"I'm just your regular type-A sicko," joked Andy Skurka, a young college grad who, just last Sunday, began a 7700-mile ten-month hike across America on a winding path through a vast number of our nation's nature preserves. Recruited by Microsoft Research, Andy will shoot digital photos during his daily 25-30-mile walks, recording not only images but exactly where the images were shot, using location data gleaned from GPS (Global Positioning System) satellites. Pictures and geographic information will then be uploaded to Microsoft's World-Wide Media eXchange (WWMX) project, where they'll be displayed to the world.
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