GPS Drawing Hill
GPSograph_
Shockwave Viewer
Location: Blewbury Hill Fort, Oxfordshire,
England
Date: 05/04/02
Track Length: 4.8 km
Method: Foot
Credits: Hugh Pryor
Comments: "I wanted to make a 3-d map of the hill
fort. So I started walking around in random squiggle shape hoping to capture
a data cloud for a terrain model. And then all the batteries ran out in my GPS
receiver. So I replaced them with some expensive copper-topped batteries. Let's
start again, this time on full power. I belted around the perimeter of the field
to assess the area of the canvas and figured that I could fit the words "GPS
DRAWING" in the area. So after 3 hrs 7 mins and having carefully negotiated
a herd of cows and billions of rabbit holes, I had written "GPS DRAWIN".
Hmm... I never left enough room for the "G" at the end. So I waited
until after sunset and sneaked in to the freshly planted wheat field and slightly
trespassed out the final letter."
Cardboard model, rollover image for ultraviolet lighting.