I’m not too sure about this one; is this even possible? Erik Nordenankar created a self-portrait across the entire globe by sending a GPS tracking system through the skies, with a little help from DHL.
How was it done? By using a GPS tracking system with bespoke software that traced its own movements onto a map. This GPS was then sent around the world, in a briefcase, via DHL’s transport systems to create the image.
The briefcase became my pen and the world became my paper
Nordenankar modestly noted. I can imagine something like this takes an immense amount of planning and an unimaginable amount of co-operation with DHL, which is what makes me suspicious. Nonetheless, the video on the world’s biggest drawing website makes it that much more believable.
There’s even a list of all the directions for DHL to make the drawing possible. It’s all pretty amazing. More here: http://biggestdrawingintheworld.com/
Update: This has indeed now been confirmed as a hoax. Erik Nordenankar has been confirmed as a hoaxer after DHL revealed no such partnership took place and Nordenankar’s filming was allowed on the understanding that it would be for a college project on Stockholm warehouses. I still think it’s amazing to have the idea and to execute the hoax so incredibly. Well done Erik Nordenankar, I say.
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