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Google Maps gains a bushfire layer for quick tracking

Leigh :) StarkbyLeigh :) Stark
December 27, 2021
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Summer isn’t always easy in Australia, but if you need a map to help you plan what you’re doing, Google Maps will be tracking bushfires in real-time.

While the holiday season is upon us, one season we’re not looking forward to is bushfire season, something brought on by hot and dry weather.

It might not seem like it now, particularly if you have the wet rainy La Niña affecting you, but the risk of a bushfire season is clearly strong, and something that poses a threat to many Australians living with the fear and frustration of previous years.

Even though there’s very little that technology can do to necessarily sole bushfires just yet, Google has come up with one method to keep everyone alert, adding a bushfire layer to its mapping platform, Google Maps, providing up-to-date details about bushfires across the country when needed.

The new layer forms a part of what’s available on Google Maps alongside traffic, transit, biking, COVID-19 alerts, and terrain, and works across Android, with Google noting that it’s working with local fire agencies and other organisations to help keep the information current, while also talking to WWF and the University of Queensland to coordinate wildlife recovery alerts, as well.

It’s just one more thing your mapping platform can do, and may well be something else you can rely on.

Leigh :) Stark

Leigh :) Stark

One of Australia's well regarded technology journalists working out of Sydney, Leigh Stark has been writing about technology for over 15 years, covering phones, computers, cameras, headphones, speakers, and more. Stylising his middle initial with an emoticon, he aims to present tech in a way that makes it easy for everyone. While he founded Pickr in 2016, Stark's work can be seen in other publications including The Australian Financial Review, Popular Science, and many more. His award-winning podcast "The Wrap" is syndicated on Southern Cross Austereo's LiSTNR network weekly, while he can be heard on radio via ABC Brisbane and ABC Canberra, and seen on TV's Nine. Check out Leigh Stark's most recent media appearances.

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