Editing GPS drawing (section)

== Examples and artists ==

In 1999, [[Reid Stowe]] was probably the first artist to employ waypoints on a GPS-verified journey in order to render a large-scale art object.<ref>[https://www.boats.com/reviews/comprehending-reid-stowe-his-various-purposes/ COMPREHENDING REID STOWE: His Various Purposes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030132522/https://www.boats.com/reviews/comprehending-reid-stowe-his-various-purposes/|date=October 30, 2019}}. ''Boats.com'', June 3, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2019.</ref> This work of GPS art, representing a baby sea turtle (1900 miles long and 1400 miles wide, with a perimeter of 5,500 miles), was performed with a two-masted schooner during the Voyage of the Sea Turtle.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=do0moguj-hIC&q=stowe&pg=PT226 The Voyage of the Sea Turtle]. (Reid Stowe). ''Cruising World'', August 2000, p. 44. Retrieved October 29, 2019.</ref><ref>[http://www.reidstoweart.com/bio.html Reid Stowe Art] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128174552/http://reidstoweart.com/bio.html|date=January 28, 2016}}. Retrieved November 2, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-06-mn-44661-story.html Newlyweds to Test Marriage’s Sea Legs on 1,000-Day Voyage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030130751/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-06-mn-44661-story.html|date=October 30, 2019}}. ''Los Angeles Times'', June 6, 1999. Retrieved October 30, 2019.</ref> He made two more large GPS-verified drawings on his [[Reid Stowe#The 1000-day voyage|1000-day voyage]].<ref>[http://nymag.com/news/features/68316/ The Man Who Fell to Shore] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028175710/http://nymag.com/news/features/68316/|date=October 28, 2019}} ''New York Magazine'', September 17, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2019.</ref>

The idea was first implemented on land by artists Hugh Pryor and Jeremy Wood, whose work includes a 13-mile wide fish in [[Oxfordshire]], spiders with legs 21 miles long in [[Port Meadow, Oxford]],<ref name="kimmelman"/> and "the world's biggest "IF'" with a total length is 537&nbsp;km, and the height of the drawing in [[typographic unit]]s is 319,334,400 [[point (typography)|point]]s.<ref name="kimmelman">{{cite news |last1=Kimmelman |first1=Michael |date=December 14, 2003 |title=2003: The 3rd Annual Year in Ideas; GPS Art |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/14/magazine/2003-the-3rd-annual-year-in-ideas-gps-art.html |url-status=live |accessdate=January 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202032649/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/14/magazine/2003-the-3rd-annual-year-in-ideas-gps-art.html |archive-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> Typical computer fonts at standard resolutions are between 8 and 12 points.

The largest text written using a GPS device was "PEACE on Earth (60,794.07km)" in 2015 created by Yassan. This was created by travelling around the entire globe by plane. Yassan also made headlines by proposing to his girlfriend with "Marry Me"<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 17, 2014 |title=Meet the Japanese artist who made the world's largest GPS drawing for his marriage proposal |url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/11/17/meet-the-japanese-artist-who-made-the-worlds-largest-gps-drawing-for-his-marriage-proposal/ |access-date=January 1, 2021 |website=VentureBeat |language=}}</ref> a 7,163.7 km route covering most of Japan.

In 2018 artist Nathan Rae created a #WeLoveManchester piece as part of the commemorations of the [[Manchester Arena bombing|Manchester Arena Bombing]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Helen |date=May 23, 2018 |title=The runner who made a 67-mile Strava heart all around Manchester |work=[[Manchester Evening News]] |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/strava-map-manchester-heart-runner-14694321 |url-status=live |access-date=November 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109024805/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/strava-map-manchester-heart-runner-14694321 |archive-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref>

One of the most prolific GPS artists is the artist known as WallyGPX who, as of October 2018, has created over 500 pieces of GPS art.  He uses pencil and paper to plan the routes around his home city of [[Baltimore]] which he then creates by bicycle.