{"id":112504,"date":"2020-09-04T13:23:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T20:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/google-appears-to-be-working-on-a-covid-19-outbreak-overlay-for-maps"},"modified":"2020-09-04T13:23:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T20:23:35","slug":"google-appears-to-be-working-on-a-covid-19-outbreak-overlay-for-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/google-appears-to-be-working-on-a-covid-19-outbreak-overlay-for-maps","title":{"rendered":"Google appears to be working on a COVID-19 outbreak overlay for Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/google-appears-to-be-working-on-a-covid-19-outbreak-overlay-for-maps2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Google has been placing COVID-19 reminders, warnings, and information in many of its services for some time now. You can\u2019t use a Google service without being reminded to wear a mask, or of where to go for screening. It\u2019s even added various tips to Maps, including where to get takeout during the pandemic. With a possible new overlay feature, it looks like we might soon be able to add Google Maps to our list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/2020\/09\/01\/covid-tracing-apps-ens-android\/\">COVID tracing apps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jane Wong has shared <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wongmjane\/status\/1301816488777494529?s=19\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">screenshots<\/a> she was able to trigger in Maps, showcasing the new feature. The pictures detail the COVID-19 tracking option alongside the other map overlays, like Traffic and Transit. The feature apparently sources data from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COVID-19_pandemic_in_North_America\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/us\/coronavirus-us-cases.html\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.jhu.edu\/map.html\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Johns Hopkins University<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.mcgm.gov.in\/irj\/portal\/anonymous\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation<\/a>. Using this information, the overlay colors impacted states, countries, and their borders. The map also displays whether the current numbers for each area are increasing or decreasing.<\/p>\n<p><center><a class=\\'blog-photo\\' href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/04\/gmaps-covid.png\" class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/google-appears-to-be-working-on-a-covid-19-outbreak-overlay-for-maps3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"457\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has been placing COVID-19 reminders, warnings, and information in many of its services for some time now. You can\u2019t use a Google service without being reminded to wear a mask, or of where to go for screening. It\u2019s even added various tips to Maps, including where to get takeout during the pandemic. With a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112504","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\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}