Like a bee doing a waggle dance to signal a field full of pollen, or a cat rubbing up against a fence post to make a scent chart of its territory, GPS artist Michael Wallace maps out a virtual Baltimore during his bike trips around the city.
Using a global positioning system tracking application on his cellphone, the 40-year-old Baltimorean “sketches” elaborate scenes that are superimposed on maps of city streets.
‘hydra-bus!’, 2012
16.02 miles in 2 hours, 43 minutes, 49 seconds
‘terminator’, 2012
6.16 miles in 54 minutes, 45 seconds
‘GPX mythwallogy’, 2012
9.72 miles in 1 hour, 56 minutes, 49 seconds
pagoda!’, 2012
11.43 miles in 1 hour, 52 minutes, 53 seconds
