Google shares its data on the quality of Street View air with scientists

Known as Project Air View, Google began equipping its Street View cars with air pollution sensors in Oakland in 2012, as a result of a proposal by the Environmental Defense Fund. The company is badociated with Aclima, a San Francisco-based company that manufactures Internet-connected quality sensors, and has since expanded to other regions of the world. # 39; State. The sensors can detect methane, greenhouse gas, as well as particles, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, etc. The company already has similar projects underway in Houston, Salt Lake City, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and London. Last year, EDF Europe (part of an initiative called Breathe London) launched Google Street View cars throughout the city, as well as 100 sensor modules on street lights and buildings.

Google plans to expand the Air View project to Asia, Africa and South America by the end of 2019. The company plans to Equip 50 additional Street View cars with air quality sensors by the end of the year. "In the future, we hope that existing fleets can be used in cities around the world to measure air quality," Google wrote in a blog post.