Google starts publishing smartphone location data to test coronavirus lockdown strategy
Google's Community Mobility Reports cover anonymised data from 131 countries
Google has released location data for users in 131 countries including the UK to help governments evaluate the effectiveness of confinement and social distancing measures being imposed to fight the spread...
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