MuralLocator:線上街頭塗鴉藝術網是一個基於發現世界塗鴉藝術作品的網站，通過谷歌地圖來顯示出世界上最多的牆體桌布塗鴉，使用者也可以在這裡提交你所發現的街頭塗鴉地點，讓更多的愛好者去欣賞。

塗鴉作為街舞文化(HipHop)裡很重要的一個元素，一直是較為靜態，遊走在法律與藝術之間，但誰都不能就此否認它們的存在價值，因為塗鴉的起源本是如此。塗鴉的非法性，在於它所選擇的地理位置，而非它的內涵、或者作畫的形式。塗鴉被街舞文化文化所吸納，成為其中重要的藝術象徵，也許正來自它的反叛宣示。

塗鴉的作者以噴漆瓶作為渲染情緒的畫筆，表達自己對現今社會的看法和立場，以及對未來社會的憧憬和嚮往。MuralLocator就是把這些嚮往彙集在一起，從地圖上標註出來，這樣有助於塗鴉藝術的發展和展示每個城市的魅力。

The guys at Mural Locator site themselves as specialists in the geo-locating and archiving of murals found within the public realm. Their great database of murals and locations apparently uses ‘strategic customised mapping and archiving technology’ that helps the individual in their quest to find and discover murals all over the world. A great prospect for those of us who want to spend time researching and finding unique works of art in slightly more avant garde places.

Another great side to Mural Locator is the way it uses social media to build relationships within the mural arts community, helping to promote events, the murals themselves, artists and organisations.

Generally speaking Mural Locator is a simple site to use and navigate. The various sections on offer including ‘News’, ‘Murals’ and ‘Events’, are self-explanatory, which obviously makes for a good user experience. However, I do feel the sections are organised in such a way that the user won’t get the smoothest of journeys at the first point of call; the homepage. There just seems to be too many sections to choose from. A simple date ordered blog based homepage, listing all new postings as they appear would be more effective in my opinion.

I find the most interesting and useful page on offer is the ‘Mural Map’ page. Via Google maps, it shows a world map with pins representing all the locations of murals that have been entered onto the site. This is s great inclusion, especially for people planning to travel, who hope to seek out some of the beautiful and thought provoking murals from the site. It also gives one the option to add a new mural via a simple data capture.