do with the links to the recordings.

WMA? That's a disappointment.

I'm getting right sick of the British Library being a Microsoft shill.

I've just been reading, again, about their involment in the embarrassment that is the ISO approved OOXML.

It's a shame, really. I was looking forward to this site when I saw the title.

Would be cool to have Australia, New Zealand, South Africa so you can learn to spot the differences