Currently, if we want to check the air quality of our city or a place where we want to practice an outdoor activity, we must install third-party applications such as IQAir AirVisual or BreezoMeter, or pull the browser to check the air quality via the website of the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. Well, an app Google started showing air quality and this is not your weather app.
Google Maps He just launched a new layer that will allow us to see the air quality directly from his maps, so we can visually see the pollution around our location to keep you safe and healthy. health during our activities this summer .
Here is the new “Air quality” layer of Google Maps
Layer ‘Air quality’ it started activating today for early adopters. To check if we already have the new layer available, just go to the layers option that appears at the top right and search for the new ‘Air quality’ layer and explore the map to see in which cities or countries we see the contamination levels.
At the moment, the new layer only shows the air quality in the United States and India, but it is possible that in the next few days or weeks, the air quality indices (AQI) will be displayed in more countries. Google reports that the layer shows reliable data from government agencies
Activate layer ‘Air quality’ We will see the air quality indices on the map, showing in addition to its number the color that visually identifies whether the air quality in that area is very good (green), regular (yellow or orange) or very bad (various shades of red), also showing a description of pollution.
We hope that Google will reach an agreement in Europe with the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge to display official air quality data for the entire Spanish territory.
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