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(@rj-schneider)
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The plan was simple. Over the course of a day, Weckert would walk up and down a given street, mostly at random, towing his smartphone-packed wagon behind him. The effect wasnƒ??t instantaneous; it took Google Maps about an hour to catch up. But eventually,?ÿ

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https://www.wired.com/story/99-phones-fake-google-maps-traffic-jam/

 
Posted : February 8, 2020 11:49 am
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Sweet. That answers one of the few remaining (for me anyway) mysteries in life. But leads to another question i.e. how satnavs like my *.....g Navman get their traffic data.

Anyway we recently had an in country demo from a guy with a gizmo who did traffic flow studies by apparently tracking mobile phone pings.

 
Posted : February 8, 2020 9:08 pm