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Crowdless, the app that uses data to show how empty or busy supermarkets are

Innovative response

​​​Crowdless is helping people make informed decisions and navigate more safely as they carry out their essential tasks, providing real-time live data on the busyness of essential places that people need to visit, such as supermarkets and pharmacies thanks to combination of existing data sources and crowdsourced data to ensure that users have real-time information on how crowded places are.

Specific issues addressed and anticipated impact

Crowdless (formerly Keep Your Distance) provides live data across the globe on the crowdedness of places so that users can choose the best place and the best time to visit while maintaining social distance. They provide data on supermarkets.

They use a combination of existing data sources and crowdsourced data to ensure that users have real-time information on how crowded places are.

Organisations/institutions involved

lanterne.ai, a social enterprise that receives support from European Space Agency’s Business Incubation Centre UK, the European Union’s Big Data Corridor Program, the University of Oxford’s Oxford Foundry, London School of Economics (LSE) Generate, Santander Universities and Yoti,

Level(s) of government:
  • Private Sector

Issues being addressed:

  • Health and safety of responders
  • Real-time data collection, sharing, and analysis

Date Submitted:

5 June 2020