The RACE platform demonstrates how the use of Earth observation data can help shed new light on societal and economic changes currently taking place owing to the coronavirus pandemic.
We‘ve compiled statistics and charted the dramatic decline in air traffic caused by COVID-19, but what does that actually look like on the map? We’ve created some ‘before and after’ images showing the impact on air traffic in various places around the world.
As the Coronavirus, or Covid-19, story develops, MarineTraffic will be continuously leveraging data to build a picture of the virus’ impact on trade.
With countries all across Europe in lockdown, traffic in many cities has virtually disappeared, as these maps demonstrate. From Berlin to Bordeaux, Munich to Madrid, millions of people are staying at home as part of lockdown measures to curb the spread of coronavirus. And as a result, traffic levels across European cities have tumbled.