Apple today announced that public health officials are sharing mobility data on Apple Maps to help people better understand how people are moving in their communities. You can access the data through an online tool, and Apple is allowing you to download the entire dataset as CSV. This tool is similar to the ones provided by Google and Facebook that show mobility trends using location data from a smartphone.
According to the company, Apple's new website has a mobility trend for “big cities and 63 countries or regions”. "Information is generated by counting the number of requests for directions to Apple Maps," Apple said in a press release. “The data sets are then compared to reflect the change in the amount of people driving, walking or using public transportation around the world.”
One of the trend graphs in the tool is:
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Apple says it protects user privacy on the map by not linking mobility data with the user's Apple ID and not keeping the user's location history.
The new website will partner with Apple to partner with Google to build a contract tracking system, build a COVID-19 screening tool, design and deliver a face shield for healthcare workers, and support the response to the COVID-19 epidemic. I'm trying. The company has so far supplied and donated "more than 20 million" face masks.