GSBot
August 16, 2010, 3:30pm
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2010/08/worldsbiggestwritingnew.jpg A lot of people have used map software to trace out messages across the world’s roads, but Nick Newcomen is the first to actually drive the routes and map them with a GPS. Newcomen traveled over 12,000 miles around the US, starting from Texas, to spell out “Read Ayn Rand” across the American landscape. His work is now the biggest piece of GPS writing ever recorded .
Whether or not you like Rand, one of the best-selling (and most controversial) novelists in history, you have to admit that this is a pretty impressive feat of creativity and driving endurance. Anyone could Photoshop the resulting image, but it takes serious dedication to hit the road and map it out. If I were to spell out a message across the entire United States, I wouldn’t pick “Read Ayn Rand,” though. Maybe “Read Download Squad” would fit?
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Re: Man leaves his very large message on the world with GPS “pen”
don’t understand the technology behind how he penned it with the GPS though…
Re: Man leaves his very large message on the world with GPS “pen”
When I retire I’m going to get an RV and go around the country writing stuff across refer globe.
aaho
August 17, 2010, 9:34am
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Re: Man leaves his very large message on the world with GPS “pen”
and what would it be?
Re: Man leaves his very large message on the world with GPS “pen”
That “Aaho is a great mod” ofcourse, what else?
Re: Man leaves his very large message on the world with GPS “pen”
That is so cool.
I might try it.
Re: Man leaves his very large message on the world with GPS “pen”
^how would you do what he did in the article though? what’s this GPS “pen” he used…
Re: Man leaves his very large message on the world with GPS “pen”
How old is he? 4? Look at his writing. What a mess!
Re: Man leaves his very large message on the world with GPS “pen”
Guys, read the first post properly…he didn’t simply write the text on the map, he DROVE the route and mapped it along the way.
Re: Man leaves his very large message on the world with GPS “pen”
^oh really? Wow. Amazing. But why did he do that?
Re: Man leaves his very large message on the world with GPS “pen”
Hareem, aap ko lagta hai roza lag raha hai.
Re: Man leaves his very large message on the world with GPS “pen”
Who is John Galt ?
TLK
August 17, 2010, 5:57pm
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Re: Man leaves his very large message on the world with GPS “pen”
Pretty simple, He opened a picture of world in ‘paint’ and used his mouse to write that word.
Re: Man leaves his very large message on the world with GPS “pen”
I’m not the only one.
TLK
August 17, 2010, 8:51pm
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aaho
August 17, 2010, 10:31pm
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Re: Man leaves his very large message on the world with GPS “pen”
well it need Mars to have such route, to write down that sentence
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