Google Maps now also informs about crisis situations
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The good thing is that, thanks to the geolocation of the mobile, Google will know if the user is within the perimeter of the affected area. Then, instead of showing you the information as a result of a search, it will be an automated notification that triggers the service That is, a full-fledged alert.
Fires, earthquakes, catastrophes, terrorist attacks”¦ situations in which any user, both inside and outside the crisis zone, will be assisted by the relevant and official information of the moment.
And exactly the same thing happens through Google Maps, the maps application. In this case, the crisis zone is shown as a place in the application, but framed within the SOS Alerts card. Thus, relying on the map, it is possible to know all the details of the affected area, with well-recognizable icons to know what has happened and where it is happening. Information that arrives accompanied by telephone numbers, links of interest and other information relevant to the situation.
The good thing is that, in Google Maps, all the information is updated on the map. This can be useful for keeping track of road closures by relevant authorities, traffic density, or any problem that can be attributed to a road or street.
SOS Alert
Actually SOS Alert is the set of tools that Google has developed over time to help people in situations of risk. Thus, they have collaborated with institutions to launch these red cards full of information. But they have also included Google's people locator service, the familiar Google Maps crisis map, and Google Public Alerts. Items that have appeared in the last year to address issues or to inform affected users around the world.
Now Google takes advantage of it and brings it together in SOS Alerts and takes you to two of its most useful and comprehensive services All this at one simple distance search. Or even with an automatic launch of the function if the user is in the affected area. A help from technology to try to resolve these crisis situations or, at least, to know what is happening and what to do.
