GUY CAUSES GOOGLE MAPS “TRAFFIC JAMS” BY CARRYING 99 CELL PHONES

Simulating Traffic
Weckert’s “Google Maps Hack” is straightforward. His red, phone-laden cart essentially simulates 99 full-sized passenger vehicles covering the same stretch at the same time, causing a dark red-highlighted traffic jam to follow him around on Google Maps.

The hack also inconveniences other drivers on Google Maps, re-routing them around Weckert’s own personal traffic jam, sometimes leaving him and his cart alone on long stretches of roadway.

Changing Cartography
To Weckert, having a host of other apps such as Airbnb, Uber, and even jogging maps rely on Google Maps, causes a shift in power in how we perceive both the physical and virtual world around us.

“Google’s map service has fundamentally changed our understanding of what a map is, how we interact with maps, their technological limitations, and how they look aesthetically,” Weckert wrote on his website.