Are you planning to go for a long weekend? Here is a selection of four tools in the form of interactive maps to find out how far you can go.
Deconfinement is not synonymous with a return to total freedom. Our trips will always be conditioned, this time, to a radius of 100 km around the home. If you are planning to go for a long weekend, it is important to know how far you can go. To find out exactly in which perimeter you can move, here are several interactive maps available online!
Read also: Google Maps: how to measure distances as the crow flies
The “pro” option
Although often overloaded, the government platform, modeled on the maps of the National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information (IGN), www.geoportail.gouv.fr/carte, allows you to know in a very precise way which surface of freedom is assigned to you.
This requires accessing the portal first – which may require persistence on your part. You must then enter the address in question. You have two options: either you allow the site to geolocate you, or you simply enter your address in the search bar at the top of the interactive map.
The cursor is positioned in any case at the place you indicated. For now, this is just a basic slider to say the least. To display the perimeter contained within 100 km around your home, you still need to do two operations, but the maps are loaded normally, and the site does not slow down, or almost.
On the right, you click on the small adjustable wrench which refers to “parameters”, then in the “measure” tab, and finally you click on the “calculate an isochrone” pane decorated with a clock icon. Be careful, check that the address is entered in the search bar in the last opened tab.
To calculate your “isochrone”, ie the area around a given point, by default the option that appears is the calculation according to a travel time and not the kilometers which interest us here. But you can immediately click on the kilometer option displayed under the name “isodistance” just to the right. You can then check the option on foot or by car depending on your mode of transport.
At this point, you just have to type “100” in the search bar. And finally, the Grail is revealed to you. The spot corresponding to your future zone of freedom is drawn on your screen with precision, and taking into account natural obstacles (sea coasts, mountainous reefs, lakes, etc.).
Certain advantage of this interactive map: you can import files, data, overlay several layers, manage the transparency of the color of the isochrone… In short, a real cartographic gold mine, but be patient!
The mobile option
Fast, intuitive and easy to use, the Geoconcept interactive map allows you to see in the blink of an eye and with precision the perimeter of your next outings from May 11. You can also use it on mobile.
Developed by the French company Geoconcept, the interactive map above display two areas: ” the entire accessible area 100 km around your place of residence and the perimeter as the crow flies, represented by the circle “. A double measure which makes it possible not to injure the inhabitants close to the coasts or the mountains. The proof: isochrones also work in Brittany, in the Marseille creeks or at the top of the Alps!
To use it, nothing could be simpler. You just have to go on the demonstrator available on the website of the company specializing in “geo-optimization”. You then click on ” view my accessible area from May 11 Which takes you further down to the interactive map. You type the address of your place of containment and hop the two blue areas appear. No need to enter the number of kilometers. If you want to use it already, you can click on the option ” view my 1 km zone “. Bonus: the site also adapts directly to mobile here.
The special containment option
Much less impressive, the carte-sortie-confinement.fr fills the void left by the white screen when the government site mentioned above is saturated … but it is better not to live near the sea.
Created as soon as the government announced the 1km travel limit at the end of March, this interactive map gives you a fairly accurate overview of your perimeter. Even if the display is coarser, due to a rather basic basemap, this gives a fairly precise idea.
This interactive map, which on the whole works rather very well, was truly designed as a service for all confined French people. Under the map, the site mentions: ” In case of control to avoid risking a fine, this card can also be used as proof “.
A note that applies to all the cards described in this article since the police have no way of directly calculating the authorized perimeter of your exit by scanning your digital authorization – unless you verify on their smartphone. It will undoubtedly be the same on May 11.
In the same vein, the site also proposes to list the ” municipalities or departments which restrict the places of exit or the practice of sporting activities “. If you are concerned, an alert will be sent to you, explains the site without further details.
Plan D
If nothing really works and you have time, you can also use Google services but that requires a little agility … to navigate between several sites, download a kml file and see your (approximate) zone of freedom. confined. The adventure begins on Maps and ends on Earth.
You must first open Maps, enter the address concerned by the perimeter you are going to calculate. Then, you will have to right click, go to “more info on this place” to retrieve its GPS coordinates. A pop-up is displayed at the bottom of your plan, you just have to copy / paste the series of numbers.
In a second tab, you open the site ” KML Circle Generator ”Which allows to generate calibrated perimeters on demand. You enter the coordinates in the corresponding boxes (longitude – latitude the order is the same as on Maps where you copied / pasted it, you just have to follow the space between the two sets of numbers).
You then enter the radius, in this case, “100 km”. Finally, you click on “Generate circle”. A kml file downloads automatically. You probably can’t read it yet, but don’t panic. We leave him alone for now.
In a third tab you open Google Earth. In the search bar displayed on the left, you click on “Projects”, the fifth listed icon represented by a cursor. Then, you click on “import a kml file from your computer”, by following you will find your file in the downloads. And there (finally) the circle is displayed with a nice little 3D animation. Big downside (like the previous one): the circle remains coarse.
You are now ready to be free to roam, or just like.
Sources: Card-exit-containment, Geoconcept, Google support and IGN