Comments on: Biggest Drawing in the World Created Using a GPS Briefcase & DHL http://laughingsquid.com/biggest-drawing-in-the-world-created-using-a-gps-briefcase-dhl/ art, culture and technology from San Francisco and beyond Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:11:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Robin http://laughingsquid.com/biggest-drawing-in-the-world-created-using-a-gps-briefcase-dhl/comment-page-1/#comment-526745 Robin Mon, 26 May 2008 18:49:56 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=5044#comment-526745 Forget the loops -- what about the realities of GPS? A GPS unit needs to be able to "see" the sky to record its position, right? The briefcase didn't look rigged up to accommodate that -- and even if it was, it's still stuck on the inside of a DHL cargo plane, right? Total shenanigans! Forget the loops — what about the realities of GPS? A GPS unit needs to be able to “see” the sky to record its position, right? The briefcase didn’t look rigged up to accommodate that — and even if it was, it’s still stuck on the inside of a DHL cargo plane, right?

Total shenanigans!

]]> By: George Coghill http://laughingsquid.com/biggest-drawing-in-the-world-created-using-a-gps-briefcase-dhl/comment-page-1/#comment-526743 George Coghill Mon, 26 May 2008 17:04:36 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=5044#comment-526743 I have to agree that doing this with just the actual DHL destinations would have been much more impressive. All the loops definitely required some special treatment & cooperation from DHL. Getting the package picked up from the place it was just delivered would have been easy, but finding strangers across the globe to cooperate would have been a challenge. Especially with a briefcase looking like a movie prop bomb, particularly the contents! As it is, it looks like he just got DHL to carry him and his briefcase all around to arbitrary points on the globe, some of which were close to standard travel paths. Still impressive, but seeing him work within the consumer constraints of the DHL delivery system would have been more so. I have to agree that doing this with just the actual DHL destinations would have been much more impressive. All the loops definitely required some special treatment & cooperation from DHL. Getting the package picked up from the place it was just delivered would have been easy, but finding strangers across the globe to cooperate would have been a challenge. Especially with a briefcase looking like a movie prop bomb, particularly the contents!

As it is, it looks like he just got DHL to carry him and his briefcase all around to arbitrary points on the globe, some of which were close to standard travel paths. Still impressive, but seeing him work within the consumer constraints of the DHL delivery system would have been more so.

]]> By: Erik Nordenankar Jr. http://laughingsquid.com/biggest-drawing-in-the-world-created-using-a-gps-briefcase-dhl/comment-page-1/#comment-526739 Erik Nordenankar Jr. Mon, 26 May 2008 09:35:00 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=5044#comment-526739 i did the same thing! check it out: http://i29.tinypic.com/sputc7.jpg i did the same thing!

check it out:
http://i29.tinypic.com/sputc7.jpg

]]> By: toby http://laughingsquid.com/biggest-drawing-in-the-world-created-using-a-gps-briefcase-dhl/comment-page-1/#comment-526733 toby Sun, 25 May 2008 22:53:44 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=5044#comment-526733 i call fake too, those loops are just not sitting very well with me. great idea, but sadly leaves a bit of a bitter aftertaste i call fake too, those loops are just not sitting very well with me.

great idea, but sadly leaves a bit of a bitter aftertaste

]]> By: Deb on the Rocks http://laughingsquid.com/biggest-drawing-in-the-world-created-using-a-gps-briefcase-dhl/comment-page-1/#comment-526731 Deb on the Rocks Sun, 25 May 2008 22:25:56 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=5044#comment-526731 Insanely cool. Too much math for me to master, though. Insanely cool. Too much math for me to master, though.

]]> By: James Lamb http://laughingsquid.com/biggest-drawing-in-the-world-created-using-a-gps-briefcase-dhl/comment-page-1/#comment-526730 James Lamb Sun, 25 May 2008 22:13:54 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=5044#comment-526730 The drawing displayed may not be the actual track, but his original drawing for tracking directions? If you look at the shipping directions, he's played quite loosely with directions -- numerous points are not cities, towns, or islands; only latitude and longitude coordinates. Will DHL actually drop a package off for you at coordinates in the middle of the ocean, off any main route? If they weren't sponsoring it for advertising purposes, they certainly wouldn't fly a loop over the ocean for you, unless, of course, you paid private jet charter prices. Well, he's got his 5 minutes of fame (and maybe some additional sales, and definitely DHL sponsorship), but it would have had a little more integrity if he had done something only using real DHL destinations. The drawing displayed may not be the actual track, but his original drawing for tracking directions? If you look at the shipping directions, he’s played quite loosely with directions — numerous points are not cities, towns, or islands; only latitude and longitude coordinates. Will DHL actually drop a package off for you at coordinates in the middle of the ocean, off any main route?

If they weren’t sponsoring it for advertising purposes, they certainly wouldn’t fly a loop over the ocean for you, unless, of course, you paid private jet charter prices.

Well, he’s got his 5 minutes of fame (and maybe some additional sales, and definitely DHL sponsorship), but it would have had a little more integrity if he had done something only using real DHL destinations.

]]> By: groovehouse http://laughingsquid.com/biggest-drawing-in-the-world-created-using-a-gps-briefcase-dhl/comment-page-1/#comment-526729 groovehouse Sun, 25 May 2008 22:01:24 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=5044#comment-526729 I call shenanigans. What plane flies in loops like the ones that "drew" the hair on this self portrait? I call shenanigans. What plane flies in loops like the ones that “drew” the hair on this self portrait?

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