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\"orb-track-on-playa-1.jpg\"<\/a>The group on the playa sent back some GPS telemetry off of the prototype orb. Matt converted the data to KML format. Here are the first GPS tracks of our prototype orb on the playa!<\/p>\n

T\"orb-track-on-playa-2.jpg\"<\/a>he lines are 3 GPS tracks. The image is from an image Google Earth took during Burning Man last year. Groovey! (here’s the original .kml files<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The group on the playa sent back some GPS telemetry off of the prototype orb. Matt converted the data to KML format. Here are the first GPS tracks of our prototype orb on the playa! The lines are 3 GPS tracks. The image is from an image Google Earth took during Burning Man last year. 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