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Implying air quality sensors placed on any road vehicle aren't biased? While the majority of road vehicles still burn fossil fuels, it would be stupid to ignore
by consto 10y ago
Implying air quality sensors placed on any road vehicle aren't biased? While the majority of road vehicles still burn fossil fuels, it would be stupid to ignore the impact the fumes have on the data. It's important to remember that they are measuring the air quality a meter or two off the surface of the road network, NOT the region as a whole.
However if all you are looking for is major gas leaks, even the data gathered from garbage trucks aught to be accurate enough. Gas from leaking pipes will be far more concentrated than that produced by garbage trucks.
Unfortunately, I have not read the article due to the site apparently dying to the Hacker News hug of death.
- a_t48 10y agoThey could switch from Subarus to Priuses. :)
- crazysim 10y agoIt is kind of interesting they chose Subarus instead of Priuses. I wonder what sort of data/calculation they have saying some mid-sized 4WD ICE-only vehicle is the best for street view driving.
- rincebrain 10y agoIf I had to guess, I'd guess that, similar to their datacenter setups in some cases, they chose the cheaper, more easily replaceable option over a more efficient but {constrained, expensive} option.