IHawkMike@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoI wonder how it affected trafficlemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1624arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1606arrow-down1imageI wonder how it affected trafficlemmy.worldIHawkMike@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
Berlin artist Simon Weckert used 99 phones and a handcart to create a “virtual traffic jam” on Google Maps
minus-squareBigFig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·6 months agoEven with gps off, they can get rudimentary location data based on pings to cell towers. It’s not pin point obviously, but it roughly tells how many people are in a given area with a phone on them, smart or dumb.
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoI don’t know if things have improved, but GSM-based positioning has accuracy of +/-2.5km.
Even with gps off, they can get rudimentary location data based on pings to cell towers. It’s not pin point obviously, but it roughly tells how many people are in a given area with a phone on them, smart or dumb.
I don’t know if things have improved, but GSM-based positioning has accuracy of +/-2.5km.