The Global Positioning System (GPS) has become one of the most trustworthy ways for people to navigate from place to place, thanks namely to GPS-enabled smartphones and mobile devices. But is it really so reliable? That's the question asked by architect and animator Will Gowland in his breathtaking experimental film: "Here Be Dragons." The movie, which Gowland actually completed and published last year —only to see renewed interest this week after it was featured on the German tech site Nerdcore— was "the culmination of a years worth of research and interest," he tells The Verge via email. What the film illustrates is actual live streaming GPS data from Bedford Square, London, which Gowland has taken and run through a script,...
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