Google Maps will switch to déconfinement with tools designed to avoid the crowds and move minimizing the risk of contamination to the coronavirus.
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The application of maps, routes, and services is in the process of deploying some features in case you should you venture outside, be it by car or public transport,” explained Google Maps in a press release Monday. In the countries affected by the update (United States, United Kingdom, France, India, Argentina, Brazil, Thailand, etc.) users will receive alerts if their subway or bus is affected by the restrictions related to the pandemic Covid-19. Motorists who are preparing to pass the u.s. border with Canada and Mexico will also receive in the event of additional controls, causing delays. And the people that will visit these centers for testing of the disease will see messages appear with the instructions and the eligibility for the test “to avoid being repressed, or have an impact on the local health system”.
“Compliance with social distancing”
Google Maps uses both the data collected on the websites of national and local authorities, and anonymized data of the users, “when they are sufficiently significant” to avoid any risk of non-respect of private life. This aspect is crucial to the prediction capability of the crowds, the deployment of which began last year.
“To ensure compliance with the social distancing, passengers will pay attention to the crowds of potential in the cars and stations,” notes the american giant of internet search. Where data are available, users will be able to see the app and know the off-peak hours and dense of each station.
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