A proliferation of web-based maps have appeared depicting many different aspects of the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). In this commentary, we consider the usage of web-based mapping during the COVID-19 pandemic and argue that web maps have been widely misused for delivering public information on this fast moving, epidemiologically complex, and geographically unbounded process.

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映射COVID-19：基于Web的地图如何有助于信息流行

基于网络的地图的扩散已经出现，描绘了新型冠状病毒（SARS-CoV-2）传播的许多不同方面。在此评论中，我们考虑了在COVID-19大流行期间使用基于Web的地图的方法，并认为Web地图已被广泛误用于传递有关这一快速发展，流行病学复杂且地理范围不受限制的过程的公共信息。