Google unveils new AI-powered technology to combat air pollution in India; here’s how it works
This feature enables vulnerable population groups, such as young children and the aged, to take preventive measures such as using N95 masks or limiting outdoor activities by providing information from Air View+.
New Delhi: Which may well lend a hand mitigate India’s accelerating air pollution disaster, the global tech giant Google launched Air View+, a cosmopolitan AI-based solution geared toward providing hyperlocal air quality information. Released on Wednesday, this innovative tool seeks to lend a hand both government institutions and individuals with real-time data.
Air View+ is powered by Google AI that collaborates with local climate tech firms to deliver precise air quality insights. This initiative includes partnerships with sustainability startups, researchers, climate action groups, corporations, city administrators, and citizens, ensuring a comprehensive technique to air quality monitoring.
How is it helpful?
Per a blog post by Google, the ecosystem will offer “valuable air quality insights to government agencies accountable for environmental monitoring and urban planning.” Additionally, users across India will have the benefit of “real-time hyperlocal air quality information in Google Maps.”
The tool empowers local municipal corporations by providing detailed air quality data, enabling them to develop in-house AQ dashboards with the help of researchers and sustainability partners. These dashboards are important for monitoring untracked areas and assisting urban planners in identifying pollution hotspots and implementing necessary interventions.
Google highlighted the success of Air View+ in the pinnacle of a pilot run last year, which included partnerships with municipal corporations in Navi Mumbai, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, and Greater Chennai, yielding highly encouraging results.
How Air View+ works?
Furthermore, Air View+ makes hyperlocal air quality information accessible to the final word public by way of Google Maps. By integrating data from a superior deal of sources such as sensor networks, government databases, satellite imagery, weather patterns, traffic conditions, and land cover, the AI system generates a dynamic and granular Air Quality Index (AQI). This model is customized to meet definitely the right requirements of India’s National Air Quality Index (NAQI) standards.
“With a multi-layered AI fusion approach that mixes data from a superior deal of input sources, including the sensor network, government data, satellite imagery, weather and wind patterns, traffic conditions, land cover, and more, we generate dynamic hyperlocal Air Quality Index (AQI) at a granular level. We now have customised the model for India to reflect the methodology, categorization, and guidance as defined within the National Air Quality Index (NAQI),” the Google said.
Air View+ for public usage
This feature enables vulnerable population groups, such as small youngsters and the aged, to take preventive measures such as using N95 masks or limiting out of doors activities by providing information from Air View+. Users may view data related to AQI on Google Maps by clicking on the Layer button located on the home screen if Air Quality is chosen in it, or alternatively, by clicking the Weather widget on the Explore tab that shows AQI data for the user’s location.
(With IANS inputs)
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