Article discussing the mobile application “Shield” developed by the Israel Health Ministry that will help people detect if they have been in contact with COVID-19 carriers by getting a notification on the time, date, and location regarding exposure to a confirmed patient
Read MoreArticle discussing how the City of Toronto is possibly obtaining location data from cellphones to generate heat maps of where people are still congregating as it works to further encourage social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Read MoreArticle sharing maps, dashboards, and other resources showing COVID-19 situations around the world.
Read MoreA resource web page listing maps, dashboards, other sources showing COVID-19 situations around the world.
Read MoreA resource web page listing some available sources to understand the spread of COVID-19, how open data and data availability are affecting the fight against the pandemic, as well as available visualization and dashboards.
Read MoreArticle in the form of an Esri StoryMap showing how COVID-19 has spread around different countries around the world
Read MoreArticle discussing how the Israeli government has authorized the use of location data from smartphones to track the locations of people infected with COVID-19 and those they might have had contact with
Read MoreArticle talking about Carto, a location intelligence company, making its platform available to public and private sector organizations fighting against the COVID-19 outbreak via their grants program
Read MoreArticle talking about the US government discussing the use of aggregated, anonymized location data from smartphone apps to help combat COVID-19
Read MoreArticle discussing how location data from smartphone apps collected by companies such as Google and Facebook could be shared with and used by government agencies to help combat COVID-19 and the concerns on how this could breach user privacy.
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