It is sometimes difficult to know how far to stretch your legs, walk your pet or jog in these pandemic times. The exemptions from strict confinement decreed by the government allow “brief trips within an hour and a maximum radius of 1 km around the home”.
Should you therefore take a compass and draw a circle around your apartment or house to know which streets to venture into, which ones to avoid and above all to know the boundaries not to be crossed? It is precisely the notion of maximum radius that questions. As the infographics we offer show, there is the so-called radius as the crow flies or isometric zone and the isochronous zone which takes into account the actual distances traveled. It is the latter that allows to stay in the nails of the government decree.
Several online tools allow you to calculate the authorized perimeter. The gendarmerie advises in particular to use the Géoportail of the IGN (National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information).
The advice of the gendarmerie
#Tip 👍 To determine the perimeter of 1km around your home, the isodistance module from @Geoportail may be useful to you. ⚠️ With one exception: the use of mountain areas is prohibited by decree @ Prefet74 ⛔🏔️ #TousResponsables pic.twitter.com/JPjOufZN3e
- Gendarmerie de Haute-Savoie (@ Gendarmerie_074) March 26, 2020But the free Covidradius online application developed by three young Grenoble engineers is the most ergonomic. To know the real perimeter in which you can calmly walk or run. Just enter your postal address. Immediately appears an anamorphic ray defining the authorized perimeter around your place of containment. Until last Friday, 47,000 users used it daily. This Saturday, the total rose to almost 100,000 unique users. Designers record an average of 130% more connections each day. A stopwatch to limit the exit to the legal time and an alert indicating that you are out of the area have completed the tool.
"We realize that we quickly reach the limits"
"Instinctively to get some fresh air I head for the nearby Bois de Vincennes. This card is amazing, says Magalie, a resident of Fontenay-sous-Bois (Val-de-Marne). We realize that we reach the limits very quickly and I must admit I sometimes exceeded them but without knowing it. A few days ago, the forty-something woman was checked in the company of her son by gendarmes. “It was in an authorized sector. They wanted to know my address and make sure I hadn't come too far to go for a walk. »Since the City of Paris has closed access to the lakes of Minimes.
The independent developer of the application Maxime Girdard, received messages informing him that certain representatives of the police force used his tool to determine if people were in violation.
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Calculate the radius around your home
The above module was developed thanks to the code of Maxime Girard, founder of covidradius.info.
In nomad mode on your smartphone, the application allows geolocation and a vibration immediately alerts you if you go outside the sector. "It's practical," says Claude, a septuagenarian from Combs-la-Ville (Seine-et-Marne). We walk with peace of mind and we know where we can go. Anna, who lives in the heart of Paris, boulevard Saint-Germain, did not wait for the Covidradius site to design a jogging route compatible with confinement rules. She used a famous running app for this. “I drew a line a kilometer each time. But I still consider that there must be a tolerance in the controls. "
The rule: stay at home as much as possible
Remember, however, that the rule is to stay at home as much as possible in the fight against the spread of Covid-19. And that in the event of an outing - the number of which must therefore be as limited as possible during the week - you must bring the government certificate duly completed, dated and signed. Violators are liable to gradual fines: 135 euros for the first offense, 200 euros for the second within 15 days and 3,750 euros and six months' imprisonment for the third offense within 30 days. Friday the Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner revealed that the police and the gendarmerie had carried out 5.8 million checks and trained 359,000 PV.
The fines incurred
[REMINDER] Travel for your vacation is prohibited. We are #AllMobilized throughout the territory to enforce #confinement.
✅ Exit strictly necessary and in the exceptional cases provided.
✅ Certificate in good standing.
✅ Respect for barrier gestures. pic.twitter.com/FK0h5VkNce
