The second practical session of The Field is labelled space-based navigation which relates more closely with the concept of locative media. In particular this part of the project dealt with GPS tracking through the use of GPS devices. By tracing your movement with a GPS device you are able to draw images onto the landscape, almost mimicking a virtual graffiti. The task was to create an image using a GPS track within the space around the university such as the GPS drawings created by others around the globe. After looking at a number of examples such as that shown right I decided that I liked the idea of being able write text onto the landscape and so began to design my own drawing. The image that I was to create had to be possible within the paths around the university and so I chose to use a map of the university to define my image. I also felt that my image should relate to the task at hand as this would make the drawing I made more relevant. The drawing I created shows the word GPS drawn out with the pencil following and is as follows:
The only trouble with the actual track that I made was that the GPS device drew the track as a series of points rather than a line and so I had to overlay a line on the image to make the image more readable. Apart from this the track that I made was quite successful and included a detailed navigation of the space available. For more information about creating this track view the following posts:
This space-based navigation developed the previous elements of the Field by introducing the concept of using and manipulating hertzian space in order to create images that only exist in a virtual environment.
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