EarthSense app identifies clean air routes

company says the application could also help wider clean air strategies when combined with population movement data. According to EarthSense, collating this data would allow key decision-makers to identify popular exercise routes and target resources to improve air quality at these locations. The app is being funded by the European Space Agency’s grant programme Project CARAMEL (Clean Air Routing and Mobile Exposure Limitation). The CARAMEL app uses space-based data, traffic simulation data, open data and

October 15, 2018 Read time: 1 min

UK-based air quality specialist 8834 EarthSense is developing an app which will identify and map clean air routes for people cycling or exercising. The company says the application could also help wider clean air strategies when combined with population movement data.

According to EarthSense, collating this data would allow key decision-makers to identify popular exercise routes and target resources to improve air quality at these locations.

The app is being funded by the European Space Agency’s grant programme Project CARAMEL (Clean Air Routing and Mobile Exposure Limitation).

The CARAMEL app uses space-based data, traffic simulation data, open data and public transport data with big data analytics. The solution will feature an air quality data model and routing system, an online mapping portal as well as reports on weekly pollution levels.

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EarthSense app to identify clean air routes for UK cyclists

UK-based air quality specialists EarthSense is developing an app which will identify and map clean air routes for people cycling or exercising. The company says the application could also help wider clean air strategies when combined with population movement data. According to EarthSense, collating this data would allow key decision makers to identify popular exercise routes and target resources to improve air quality at these locations. The app is being funded by the European Space Agency's grant p

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EarthSense app to identify clean air routes for UK cyclists

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A project has been launched to produce city-wide visualisations of air quality through combining EarthSense Systems' (ESS) ordnance survey (OS) geospatial data and real-time air quality data. The technology, a joint venture between Bluesky and University of Leicester, is being used to highlight areas of higher pollution and allows users to identify cleaner air routes such as parks or canal routes. ESS captures measurements on air quality through using a zephyr sensor and a city-wide network of sensors.

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EarthSense joins TTAS framework

EarthSense air quality services Crown Commercial Service Transport Technology and Associated Services Framework

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EarthSense clears traffic from pollution hotspots

EarthSense is working in the UK with Coventry City Council to divert traffic away from heavily congested roads and pollution hotspots. EarthSense’s air quality sensors are located in areas of the city where levels of nitrogen dioxide have been identified as high; particularly along the A4600 route at Walsgrave Road – a major link in and out of Coventry. When pollution levels are breached, the sensors send alerts to the urban traffic management centre where they trigger messaging on variable message s

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Cut freight deliveries – improve Southampton’s air quality

Taking the pressure off cities’ road networks can have a beneficial effect on the environment. David Crawford looks at a new economic model which seeks to quantify the societal effect of freight traffic in Southampton, one of the UK’s five most polluted cities Cuts of 60% or more in volumes of freight deliveries are being predicted - along with badly-needed improvements in air quality - from a load consolidation scheme currently being introduced in the UK port city of Southampton. The forecasts are based o