This is from the strip Adam@Home, by Brian Basset. A few years ago he discovered the wonders of GPS and Google Earth and since then both have found their way into his strips with some regularity. In truth, GPS has been around since the '80's, though only to the military. After the end of the Cold War the companies that built the military's GPS satellite consellation convinced the Pentagon to allow them to make it commercially available (at first, just to surveyors). Now GPS is rapidly becoming pervasive through a wide array of life activities. GPS and Google Earth have greatly expanded the occurance of geography in an array of pop culture. By the way, Mr. Basset also authors the strip Red and Rover, but I haven't been following that strip.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Adam's home
This is from the strip Adam@Home, by Brian Basset. A few years ago he discovered the wonders of GPS and Google Earth and since then both have found their way into his strips with some regularity. In truth, GPS has been around since the '80's, though only to the military. After the end of the Cold War the companies that built the military's GPS satellite consellation convinced the Pentagon to allow them to make it commercially available (at first, just to surveyors). Now GPS is rapidly becoming pervasive through a wide array of life activities. GPS and Google Earth have greatly expanded the occurance of geography in an array of pop culture. By the way, Mr. Basset also authors the strip Red and Rover, but I haven't been following that strip.
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