Nobody is being deceptive. From the &quot;about&quot; link on the site:<p>&quot;... Sometimes what this image shows is eerily accurate; other times it is wildly dislocated. ... How accurate are the system’s data sources and when might they improve?&quot;<p>And more from the artist&#x27;s page about the project:<p>&quot;... How close it gets is very much dependent on how networks are built, configured, operated, and distributed where you are, which network you use, and the accuracy of the data associated with those networks.&quot;