Hi everyone I met the two artists planning this work last night - it's a project at the MAC (http://www.macarts.co.uk/event/plan-b-a-day-in-the-life). Dan is an occasional contributor to and regular advocate of OpenStreetMap
He has been collecting every journey he makes with a GPS since 2003 and his partner has also been doing this since 2007 - you can see some of the results of this on http://planbperformance.net/dan/mapping.htm and http://planbperformance.net/meandyou.htm Now they are working to bring an awareness of this kind of technology to a wider public and are working with the Fierce Festival and the MAC on 'A Day in the Life - a Walking Map of Birmingham' for which they ask people to drop into the MAC, pick up a GPS and take it around with them for a day. Out of this they plan to make an animation which will be presented at the MAC during the Fierce Festival from 22-27 March. They are also interviewing people about their experiences tracing their journeys in this way, showing them talking about their section of the animation. Already 27 people have loaned GPS loggers from the MAC So I promised them that I'd get local mappers to submit some GPX tracks which represent your daily walking travels ( no buses,bikes or other mechnical means). Lots of traces already covering the city centre so some nice tracks from Perry Barr and Sutton Coldfield please! As many days as you can "! Email gpx tracks to [email protected] letting him know yours is a mappa-mercia contribution. I'm also going to alert the brum social media crowd and try and get some OSM leaflets to the MAC to see if any of the people who are contributing might blossom into mappers Regards Brian
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