{"id":108455,"date":"2020-06-09T16:22:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T23:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/google-maps-to-display-virus-related-transit-alerts"},"modified":"2020-06-09T16:22:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T23:22:47","slug":"google-maps-to-display-virus-related-transit-alerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/google-maps-to-display-virus-related-transit-alerts","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps to display virus-related transit alerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/google-maps-to-display-virus-related-transit-alerts.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new version of Google\u2019s mapping service being rolled out will display pandemic-related transit alerts and let people know when buses or trains might be crowded.<\/p>\n<p>Updated versions of the free app for smartphones powered by Apple or Google-backed Android software will also let drivers know about COVID-19 checkpoints or restrictions on their routes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re introducing features to help you easily find important information if you need to venture out, whether it\u2019s by car or public transportation,\u201d Google Maps product management director Ramesh Nagarajan said in a blog post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new version of Google\u2019s mapping service being rolled out will display pandemic-related transit alerts and let people know when buses or trains might be crowded. Updated versions of the free app for smartphones powered by Apple or Google-backed Android software will also let drivers know about COVID-19 checkpoints or restrictions on their routes. \u201cWe\u2019re [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1512,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-mobile-phones","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}