Google added air high quality alerts to the Nest Hub good shows final yr, and now the corporate is bringing the identical air high quality information to Google Maps on iPhone and Android.
The cell Google Maps purposes will quickly have an Air High quality map layer, accessible from the identical map menu that has toggles for site visitors information, 3D objects, wildfires, and different information. When enabled, the layer will show factors on the map for climate stations, with every level’s colour similar to the air high quality index — inexperienced is nice, orange is worse, and crimson is unhealthy. It’s also possible to faucet on some extent to see all accessible information.
Google mentioned in its weblog submit, “the air high quality layer reveals trusted information from authorities companies, together with the Environmental Safety Company within the U.S. We’re additionally exhibiting air high quality data from PurpleAir, a low-cost sensor community which supplies a extra hyperlocal view of circumstances.”
The brand new climate information will turn out to be useful for a lot of the USA — particularly the west coast — as wildfires are anticipated to extend throughout the scorching summer season months. There have already been a number of horrible wildfires within the US this yr, together with the continuing Hermits Peak Fire near Las Vegas, which began in early Might and has burned 318,000 acres of land close to Las Vegas. Google Maps can already present wildfire information, however fires can blow mud and different particles throughout lots of or 1000’s of miles, which is the place air high quality indicators turn out to be useful.
Google says the air high quality layer is rolling out to the Google Maps apps on iPhone and Android. It’s unclear if air high quality information shall be restricted to the USA, or if different information sources shall be utilized in different areas.
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