A Crowd Driven Journey Around the World
PinTheEarth is a "collaborative digital project built by the world, one pin at a time." At its core, the site features a digital globe that connects visitors via a single, continuous string. Every time a user drops a pin, the line extends, weaving a collective journey that currently spans 3.8 million kilometers across 617 individual locations. When you share your location, a red pin is placed on your approximate coordinates (ensuring your exact location remains private) and is automatically integrated into the global thread. For those who want to support the project, a $1 contribution allows you to drop a gold marker and leave a custom message for other users to discover. While an impressive feat of digital connection, PinTheEarth feels slightly less dynamic than Neal Agarwal’s Internet Roadtrip . In Agarwal’s collaborative Street View drive, a virtual car is steered across the world by collective user votes. The Internet Roadtrip has so far traveled over 33,000 miles from...
