In a bid to combat the rising air pollution woes of India, tech giant Google on Wednesday launched Air View+ — an artificial intelligence-based solution that can help the government and the people with useful hyperlocal air quality information.Air View+ is powered by Google AI and works in collaboration with local climate tech firms. This can enable real-time hyperlocal air quality information, which includes local sustainability startups, researchers/climate action groups, corporations, city administrators, and citizens.
The ecosystem can provide “valuable air quality insights to government agencies responsible for environmental monitoring and urban planning,” said Google in a blog post.
It will also provide “real-time hyperlocal air quality information in Google Maps for users across India,” it added.
Air View+ empowers local municipal corporations with hyperlocal air quality data for their cities. This can be used to develop their in-house AQ dashboards via the researchers and sustainability partners.
“These dashboards provide air quality data for unmonitored areas and help urban planners identify hotspots and make necessary interventions,” Google said.
The capabilities of Air View+ were tested in a pilot run last year. The partnerships with municipal corporations including Navi Mumbai, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, and Greater Chennai have yielded hugely encouraging results, Google said.