{"id":3757,"date":"2020-04-16T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2517295"},"modified":"2020-04-16T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T18:45:00","slug":"waze-updates-its-maps-with-covid-19-related-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/16\/waze-updates-its-maps-with-covid-19-related-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Waze updates its maps with COVID-19-related information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The app has added COVID-19-related details to its maps with help from its community.<\/p>\n<div class=\"o-article_block \">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+ mt-n40\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+ pt-40\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"stretch-img  hide@m-\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=640%2C&amp;quality=80&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-images%2F2020-04%2F0fc9da50-7f8b-11ea-bfb8-b438312498d5&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=4821439269e19aa8e177325e0f0b44c620b6d1e6\" alt=\"London, UK - November 11 2016: The buttons of Here WeGo, Waze, Maps, Citymapper, Google Maps, Cyclestreets, Uber and Compass travel apps on the screen of a mobile phone\" \/><figcaption class=\"mt-15 t-meta c-gray-3\"><span class=\"c-gray-7\">stockcam via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"engadget-post-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider\" data-ylk=\"sec:postcontents;slk:Waze%20updates%20its%20maps%20with%20COVID-19-related%20information;elm:link;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>Most people don&rsquo;t do a lot of driving these days because of shelter-in-place orders, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-08-21-waze-youtube-music-integration.html\" data-rapid_p=\"1\" data-v9y=\"1\">Waze<\/a>. But the team behind the Google-owned navigation app knows that having access to certain details like road closure can be extremely helpful for those who need to venture out of their homes. That&rsquo;s why the team&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/waze\/working-together-to-help-communities-navigate-covid-19-af47062fb7ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">turned<\/a>&nbsp;to its network of partners across its Volunteer Communities and Waze for Cities programs to add COVID-19-related information and critical locations to its maps.<\/p>\n<p>The Waze community has been working with the app&rsquo;s crisis response team to ensure that its maps are updated with road closures, red zones and other useful details. Waze has also rolled out a new feature that identifies locations selling food and essential items with drive-thru and curbside pickup options.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- mt-n35 mt-n25@m mt-n15@s\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1 no-review\">\n<p>In addition, Waze has teamed up with organizations WhyHunger and No Kid Hungry to add more than 30,000 emergency food distribution locations to the US map. It has invited government agencies to contribute to its&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/waze.com\/covid19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 landing page<\/a>, as well, giving them a way to inform people about road closures, medical testing and food distribution locations, among other details.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-08-21-waze-youtube-music-integration.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-08-21-waze-youtube-music-integration.html<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Mariella Moon<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Mariella Moon<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The app has added COVID-19-related details to its maps with help from its community. stockcam via Getty Images Most people don&rsquo;t do a lot of driving these days because of shelter-in-place orders, according to&nbsp;Waze. But the team behind the Google-owned navigation app knows that having access to certain details like road closure can be extremely &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/04\/16\/waze-updates-its-maps-with-covid-19-related-information\/\">Continue reading <span>Waze updates its maps with COVID-19-related information<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/16\/waze-updates-its-maps-with-covid-19-related-information\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Waze updates its maps with COVID-19-related information - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/16\/waze-updates-its-maps-with-covid-19-related-information\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Waze updates its maps with COVID-19-related information - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The app has added COVID-19-related details to its maps with help from its community. stockcam via Getty Images Most people don&rsquo;t do a lot of driving these days because of shelter-in-place orders, according to&nbsp;Waze. 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