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Sometimes, Google Maps throws up some striking imagery—and now David Thomas Smith has seized on some of the more striking elements to create a series of ...

Art Inspired By Google Maps And Persian Rugs April 11, 2013 Tweet. Images via the Copper House Gallery. Google Maps don't just help you find your way, they can inspire art. David ...

Art Inspired By Google Maps And Persian Rugs April 11, 2013 Tweet. Images via the Copper House Gallery. Google Maps don't just help you find your way, they can inspire art. David ...

David Thomas Smith’s Anthropocene series combines Google Maps of human-influenced landscapes with the intricate designs of Persian rugs.

Google Maps imagery rewoven into elaborate Persian rug patterns ... data in a pretty novel way — the satellite photos serve as the fabric for intricate patterns inspired by Persian rugs.

David Thomas Smith's first solo show of photographic art is called Anthropocene, and makes use of Google Maps image data in a pretty novel way — the satellite photos serve as the fabric for ...