The Global Positioning System (GPS)has turn the singleofthemost infallible waysfor peopleto navigatefromplacetoplace, interjection namelyto GPS-enabled smartphonesand mobile devices.Butisit unequivocallyso reliable?That’sthequestionaskedby designerand animatorWill Gowlandinhis monumental initial film:“HereBe Dragons.”The movie,which Gowland essentially finishedand published final year—onlyto see renewed seductivenessthis weekafteritwas featuredonthe German tech site Nerdcore—was“the perfectionof the years valueof investigateand interest,”he tellsThe Vergearound email.Whatthe movie illustratesis tangible live streaming GPS interpretationfrom Bedford Square, London,which Gowlandhas takenandrun by the script, convertingitinto pixellated landscape formationsthatjustinand outof genuine footageof Alaska.

“the movieis neverthe same at your convenienceyou watchit.”

Becausethe source GPS interpretationis all the time becoming opposite dependingon opposite variables— seriesof satellitesandtheir accuracy,for e.g.— Gowland’s book takesthenew variablesinto commentevery timeit plays, generatingnew landscapesfor any view.“Sothe movieis neverthe same at your convenienceyou watchit,”heexplains.

Gowlandsaidhe came upwiththeideawhileon the investigate outingto Alaska,afterhe listened Inuit elders expressingtheir terrorabouttheir grandchildrennot meaningfulhowto navigatethe Arctic landscape interjectionto new inhospitable conditions.“I theorythe categorical takeawayfromthe movieandthelargerstoryabout GPSandour faithonit,isthatthisnew digital landscapeof navigationand carry outisjustas erroneousifnot some-morethanthe physical,” Gowland adds.“Think twice subsequent timeyouuseyou’re TOM TOMor iPhonetogetyoutothe shopsand back! Many some-more prior toyouhaveended upin the pool turn the hookthat didn’t exist!”