[accessibleimage] Re: GPS drawing was Re: what about?

If you take GPS points on a snail trail, smooth them, take remaining
segments and try to match end points to real map data, get the end points of
map segments for cross streets and such and then convert to vectors with
text you should do fine. 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:accessibleimage-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lisa Yayla
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 5:49 AM
To: accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [accessibleimage] GPS drawing was Re: what about?

Hi Robert,
I'm not familiar with Sendero GPS system just an admirer but from other 
GPS  believe that one can make maps from waypoints.
There is a very interesting type of art, concept called GPS Drawing and 
have always thought that it might be an interesting concept for visually 
impaired artists. It is a bit untraditional but for some can perhaps be 
of interesting.  What it is  

"GPS receivers can automatically record where you have been as a digital 
dot-to-dot trail. The drawings are written with a GPS receiver along a 
journey. They are created by treating travel like a geodetic pencil or a 
cartographic crayon."

The result of the drawing can be sort of seen as like a big hand in the 
sky writing on the earth. The drawing format is the area one walks or 
drives.Anyway the reason I thought that this might be an art expression 
that might be of interest to the blind is that the result is a line 
drawing could be swelled or embossed out and it uses a tool that many 
blind persons might have and uses it in a little unusual way.

The whole thing sort of reminds one of those large land drawings done 
1000 of years back that one can only see from a distance. The difference 
here is that the drawing is only registered in the GPS, a fleeting 
image, which can be put on paper.

Anyway here is a link to the sight that tells about it

http://www.gpsdrawing.com/

and link to site for making maps with GPS information

http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/

Regards,
Lisa


Robert Jaquiss wrote:
> Hello Lisa:
>
>     In answer to your questions, the users of the Sendero GPS systems 
> can create Waypoints and upload these for sharing. At this time, there 
> is no way a user can print out a map with this data.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert Jaquiss
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Yayla" <fnugg@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 6:59 AM
> Subject: [accessibleimage] what about?
>
>
>> Hi,
>> What about then taking these two mails and combining them in a way? I 
>> mean from Google's map directions one gets a type of line map and 
>> from Rachel Magario map information. Couldn't  visually impaired 
>> persons make their own maps with the aid of a GPS and share them over 
>> the net? I might be talking through my hat since I don't have a GPS 
>> only covet one but from what I have read is that one can plot in ones 
>> own point of interest (POI) and then create a trace file and the 
>> create a map from this. Either swell out or emboss with a Tiger. At 
>> the points of interest one could add the extra information, sound, 
>> smell etc.
>> One could end up with two types of maps, a line (list) map like the 
>> Google direction information except it would have the added 
>> information and a geographical map from the GPS trace file.
>> Or what about a site where local way finding information is on line 
>> sent in from visually impaired? One doesn't need a GPS for this, just 
>> perhaps a note taker to help remember what one notices.
>> Any thoughts?
>> Best,
>> Lisa
>>
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