Above is a map of the University of Warwick, which, amazingly, was drawn on a scale of 1:1.  Artist and amateur cartographer, Jeremy Woods walked the entire campus on foot and used a GPS tracker to trace his progress.

The 238 mile jaunt was undertaken over 17 days and took Jeremy along the perimeters of buildings, dirt fields, and soccer pitches.  To get a unique perspective of the campus he avoided main roads, preferring to walk along the path less traveled.  Students took note of his peculiar wanderings and did what most people do when they’re confronted by something they don’t understand and promptly called security. Thankfully he was able to clear things up by using the highly under utilized “It’s okay, I’m an abstract artist” defense.

In some ways this venture could be viewed as a fools errand because the same effect could be rendered in Photoshop (or on an Etch-a-Sketch) in the course of a single afternoon, however the physical component is what gives the map its value. And while that value belongs primarily to Jeremy Wood, the now infamous “Wanderer of Warwick”, it’s an experience that can be shared by anyone with a GPS device and an extensive amount of times on their hands.

However if you would like to skip the walking and go straight for the print, you can purchase it on Jeremy’s website GPS Drawing under Traverse Me.