World's biggest message?

From ABC News, comes this story:

Author Ayn Rand has millions of fans around the globe, but only one of them used the globe itself to say so.

(World's Biggest Message Says 'Read Ayn Rand'

Man Writes "Read Ayn Rand" by Driving More Than 12,000 Miles With GPS Logger

(Google Earth). Credit: ABC News)

Nick Newcomen drove 12,328 miles across the United States to "write" a message that can only be seen on Google Earth.

The mega-message "Read Ayn Rand" now stretches from coast to coast, with parts of the letters in 30 states.

According to the website World's Biggest Message, which documents Newcomen's high-tech journey, he used a Qstarz BT-Q1000X GPS tracking device as a "pen" to write his message as he drove. When he wanted to create the lines that would form letters, he turned the device on. In between letters, he turned it off. ...

Read the rest here.

Report: Census working to record GPS location of every home

From World Net Daily, on reports that Census workers are seeking to record the GPS coordinates of every house in America:

According to an online Yahoo program, the Global Position System coordinates for the White House, probably one of the best-known publicly owned buildings in the world, are 38.898590 Latitude and -77.035971 Longitude. And since you know that, it's no big deal for the White House to know the coordinates for your front door, is it?

Some people think it is, and are upset over an army of some 140,000 workers hired in part with a $700 million taxpayer-funded contract to collect GPS readings for every front door in the nation.

The data collection, presented as preparation for the 2010 Census, is pinpointing with computer accuracy the locations and has raised considerable concern from privacy advocates who have questioned why the information is needed. The privacy advocates also are more than a little worried over what could be done with that information. ...

Article here. Anyone know, or can think of of what legitimate uses this info may be to the Census?

Putting on my Kevlar-lined tinfoil hat for a moment, I would note that knowing the GPS coordinates of your front door will allow the government to drop a GPS guided 500 lb bomb on your house -- no doubt occupied by all sorts of "right wing extremists" -- without the need for, say forward controllers to paint your house with a laser designator. Ok, tinfoil hat off. :)