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This really makes me wonder how google determines how busy an establishment is in real-time. 🤔 
And by that, I mean I KNOW how location can be determined...
My question is how *google* gets that data from the location:
extrapolating from stats based on location of installed apps?
Actual counts/capacity measures from inside the store? i.e. do stores partner?
My question is how *google* gets that data from the location:
extrapolating from stats based on location of installed apps?
Actual counts/capacity measures from inside the store? i.e. do stores partner?
Maybe how full the parking lot is from satellite photos?
That said, there are lots of ways they COULD do it.
I'm asking how they DO do it.
😉
I'm asking how they DO do it.
😉
That said, one of the reasons I'm asking is because if the phones of that many people are still in Walmart several hours after the shooting....
That's not a good sign.
That's not a good sign.
Because, unfortunately, it can give shooters a way to see how successful they were, after others who were there evacuate...
And it can give them an idea of what targets to hit next.
I'm amazed google continues to share this info in areas where there are active scenes.
And it can give them an idea of what targets to hit next.
I'm amazed google continues to share this info in areas where there are active scenes.
