Google Street View cars are starting to map air pollution

Video: Video explaining the Aclima/Google Map partnership

theverge.com - July 29th, 2015 - Jacob Kastrenakes

A small number of Google Street View cars are recording more than photos of the road — they're also taking snapshots of the air quality around them. Aclima, a company that creates networks of environmental sensors, announced this week that it's been working with Google to put air quality detectors on some of its cars. The sensors allow Google's vehicles to pick up information on carbon dioxide, methane, black carbon, particulate matter, and other pollutants on a block-by-block basis.

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