AQ-hub
AQ-Hub is a State-of-the-Art Software Infrastructure Seamlessly Collecting, Managing, and Delivering Air Quality related Geospatial Data,
IoT Measurements, and Services.
Simplifying air quality geospatial data management and integration
AQ-Hub is a complete service infrastructure developed by DRAXIS that enables the collection and management of geospatial air quality data, alongside providing high-quality services and user-friendly applications. AQ-Hub’s innovation lies in offering developers a centralized integration layer for acquiring air pollution parameters and ML models based on weather and air quality data that can be easily adapted to any third-party system they develop. AQ-Hub exposes a RESTful API, through which third-party (web and mobile) applications can access a plethora of air quality-related variables. The API interface encapsulates the complexity of EO data management, forecasting and decision support algorithms, offering an easy-to-integrate environment for the external clients. AQ-Hub is currently integrated with multiple operational AQ platforms developed by DRAXIS like Envi4All and HackAIR.
The HackAir app provided through AQ-Hub
An indicative list of data offered by AQ-Hub:
open data
Official open data from ground-based air quality monitoring stations all around the globe.
Measurements
Measurements from IoT networks and sensors.
Model simulations
Model simulations and forecast with assimilation of satellite data from Copernicus European EO program and ground-based measurements.
Crowdsourcing data
Crowdsourcing data through subjective perceptions of citizens and major social media platforms.
An indicative list of services offered by AQ-Hub:
REAL-TIME INFORMATION
Easy-to-understand information on the current air quality over a wide range of locations globally.
Air pollution trends
Air pollution trends estimated by long-term time-series data that are generated both by measurements from official ground-based stations and environmental sensors with varying frequencies, leading to streams that may either follow a well-established format (i.e. XML or JSON) or be totally custom.
AIR QUALITY DATA
OpenAQ data, Luftdaten sensor data & Copernicus regional air quality forecast data.
AIR POLLUTION FORECASTS
3-day high resolution regional air pollution forecasts produced by a scientifically validated meteorological model coupled with chemistry.
AQIs
The provided AQIs are innovative Air Quality Indices that take into account human specific sensitivities and interests. Their design is based on existing global and European health and air quality standards and on epidemiological studies.
PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS
Personalized recommendations related to the human exposure to air quality in a variety of interest groups.
MAP VISUALIZATION
Interactive map visualization of all the collected (e.g. crowdsourcing data) and estimated data.
Unveiling the Power of our API Interface
The API (Application Programming Interfaces) interface hides the complex processing steps, details and computations of the above services by exposing a list of meaningful RESTful API resources to interact with, offering an all-in-one solution and easy way for integration with other systems.
