Apple is heavily involved in the fight against COVID-19, first offering medical supplies, and now with the development of tools that can benefit governments and health authorities worldwide. In addition to the collaborative tool the company is developing with Google, Apple has demanded share the legal information you were able to download from users in these last weeks.
The latest tool the company has released shows Apple Maps navigation data and its purpose to help reduce the COVID-19 distribution. According to Apple, these travel details can Provide useful information to local government and health authorities, in addition to being able to be considered the basis of new public policies. Data collected from Maps shows the difference in the number of people driving, traveling and using public transport, divided by country or region.
While protecting your privacy, we share aggregated data from Apple Maps to help public health officials learn how people navigate their lives and also provide valuable insights to stop COVID-19 broadcasting. Stay safe and healthy! https://t.co/Nok77HKIXN
– Tim Cook (@tim_cook) April 14, 2020
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The first thing to determine is this information is not completely knownMaps does not associate travel data collected from a user with any Apple ID, and does not keep track of visited locations, an important thing to note. This is a completely new social website and from it you can search your city or country and you will see the trend of travel. Data for major cities and 63 countries and regions are shown.
Allowed navigation data from Apple Maps shows transit routes to many cities and states or countries
By doing a search we can find this travel information and examine how in many countries the methods of discovery work. These are some of the data collected by Apple in advanced Spanish-speaking countries Country:
- Spain. Driving: -82% Walking: -90% Use of public transport: -90%
- Mexico. Driving: -60% Walking: -66% Use of public transport: -73%
- Colombia. Driving: -66% Walking: -72%
- Argentina. Driving: -79% Walking: -84%
- Chile. Driving: -64% Walking: -74%
It should be noted that Apple takes the fight against the epidemic seriously. The company also announced that donated 20 million masks to medical professionals
I hope that all these efforts can help end the disease as soon as possible so that it can return to normal worldwide. Apple offers its own sand grains to assist as much as possible and this new initiative can help determine if the steps taken to travel by different governments are working.