| Google Maps Road Trip | |
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| Produced by | Marc Horowitz Peter Baldes |
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| Country | United States |
Google Maps Road Trip was a live-streaming documentary produced byMarc Horowitz and Peter Baldes between August 10 and August 18, 2009. The event represented the first virtual live-streaming broadcast cross-country road trip: using onlyGoogle Maps, the pair drove from Los Angeles to Richmond, Virginia.[1] They were interviewed by NPR Weekend Edition for their innovative "vacation".[2] They were also mentioned in The New York Times,[3] India's The Economic Times,[4] The Faster Times[5] and Readymade Magazine's blog.[6] They streamed live onustream.tv.
Google Maps Road Trip was part of the 6th annualConflux festival in 2009 held atNew York University in theSteinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development as part ofPsy-Geo-Conflux.
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