Identified as the number one risk to our health by the World Health Organisation, poor air quality causes many premature deaths and blights the quality of life of thousands of people in the UK alone. The suite of services will enable; national and local government, health professionals, insurers, and other stakeholders to understand air quality related risk and respond accordingly.
Measuring Air Quality
Combining satellite data with other ground-based monitoring sensors to monitor the world around us, providing a range of interactive applications that allow users to map, monitor and analyse near real-time levels of air pollution.
Strategies for climate change adaption are crucial to ensure the terms of the Paris Agreement are met and using our services will empower and enable organisations across all sectors to meet their individual targets.
Key Features
- Adapt transportation routes based on real-time air pollution exposure levels
- Understand the correlation of disease and poor air quality
- Define and apply poor air quality triggers for public health managers and insurers
- Factor air pollution levels into town planning and development
- Encourage healthier lifestyles whilst reducing air pollution
Minimise Exposure to Poor Air Quality
- Plot a route, add destination points and work out various options such as the fastest and least polluted route
- Colour coded heatmap to view levels of air pollution
- View and compare air pollution levels based on three major modes of transport
- Save, share and export near real-time data
- View air pollution levels on any given date
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