Geo Art

Let’s say, just as an example, that you’ve done a team building exercise at work involving a corn maze and you’ve now got a GPS track that you want to use as a piece of artwork. Trouble is, not many graphics programs can understand a GPS tracking file. The best (and so far only) tool I’ve found so far that will convert tracks into vector artwork is Adam Schneider’s most excellent GPS Visualizer.

It’s basically a three step process. You save your track files from your GPS program, set the parameters in the web form, and then open the resulting SVG file in Illustrator. If Illustrator gives you any problems, try generating the map with no background picture.