German-based artist Simon Weckert might have triggered undesirable traffic on other streets as he dragged around 99 mobile phones all linked to Google Maps driving instructions on the streets of Berlin.
This ‘hacking’ action has actually persuaded the Maps that the street is presently jammed and turns from green to red after a couple of walks. The artist submitted the technique on YouTube and it’s rapidly going viral.







He likewise composed on his site how Google Maps have essentially altered what map suggests to us with included active interactions. It has actually ended up being so reputable and prevalent that it can be called digital industrialism. He included:.
With its Geo Tools, Google has actually developed a platform that permits users and services to engage with maps in a unique method. This indicates that concerns associating with power in the discourse of cartography need to be reformulated. However, what is the relationship between the art of allowing and methods of guidance, control, and policy in Google’s maps?’.


