Til about OpenAQ, a open-source, open data, air quality data monitoring platform

https://explore.openaq.org/#1.2/23.7/-95.8

My area has been plagued with forest fires over the past few months. I was looking at tools to contribute air quality reading.

One service I found was called Purple. But here's the kicker - You contribute data for free. But they CHARGE you for API calls.

After all this setup, I was furious that some company was going to profit. I immediately returned their kit and got a open source one that contributed to OpenAQ.

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fireweed@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 12d

I tried visiting the website but it didn't seem helpful... Just a map of purple dots that don't do anything if you click on them (maybe it's a mobile problem? seems like a major oversight in that case, as most web traffic nowadays is mobile). Also no pinch to zoom?

Am I missing something?

buffing_lecturer@leminal.space · 2 pts · 12d

What kit did you get?