EcoSense

Health Advisory
Trends
DashBoard
Map
ForeCast
Footer Features

Inspiration

More people die because of air pollution rather than AIDS, Malaria combined, yet it is invisible. Most of the people do not know what air they are breathing. I wanted to build something that anyone from anywhere can access on any device such as mobile phones, laptops and tablets. For this I built EcoSense that makes checking air quality as important as checking weather before making plans.

What it does

It is Real time AI-powered Intelligence Platform that gives you an enhanced picture of the air you are breathing anywhere in the world.

How we built it

We built it using three focused libraries named as:

Leaflet.js for World map feature in our website
Chart.js for the forecast and trends visualisation pattern
Open-Meteo Air Quality API For real Time air pollutant data
OpenStreetMap for city search and reverse geocoding

The AQI scoring used in the website, uses a multiagent pollutant model that is normalized against WHO thresholds.

Challenges we ran into

Following are some of the major challenges I ran into while building this web based software:

Globe Hover on Map Making every point on the map interactive i-e when users hover anywhere on map, it shows the air quality and its major components on that specified point. For this I used geocoding and reverse geocoding.
Live Data Showing the live Air Quality Data with 280ms on average and careful async of data between all the tabs.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

A truly globally interactive air quality website where hovering over New York city returns Air Quality data as easy as hovering over the ocean off the coast of Japan.
A system that feels like it was made truly for laymen and really adaptable rather than only understandable to professionals.
Health advisories that adapt according to the Air Quality.

What we learned

Building this project taught me a lot of things, from learning the minimum difference of timezone can change the whole perspective to how real time data can be converted into a really helpful source for others.

What's next for EcoSense

Push Alerts: Notify users when the air quality index passes the threshold.
Personalized Health Sections: Users enter their health conditions (such as Asthma, heart disease etc) and our health advisories advise them according to their condition.
Mobile App: Mobile integrated app of this website.