For Chicagoans, few things are as enjoyable as a day at the beach. That joy, however, is contingent on clean waters that are free of contaminants such as E. coli bacteria. This year, Chicago is piloting an analytical model to enhance…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
Tag: pollution
Taking Predictive Analytics to the Beach
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Public Health, Public safety, Quality of life Tagged with: beaches, Datasmart, E. coli, open data, pollution, predictive analytics, Sean Thornton, water quality
Will Big, Open Data Help Us Feel the Air?
This post is written by and contains the opinions of Christa Hasenkopf, co-founder of OpenAQ. Continue reading on Medium »
Posted in Benefits of open data, Big Data, Data, Environment, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Public Health, Quality of life, Visualising data Tagged with: air pollution, Air Quality, Christa Hasenkopf, open data, open source, OpenAQ, pollution, real-time
Arguments for data transparency — a list for advocates
The benefits of openness can be found around the globe. In these past few years working with local transparency activists, I have been collecting examples on how opening up data (especially government data) can help improve our lives. What I’ve…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Data, Environment, Food, Greater efficiency, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Public Health, Quality of life, Research, Resilience, Smart communities, Transparency Tagged with: Agriculture, criminal justice, deforestation, environment, farming, fracking, health, Julia Keseru, Lindsay Ferris, open data, pollution, real-time, Sunlight Foundation, Transparency, weather
A year in open data: Breathe Heathrow informs policy making
Access to data can bring objectivity and insight to highly polarised debates. By involving communities in collecting and publishing data, OpenSensors.io and the ODI demonstrated how both citizens and policy makers can become better informed about issues of local and…
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Mongolians target open data to monitor choking air
Local people could use OpenAQ’s online system to assess conditions in their heavily polluted capital.
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What can Open data tell us about the air we are breathing?
Bristolians who worry about the air they are breathing whilst running or cycling can now discover the facts, thanks to open data. People can find out when the best times to go are and when pollution levels are at their…
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Community sensors indicate high air pollution in Heathrow neighbourhoods
Startup OpenSensors.io calls for a democratisation of air quality data as project identifies Heathrow pollution exceeds EU limits Today, OpenSensors, an Internet of Things ODI Startup, has released alarming Heathrow air quality and noise figures, indicating possible effects on residents’…
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Bristol bids to become the UK’s IoT capital as it wins prestigious EU award
Bristol submitted a bid this week to become the UK’s first Internet of Things (IoT) Demonstrator city region generating an investment of nearly £17 million if successful. The competition is delivered by Innovate UK on behalf of the Department for…
Extractives remediation & public health — open data advocacy in Nigeria
Following a recent lead poisoning epidemic in the Zamfara State of Northern Nigeria — the result of the local artisanal gold mining operations — local non-profit organisation Follow The Money took immediate action against their corrupt local government who they…
Posted in Aid, Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Open Government, Posts from feeds, Public Health, Public safety, Resilience, Saving money, Transparency Tagged with: advocacy, Aid, Bagega, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), extractive industries, Follow The Money, funds, gold, lead poisoning, Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF), mining, Nigeria, OKFN, Oludotun Babayemi, open data, Open Data Handbook, pollution, Rahul Ghosh, remediation, SaveBagega, TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering, treatment, UNICEF
Here’s How Many People Die Each Day in China Because of Its Filthy Air
Air pollution is killing about 1.6 million people every year in China, or nearly 4,400 people every day, accounting for seventeen percent of all the country’s deaths, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley found…
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