Update: Prankser Organization Puts a GPS on a Google StreetView Car (pants droppin ensues)
NBC confirms it was a hoax. FAT put the logo and camera on the car. Again, still clever!
“This car was not an official Google car since we are currently not driving through Germany as there are not optimal weather and light conditions at this time of year,” Google Spokeswoman Laura Scott wrote.
——original post 2/8/10——
The organization is called Free Art & Technology (FAT) and they state that they did indeed put a tracker on a StreetView car in Berlin. Then they posted its track on a (what else) a Google Map. That led to, of course, people posing for the camera.
I was skeptical - how would Google not hear of this and remove the device? Well, at least one commenter on BoingBoing suggests FAT provided the fake car itself. Even if it’s “fake,” it’s pretty clever!
- Forbes Blog via reader Larry who quite correctly notes this is cool because it’s meta.
