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GPS Workshops

_SCHOOLS
ISAMBARD LOGO
INIVA ST PAUL'S
CORBY BIG DRAW
NESTA'S IGNITE
20 KINDS OF DRAWING
MAPPING MONTEM

_UNIVERSITIES
UT AUSTIN & PORTO
HUDDERSFIELD
PORTSMOUTH

_MUSUEMS
OXFORDSHIRE

_GALLERIES
GEOGRAFFITI
BASEL ON BASEL
OXFORD ON OXFORD
LANDFORM UEDA
THE BIG DRAW

GPS drawing is an effective educational tool. It involves a range of engaging creative and geographical processes.

* Cross-curricular education: Art, Geography, and Science
* Challenges spatial awareness and navigational skills
* Projects tailored to your ideas and location

Drawing with a GPS receiver challenges perceptions of scale and orientation by traveling as a geodetic pencil. Activities include the scaling up of prepared sketches by over 1000 times, or mapping of the features and furniture of an open area.

With possibilities from hopping along in the shape of a rabbit to methodically marching along letters of the alphabet, it is accessible to children and adults. More advanced workshops can involve guided walks, virtual mazes, and mapping places, landforms, and ring roads.

Enquiries:

GPS drawing workshops are conducted by Jeremy Wood.

TYPICAL WORKSHOP STRUCTURE
STAGE 1 PLANNING
A basic workshop usually starts with an introduction to GPS technology and how it can be used to draw with. Once deciding what to draw and how to draw it, we sketch our shapes or words on a piece of paper using single lines. The sketches are annotated and transformed into maps that will be used to guide us along the route of our drawings. With GPS you can draw as big as the available space.

STAGE 2 GPS DRAWING
Each session can cater for up to 12 participants, with each sharing one receiver between two. First we familiarize ourselves with the GPS receivers in an open space such as a playing field or park. On the screen of the GPS receiver it shows your current position and a trail of where you have been, this helps to judge where to go next. The journey is automatically recorded by the GPS receiver as a series of positions.

After doodling for a bit we should allow at least one hour for students to compile their GPS drawings. These sessions can be based on creating individual designs or by making collaborative compositions from combined efforts.

It is also possible to create GPS maps of places by tracing the features and furniture of a particular area. Other opportunities include GPS mazes, games, and making large guided drawings over a local area along roads and footpaths. A series of sessions can take place over a day to suit the type of project and the landscape.

STAGE 3 RESULTS
After each session we upload data from the GPS receivers to a laptop for viewing. The results are shared on the computer and can be printed for distribution. The participants can inspect their drawings and compare their experiences. GPS tracks can also be superimposed over maps or aerial photographs and can be viewed and annotated in Google Earth.

We finish off by discussing our experiences from drawing in such a way and how it might affect the way we travel.

How can we be more creative with our journeys?
What does our personal cartography look like?
What can group or social mapping tell us?

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GPS Workshops
_SCHOOLS ISAMBARD LOGO INIVA ST PAUL'S CORBY BIG DRAW NESTA'S IGNITE 20 KINDS OF DRAWING MAPPING MONTEM _UNIVERSITIES UT AUSTIN & PORTO HUDDERSFIELD PORTSMOUTH _MUSUEMS OXFORDSHIRE _GALLERIES GEOGRAFFITI BASEL ON BASEL OXFORD ON OXFORD LANDFORM UEDA THE BIG DRAW		GPS drawing is an effective educational tool. It involves a range of engaging creative and geographical processes. * Cross-curricular education: Art, Geography, and Science * Challenges spatial awareness and navigational skills * Projects tailored to your ideas and location Drawing with a GPS receiver challenges perceptions of scale and orientation by traveling as a geodetic pencil. Activities include the scaling up of prepared sketches by over 1000 times, or mapping of the features and furniture of an open area. With possibilities from hopping along in the shape of a rabbit to methodically marching along letters of the alphabet, it is accessible to children and adults. More advanced workshops can involve guided walks, virtual mazes, and mapping places, landforms, and ring roads. Enquiries: GPS drawing workshops are conducted by Jeremy Wood.
	TYPICAL WORKSHOP STRUCTURE STAGE 1 PLANNING A basic workshop usually starts with an introduction to GPS technology and how it can be used to draw with. Once deciding what to draw and how to draw it, we sketch our shapes or words on a piece of paper using single lines. The sketches are annotated and transformed into maps that will be used to guide us along the route of our drawings. With GPS you can draw as big as the available space. STAGE 2 GPS DRAWING Each session can cater for up to 12 participants, with each sharing one receiver between two. First we familiarize ourselves with the GPS receivers in an open space such as a playing field or park. On the screen of the GPS receiver it shows your current position and a trail of where you have been, this helps to judge where to go next. The journey is automatically recorded by the GPS receiver as a series of positions. After doodling for a bit we should allow at least one hour for students to compile their GPS drawings. These sessions can be based on creating individual designs or by making collaborative compositions from combined efforts. It is also possible to create GPS maps of places by tracing the features and furniture of a particular area. Other opportunities include GPS mazes, games, and making large guided drawings over a local area along roads and footpaths. A series of sessions can take place over a day to suit the type of project and the landscape. STAGE 3 RESULTS After each session we upload data from the GPS receivers to a laptop for viewing. The results are shared on the computer and can be printed for distribution. The participants can inspect their drawings and compare their experiences. GPS tracks can also be superimposed over maps or aerial photographs and can be viewed and annotated in Google Earth. We finish off by discussing our experiences from drawing in such a way and how it might affect the way we travel. How can we be more creative with our journeys? What does our personal cartography look like? What can group or social mapping tell us?