Google Maps Road Trip was a live-streaming documentary produced by Marc Horowitz

Marc Horowitz

Marc Horowitz is an artist, actor, writer, filmmaker, comic, and internet celebrity based in Los Angeles, California....

 and Peter Baldes between August 10 and August 18, 2009. The event represented the first virtual live-streaming broadcast cross-country road trip: using only Google Maps

Google Maps

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, the pair drove from Los Angeles to Richmond, VA. They were interviewed by NPR Weekend Edition for their innovative "vacation." They were also mentioned in The New York Times, India's The Economic Times, The Faster Times and Readymade Magazine's blog. They streamed live on ustream.tv.

Google Maps Road Trip was part of the 6th annual Conflux festival held at New York University

New York University

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 in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development as part of Psy-Geo-Conflux

Psy-Geo-Conflux

Psy-Geo-Conflux is the annual New York City festival dedicated to psychogeography, where visual, performance and sound artists, writers, urban adventurers, researchers and the public gather for four days to explore the physical and psychological landscape of the city.Conflux was co-founded by...

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