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Real-Time Air Quality Index Visual Map
- chrislan815 3y agowow Japan and Taiwan have pretty good air quality.
- pkaye 3y agoI wonder if time of day makes a difference.
- xur17 3y agohttps://www.airnow.gov https://www.airnow.gov is a fairly good equivalent for the US. Includes a heat map, which is a bit easier to parse as well.
- Izkata 3y agoOP linked to Europe for some reason, but this site does have the whole world: https://aqicn.org/map/world/ https://aqicn.org/map/world/ Then across the top are links for various countries but you can also just zoom in wherever.
- countvonbalzac 3y agoThe air quality in several cities in the US dropped noticeably after the fireworks. Similar to the air quality after the wildfires.
- ryantgtg 3y agoToday is usually the worst day of the year for air quality in Los Angeles (where I am).
- whartung 3y agoAQ of 200 this morning in the IE. Fontana pumped explosives into the air for 4-5 hours last night. Spectacle to watch, but this morning, combined with just normal atmospheric conditions, it was about 1/2 mile visibility all over the valley this morning. Orange sunrise to be sure.
- solardev 3y agoIf you're in the US, you can also just turn on the AQI layer in Google Maps. It uses data from Airnow and PurpleAir. Out west, fireworks started a few wildfires and the air is bad again :( Peak Murica, let's shoot some explosives at nothing and see what burns lol Edit: Wait, my bad, there isn't an identified link between these specific wildfires and yesterday's fireworks. That was just my own (biased) assumption.
- MiguelHudnandez 3y agoIt is pretty easy to determine a link. https://katu.com/news/local/fireworks-blamed-for-six-wildfires-in-southwest-washington-over-fourth-of-july-weekend https://katu.com/news/local/fireworks-blamed-for-six-wildfir... We legally light stuff on fire and launch it in the air, that will absolutely result in additional fires. These fires were contained, so the bigger wildfires are just continuing to do their thing. These probably distract from larger firefighting efforts, though.
- Zetice 3y agoIt’s not really accurate to say we “light stuff on fire” considering how fireworks function. Not much in a firework is actually all that hot post explosion, for example.
- solardev 3y agoCan you explain? Are you saying something about the chemistry or mechanics of fireworks makes them unable or unlikely to start wildfires, vs say a smoldering campfire or lightning or whatever?
- Zetice 3y agoYeah, basically. Their main goal is to emit their energy via light, not heat, and while if you fire one right into a dense, dry forest it won’t go well, their standard use has their explosion occur in the open air, after which the remains are generally pretty cool.
- ck2 3y agoAll these third-parties are just using limited APIs from other networks and sometimes only one source like the US government network which has very few sensors very far away from most people. Other network maps: https://google.com/maps/@/data=!5m1!1e9 https://google.com/maps/@/data=!5m1!1e9 https://gispub.epa.gov/airnow/ https://gispub.epa.gov/airnow/ https://map.purpleair.com/ https://map.purpleair.com/ https://map.airgradient.com/ https://map.airgradient.com/ https://www.iqair.com/air-quality-map https://www.iqair.com/air-quality-map https://data.usatoday.com/fires/ https://data.usatoday.com/fires/
- kalupa 3y agoAnd here's a smoke prediction tracker for north america https://firesmoke.ca https://firesmoke.ca
- Izkata 3y agoThere's a spot in Chicago that this map currently says is "49 - Good" (within the 0 - 50 range), but is colored yellow for Moderate. Some sort of minor bug I assume, but it means the broad view of mostly looking at the dot colors might not be correct.
- jahnu 3y agoAll this data out there and Apple still don’t have good AQI coverage.
- knodi123 3y agowtf happened in serbia? https://aqicn.org/station/serbia/zajecar/%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0/ https://aqicn.org/station/serbia/zajecar/%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%...
- tapland 3y agoHow does this differ from waqi.info ?
- retrac98 3y agoWhy is air quality generally worse further inland?
- pama 3y agoMost of the air pollutants are generated inland, and most of the poor quality air remains somewhat local (or within a couple hundred miles) from the source. Oceans provide a lot of space for the particles to diffuse and eventually get captured.
- billfor 3y agoIs there any api where I can contribute my pm 2.5 data ? All of these sites have r/o apis. Even if the data is not 100% accurate and calibrated they could still crowdsource it like they do for temp and humidity.
- tlofreso 3y agoCheck out this: https://openaq.org/ https://openaq.org/ Found via this: https://www.airgradient.com/blog/hidden-costs-of-air-quality-monitoring/ https://www.airgradient.com/blog/hidden-costs-of-air-quality...
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- jp191919 3y agoI have grown to like windy.com, just turn on the air quality layer PM2.5
- AdamJacobMuller 3y agohttps://grafana.adam.gs/dashboard/snapshot/HYW4MBLhhhKDJjRMHmniVvuqdjKXASBc https://grafana.adam.gs/dashboard/snapshot/HYW4MBLhhhKDJjRMH... Fireworks near me, last night!
- frereubu 3y agoPresuming the stats are correct, it's interesting how localised this can be - unhealthy levels very close to healthly levels. I read a pollution report on my city recently where they talked about pollution "canyons", busy roads surrounded on both sides by tall buildings, which kept the pollution focused on that road.
- bilekas 3y agoI mentioned it on another related thread but the strange thing is the more measurements you have the less quality the air seems to be. It's a really tricky measurement to both grade and analyse because the more dense the city, the more measurements will be taken but also the more pollution will naturally occur. it's just something to consider when reading this kind of data.
- jklinger410 3y agoPlease correct the title to reflect that this is for Europe only.
- eric-hu 3y agoI see data for other continents too
- godelski 3y agoGooglers: why isn't this in Android's weather app yet? You'll give me warnings, your data source gives AQI (with details! PM2.5, CO, NO2, O3, PM10, SO2), but you think people are more about dew point, pressure, and humidity? I mean do most people understand these numbers? What percentage actually understand humidity? But seriously, give me the AQI. The official app has 5+M downloads and all the weather apps have it. Even Apple has it! (actually their weather app is great. Take note). Seriously, why is this not here? You would think it would be a common feature given all the fires California has and the increasing number country wide the last few years. Low hanging fruit here...
- solardev 3y agoIt's in Google Maps instead, as a layer. And on my Pixel, it's available in the "At a glance" feature on the home screen. Probably not the most intuitive places to put it though. I never even realized Android has a weather app...
- godelski 3y ago> Google Maps This is relatively new (<1yr?) and reasonable for someone to not assume it to be here. > "At a glance" Not true. There is only AQI alerts. At least on my Pixel. > I never even realized Android has a weather app... I'm a bit surprised due to 1) this being in the at a glance, with default on, and 2) temperature being shown in nearly every advertised display of the pixel phone. Just click on the temperature and you open the app. There's also a larger widget if you want to see multiple hours forecast.
- solardev 3y agoYes, it's totally reasonable. I agree it should be more easily accessible. I think I clicked on the Android weather app from the widget by accident once, but it was so bad/barebones I never used it again.