Providing an item of information from a group of a plurality of motor vehicles

A method for providing information by a motor vehicle, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a central controller that is outside the motor vehicle and that comprises a server, an information request from a requesting unit, wherein the requesting unit is configured as a further server remote from the central controller;
• receiving, by the central controller, a corresponding position of each motor vehicle of a plurality of motor vehicles, wherein the receiving is continuous, periodic, or in response to a position request by the central controller;
• selecting, by the central controller, a selected motor vehicle from the plurality of motor vehicles in accordance with a specified selection criterion, wherein the specified selection criterion comprises a specification that the selected motor vehicle be selected as the motor vehicle on a basis of the corresponding position of the motor vehicle;
• transmitting, by the central controller to the selected motor vehicle, a control signal for controlling a recording device of the selected motor vehicle;
• receiving, by the central controller, information recorded as a result of the control signal from the recording device of the selected motor vehicle;
• and
• communicating, by the central controller, the information to the requesting unit,
• wherein environment data are recorded as the information, and
• wherein the environment data comprise a temperature as a measured variable of an environment of the motor vehicle.

A central controller that is outside a motor vehicle and comprises a server and a plurality of processors, wherein the central controller is configured to provide information via the motor vehicle, and wherein the central controller further comprises:

• a first communications unit, having a first processor of the plurality of processors, configured to receive an information request from a requesting unit and communicate the information to the requesting unit, wherein the requesting unit is configured as a further server remote from the central controller;
• an arithmetic unit, having a second processor of the plurality of processors, configured to select the motor vehicle from a plurality of motor vehicles in accordance with a specified selection criterion, wherein the specified selection criterion comprises a specification that the motor vehicle be selected on a basis of a position of the motor vehicle;
• and
• a second communications unit, having a third processor of the plurality of processors, configured to transmit, to the selected motor vehicle, a control signal for controlling a recording device of the selected motor vehicle, and to receive the information, recorded as a result of the control signal, from the recording device of the selected motor vehicle, wherein the central controller is further configured to receive a corresponding position of each of the plurality of motor vehicles continuously, periodically, or in response to a position request by the central controller,
• wherein the information that is recorded relates to environment data, wherein the environment data comprise a temperature as a measured variable of an environment of the motor vehicle.