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How to Use GPS to Make a Valentine

photo: Krulwich Wonders
photo: Krulwich Wonders

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Yes, there is a way. According to Krulwich Wonders, an NPR science blog, a man in San Francisco equipped with an iPhone and tracking app rode his bike 27 miles around the city. Two and a half hours later, Payam Rajabi had etched a heart shape onto a city map.

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In 2012, Rajabi had to leave his girlfriend behind in Toronto for a new job. To make sure Clare knew this was a labor of love, Payam included an elevation map of his ups and down in the hilly city.

This year, Verizon is featuring Rajabi — who repeated the feat for cameras — in a television commercial:

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