Google Maps Is Being Used To Track Air Pollution In Oakland and Other Cities (androidauthority.com)

The functionality of Google Maps is expanding to include air pollution levels. Depending on where you live, you will soon be able to see the specific air quality in your neighborhood. Oakland, California is the first city to have air quality information, but data should be released soon for the Los Angeles and Central Valley regions of California. Android Authority reports: In a blog post, Google says it has been working with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Aclima since 2015 on this project. Google Street View cars were equipped with devices from Aclima to monitor the levels of nitric oxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and black carbon in the city of Oakland, California. You can now see those modified Google Maps on the EDF website. The Google Maps that have this information show how pollution levels can change in Oakland based on specific locations, street activity, and more. The idea is that posting this data in an easy visual way will assist communities to campaign for better air quality standards in their neighborhoods to their local and state governments.

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Impact on real estate prices will be interesting

[sodul]

The SF Bay Area housing prices are going up and up and everyone is happy with the weather and pollution seems relatively ok compared to other industrialized places. It will be interesting to see the impact on housing. I live in Sunnyvale and there is high density housing popping up near high traffic roads which means cities might be concentrating new inhabitants were there is more pollution. I live in a relatively quiet neighborhood but surrounded by major roads, and I got freaking planes from 5 airports flying over.

I'm hoping Google will map the area soon, after all a lot of their employees live around here.