gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials » portrait http://www.ghacks.net A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:53:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 GPS Drawing ?http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/24/gps-drawing/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/24/gps-drawing/#comments Sat, 24 May 2008 20:29:32 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/?p=4253 Artist Erik Nordenankar had an interesting idea for a self portrait. He would send a GPS device around the world to specified coordinates to draw the largest image the world has ever seen. Well, the largest virtual image the world has ever seen.

The GPS tracking device was put into a briefcase and sent away with the DHL transportation company which flew it around the world using travel instructions given to them by the artist. It took them 55 days to finish the route and deliver the tracking device to the artist who downloaded the date to his computer to create the drawing from it.

The drawing was created in one stroke that passed six continents and 62 countries and a total length of 110664 kilometers.

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The artist created several Youtube videos and published proof of what he did accomplish by posting pictures of the GPS device and the delivery notes as well as two Youtube videos detailing several aspects of the project. What can I say, it’s interesting if you like it or not. Maybe a new art form, GPS art was created. What do you think ?

Update: The web page is not longer available.

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