The unnamed man tried to walk across the frozen Mississippi River over the weekend, claiming that Google Maps told him it was the fastest route. British Mirror.
Fortunately, the Minneapolis Fire Department quickly responded to the man's calls and helped him escape from the river, the report says. According to CBS, the man suffered a mild case of hypothermia after the accident.
Although the man claims that Google Maps is responsible for the accident, the Minneapolis Fire Department claims that it is unlikely that the app ordered him to cross the river, and instead, it is possible that the Google Maps app suggested Cross the Stone Arch Bridge near the river, according to CBS.
While Mirror Online contacted Google for comment, the British newspaper report said, “If you find any errors on Google Maps, such as incorrect road, missing route or incorrect road names, there is an easy way to report them, by following the following: On your computer, open Google Maps.. Make sure you're logged in. In the top right, click Menu, then Submit Feedback. In the pop-up window, choose the feedback you want to provide, follow the instructions, then click send".
It is noteworthy that several days ago, a German man had caused a false traffic jam on Google Maps, after he was roaming the streets of Berlin with a wheelbarrow, with 99 mobile phones, all connected to the Internet.
The man named Simon Weckert, brought 99 smartphones, connected all of them to Google Maps, then put them in a toy wheelbarrow, and took a wander in the roads, which made the famous application show its users a fake traffic jam in the streets it passes through.
And the "Daily Mail" - at the time - published a video clip of the trick of the German man, in which he appeared as he pulled the cart of smartphones, which made the color of the roads on Google Maps change from green to red, which means that there is a traffic jam.
The man’s trick succeeded, as the streets in which he was walking became completely empty of cars, while they appeared to Google Maps users in red as evidence of a traffic jam, and this is what made cars avoid entering them.
In his trick, the German man relied on the idea of the Google Maps application, as the application obtains information about road congestion through the connection of pedestrians with it to the Internet, so the application was receiving information from 99 phones with the man, and therefore the application recorded the presence of 99 cars that could not move on the street.
