ART MEETS GIS

Art Students studied Andy

Goldsworthy…an innovative
British “earthscape” artist….

Goldsworthy uses an endless

array of natural materials –
leaves, bark, rock, stones,
feathers…to create outdoor
sculpture..before the art
disappears, he records his work
with color photographs.
Students created their own projects
on the beach..
Digital Pictures & GPS points of
each project were taken..

GPS = Global Positioning System

 Pictures and Points
• The pictures and GPS points were fed into
the ArcExplorer GIS system..

…creating a Virtual Map Tour of the

projects. Project points were overlaid on a
map of the Town of York…
(GIS= Geographic Information Systems)
A base map of the Town of York was created in the GIS system…
 The “triangle” represents York High School…it’s point on the map and
latitude/longitude on Earth can be identified..43.155 degrees north latitude,
-70.628 degrees west longitude..
The “stars” represent the art projects on the beach at the end of Webber
Rd…we can zoom in on them.
Just like the high school, each project’s position can be identified.
Remember, the tide took these projects out to sea. They are gone!!
 The digital photo of each project was then “hotlinked” to the project
coordinates…providing an archived picture of the long-gone project..