Man Faked Traffic Jam On Google Maps By Carrying 99 Phones, Fooled Everyone Like A Boss

[Cathedral]

In today’s world, Google Maps truly is a boon. It helps us navigate to locations we’ve never been to while also keeping us up-to-date with traffic details in specific locations in real-time. However, often we feel that Google isn’t as accurate as we want it to be. And a guy with 99 phones in Berlin proved exactly that.

Artist Simon Weckert conducted a rather unusual experiment to test Google Maps’s accuracy. He took a wagon and put 99 phones in it with Google Maps navigation turned on. This cart, he moved along the streets of Berlin, even outside Google’s office.

 

It is no news that when you turn on navigation on Maps, Google tracks the device and takes some data like its speed and positioning to denote the traffic status. 

Now Google sensed these many phones in close proximity to each other, all moving at a slow pace -- something that commonly happens when there is a traffic jam. Within moments, Google Maps termed it as a heavy congestion and showed the street in a bright red line -- signifying the slow-moving traffic situation -- even when the streets were clearly empty.

[Naaperushiva]

1 minute ago, Cathedral said:

In today’s world, Google Maps truly is a boon. It helps us navigate to locations we’ve never been to while also keeping us up-to-date with traffic details in specific locations in real-time. However, often we feel that Google isn’t as accurate as we want it to be. And a guy with 99 phones in Berlin proved exactly that.

Artist Simon Weckert conducted a rather unusual experiment to test Google Maps’s accuracy. He took a wagon and put 99 phones in it with Google Maps navigation turned on. This cart, he moved along the streets of Berlin, even outside Google’s office.

 

It is no news that when you turn on navigation on Maps, Google tracks the device and takes some data like its speed and positioning to denote the traffic status. 

Now Google sensed these many phones in close proximity to each other, all moving at a slow pace -- something that commonly happens when there is a traffic jam. Within moments, Google Maps termed it as a heavy congestion and showed the street in a bright red line -- signifying the slow-moving traffic situation -- even when the streets were clearly empty.

lol veedevado baaga aadaadu kadha

[Kool_SRG]

2 minutes ago, Naaperushiva said:

lol veedevado baaga aadaadu kadha

Aadiki Google lo job istharemo... 

[Naaperushiva]

8 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

Aadiki Google lo job istharemo... 

yaa ivocchu vaadiki

[ChinnaBhasha]

filla frock gadu 

[Naaperushiva]

2 minutes ago, ChinnaBhasha said:

filla frock gadu 

filla frock endhi baa..smart ass baa

[kr123]

Deentlo Pedda matter emundi

telsidenga user mobiles track chesi real time traffic chupistadi ani

[ambothu]

4 minutes ago, kr123 said:

Deentlo Pedda matter emundi

telsidenga user mobiles track chesi real time traffic chupistadi ani

Peekinav tee ..appreciate the talent ..Mari nuvu enduku try cheyaledu Telisthe..don’t try to be over smart you will end being a ass 

[quickgun_murugun]

34 minutes ago, ChinnaBhasha said:

filla frock gadu 

Telivi use chesadu kaka 

[ChinnaBhasha]

1 hour ago, Naaperushiva said:

filla frock endhi baa..smart ass baa

 

56 minutes ago, quickgun_murugun said:

Telivi use chesadu kaka 

Adi manaki telsina mattere kada, live feedback untadani. vadevado panipata lenodu ankunta. 100 mobiles techukoni itlanti experiments doing

[Jilchika]

3 hours ago, ChinnaBhasha said:

 

Adi manaki telsina mattere kada, live feedback untadani. vadevado panipata lenodu ankunta. 100 mobiles techukoni itlanti experiments doing

Google QA and their development missed this test to find false positives. Aa vidhamgaa this guy did a great job pointing out the bug 😀

[mettastar]

5 minutes ago, Jilchika said:

Google QA and their development missed this test to find false positives. Aa vidhamgaa this guy did a great job pointing out the bug 😀

1 in a billion case adi .. who the f..k in their right minds will carry 100 phones daily with gmaps turned on. Forget about 100 .. asalu 2 anna vadathara with gmaps on.

[ChinnaBhasha]

1 hour ago, Jilchika said:

Google QA and their development missed this test to find false positives. Aa vidhamgaa this guy did a great job pointing out the bug 😀

yep, in a way correcte

[kr123]

6 hours ago, ambothu said:

Peekinav tee ..appreciate the talent ..Mari nuvu enduku try cheyaledu Telisthe..don’t try to be over smart you will end being a ass 

Ep ga

telsinantha matrana Prathi odu roadla meeda poyi chestada 

 

[kr123]

6 hours ago, ambothu said:

Peekinav tee ..appreciate the talent ..Mari nuvu enduku try cheyaledu Telisthe..don’t try to be over smart you will end being a ass 

Pani m***dda ledanukunnava pratidi roadla meeda experiment cheyyaniki