Google Maps Shows COVID-19 Hot Spots
Google is updating its free mapping service this week with color-coding that maps out areas infected with COVID-19 cases, the search giant said in a blog post Thursday.
Tapping the new “COVID-19” option in a layers feature in a top corner of a screen will enhance maps using the latest 7-day average of cases per 100,000 people in areas being viewed, it said.
A label will also let users know whether the number of COVID-19 cases in a particular spot is trending up or down, according to Maps product manager Sujoy Banerjee.
The tool is meant to provide “critical information about COVID-19 cases in an area so you can make more informed decisions about where to go and what to do,” Banerjee said.
Data used in the COVID layer comes from sources including Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins hospital, the New York Times, and Wikipedia, which get information from public health organizations such as the World Health Organization and government health ministries, according to Banerjee.
The COVID layer is rolling out this week worldwide in versions of the map app tailored for mobile devices powered by Apple or Google-backed Android software, the California based company said.
Google Maps already featured pandemic-related tools such as letting users know when public transit was likely to be crowded.
“While getting around is more complicated these days, our hope is that these Google Maps features will help you get where you need to be as safely and efficiently as possible,” Banerjee said.
…AFP
SHARE WITH YOUR BROTHERS, SISTERS & NEIGHBOURS!!!
Discover more from NEWS CORNER
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in /home/mynewsco/public_html/wp-content/themes/trendyblog-theme/includes/single/post-tags-categories.php on line 7
About author
You might also like
Nigeria@59: Secretary to Imo Govt, Uche Onyeaguocha Calls for Unity Among Nigerians
Share on WhatsApp -APPLAUDS GOVERNOR IHEDIOHA ON HIS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN OFFICE SO FAR. -CALLS FOR THE SUSTAINANCE OF THE LEGACIES OF THE NATION’S HEROES PAST. The Secretary to Imo
SHARE WITH YOUR BROTHERS, SISTERS & NEIGHBOURS!!!
I am Under Pressure To Appoint Ministers – Buhari
Share on WhatsApp President Muhammadu Buhari has given reasons why he has not formed his cabinet a month of his inauguration on May 29. Addressing the leadership of the National
SHARE WITH YOUR BROTHERS, SISTERS & NEIGHBOURS!!!
Senator Uzodimma’s Second Tenure Will Be a Hallmark Of Infrastructural Developments And Consolidations — High Chief Awurum
Share on WhatsApp The chairman Amaimo Ward, Hope Uzodinma Campaign Council, High Chief Justice Awurum has said that Governor Hope Uzodinma second tenure will be a hallmark of infrastructural developments
SHARE WITH YOUR BROTHERS, SISTERS & NEIGHBOURS!!!
Popular On-Air Personality “Nonso Nkwa” Bags Award of Excellence From AG Church, Ebom Obokwe
Share on WhatsApp By ThankGod Emeh. Renowned Imo On-Air Personality and activist, Theodore Chinonso Uba, popularly known as “Nonso Nkwa” has been awarded with an award of Excellence from Assemblies
SHARE WITH YOUR BROTHERS, SISTERS & NEIGHBOURS!!!
IPOB/ESN Invasion Devastates Amakpara Eziawa Village, Leaving Families in Ruins
Share on WhatsApp By Ajibade Praise, November 15, 2019 Amakpara Eziawa Village, Imo State, Nigeria – A devastating clash between the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), it’s Armed affiliate Eastern
SHARE WITH YOUR BROTHERS, SISTERS & NEIGHBOURS!!!
Akagburuonye commissions NUJ borehole, Sept 11
Share on WhatsApp By Chigozie Uzosike… All is set for the commissioning of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, borehole on Wednesday. The borehole which was powered and sunk singlehandedly by
0 Comments
No Comments Yet!
You can be first to comment this post!