Weckert’s wagon had to be moving in order for Google Maps to see the traffic jam—even though nearly 100 phones were in navigation mode and not moving.

We use them almost reflexively, but it's a bit mysterious. How do well-known apps like Waze and Google Maps let you skip ...

A fiery, rollover crash caused a major traffic jam Friday morning into downtown Orlando. The three-vehicle wreck was reported before 7 a.m. on I-4 west near Lee Road.

The data from those phones appears to show up on Google Maps as a traffic jam. The 99 phones all had Google Maps navigation turned on. Skip to main content. The homepage.

A performance artist named Simon Weckert was able to trick Google Maps into showing there was a traffic jam on a street when there wasn't one. Weckert simply pulled a wagon filled with 99 cell ...

Google is mulling what to do after an artist created a fake traffic jam on Maps. Google Maps saw what he did, and it might impact how its service works. by Thor Benson. Feb. 5, 2020.

This guy created a Google Maps traffic jam by hauling around a wagon full of phones He used 99 phones to pull off the hack. Mikael Thalen. Updated on May 19 2021 4:28 pm CDT ...

A German artist illustrated how it is possible to create a virtual traffic jam in Google Maps by walking around the streets of Berlin with 99 cell phones.

Art World How One Artist Hacked Google Maps to Fake a Traffic Jam and Make a Point About the Flaws of Big Data. Simon Weckert's physical intervention went digitally viral.

An artist in Berlin has tricked Google Maps into creating traffic jam alerts by pulling 99 phones – with their location services on – slowly around the German capital in a handcart.