COOL HUNT

Using a custom data logger, the Subspotting project captured the cell phone reception for the four major carriers along the 660 miles of track of the New York City Subway over the period of two weeks.

The custom data logger measuring signal strength for each of the major four carriers

With this data set - that has not been logged in its entirety before - the project created a visual portrait of cell phone reception in New York City’s underground highlighting the dead spots, spotty signals and stretches of good cell phone reception.