Create Gauges/ HUD with Motion or FCP?

Hi,
Anyone know if you (and  how) can use FCP / Motion to create "overlays" (HUD) with for example GPS data, accelerometer data, or just any external data?
I can imagine making some type of Gauge with Illustrator and then "feed the Needle" with external data (maybe TEXT, CSV) ? Or overlay a road on a map with a dot (showing your position)?
I'm looking for more information / tutorial on this subject. Any help is much appreciated!
Thanks,
FlareStar

It doesn't matter whether you slow the clip first in FCP or do it all in Motion. However, if the clip is in the timeline with another clip after it, you'll only see the first 6 seconds of the slow motion so that it doesn't overwrite the next clip. If you slow the clip in FCP first, you'll need to ripple out the clip (or slow it in the Viewer before adding to your timeline; if you slow it in Motion first, you'll then need to extend the duration of the Motion project, and then ripple the Motion clip back in FCP.

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    7. Lay out your time line early, view the work on an external broadcast monitor and only mess about with the images that require it.
    In the psycho business they have term for much of the referenced post - it's called superstitious behavior. Basically it comes down to "It worked before so we recommend it to everyone without regard to their situation" ... here's another example:
    Many years ago in my architecture practice, we had one of the early 512k macs (upgraded from the 128k!) I needed to show one of the interns how to create a project budget spread sheet in Excel. Inadvertently I clicked on Word, said "oops", closed it and opened Excel and we went to work.
    A week later I was walking by the computer and overheard the same intern explaining how to work with Excel to another architect. "First you open Word, close it, THEN you open Excel", she explained. When asked by her 'trainee', why do you have to open Word first, wouldn't it just be easier to simply open Excel? Her answer was just perfect, "Well, it works every time, what's wrong with that?" so it goes ...
    good luck with your project.
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