Introducing Ambee maps: Visualize the climate around you

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📢 We are thrilled to announce the launch of Ambee Maps, a groundbreaking interactive platform powered by Ambee data. Ambee Maps allows users to track air quality, pollen data, and wildfire information through interactive visuals, offering a comprehensive overview of environmental conditions for locations worldwide.

With Ambee Maps, individuals and businesses alike gain invaluable insights into surroundings down to the neighborhood level at a global scale. This empowers proactive decision-making while fostering a healthier, safer world.

Datasets available to track

Ambee Maps allows users to track air quality, pollen, and wildfire data in interactive visuals. Here is a detailed breakdown of the information available on the platform.

Air quality

Ambee’s air quality map visually depicts air quality data, including parameters such as PM10, PM2.5, CO, NO2, SO2, O3, and more, with street-level granularity. It also provides Air Quality Index (AQI) values so users can understand the air quality around them easily.

The AQI is determined by data gathered from monitored air quality stations and is split into categories such as Good, Moderate, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, Unhealthy, and Hazardous. Ambee uses US EPA-compliant risk levels for AQI.

Pollen

Ambee's pollen map offers detailed insights into the types of pollen present—tree, weed, and grass, their concentration levels, and corresponding recommendations. They are further broken down into sub-species level information.

These features facilitate easy assessment of allergen severity. Ambee's pollen maps adhere to the standards set by the National Allergy Bureau (NAB). They are meticulously designed to comprehensively overview pollen types and sub-species at a zip-code level.

Wildfire

Ambee provides users with up-to-the-minute information on wildfires. The information includes the location, intensity, size, fire confidence level (low, nominal, high), source/fire type (reported or detected by satellite), and detection date. Other parameters also include Fire Radiant Power (FRP) and Fire-Weather Index (FWI) around the selected locations.

Essential features of Ambee Maps

Access any location of your choice

The user can select the location of their choice for any point on earth at the top left side of the screen. This allows the user to access various features and detailed information on the location of their choice.

Get data in real-time

The user can switch between datasets, mainly air quality, tree pollen, grass pollen, and weed pollen, from the dropdown box at the top center of the platform.

Once the location has been entered, on the left side of the screen, the user will find a further breakdown of the dataset they have selected.

The users are also able to view wildfire activities in and around their location. In case of wildfires, a dialogue box will appear stating that wildfires have been detected in that area. The box can be further clicked to find extensive details on ongoing wildfires.

Find out the history and the future of your environment

At the bottom left of the screen, users can view the historical timeline for air quality, tree pollen, weed pollen, and grass pollen over the last 48 hours.

For pollen, the user is also able to see the forecast data for the next 12 hours.

View data in your standardized format

To make Ambee’s datasets universally acceptable, Ambee provides three standards for AQ data measurements—US, UK, and India. Users can switch between these at the bottom right side of the screens. The legend helps users understand the severity levels of the air quality.

Integrate the map with your platform

The user can easily integrate Ambee Maps for their benefit. Users will need to click the “Get Ambee Maps” option at the top right corner and choose the option that best suits them.

• Individual users can download the Ambee App and easily and comfortably access the map feature on their smartphones. 
• For small businesses, code is provided for them to copy and integrate into the website or app’s codebase.
• To use Ambee Maps for your enterprise business, the user must contact the expert. Once the use case has been established and understood, the team will develop a similar map for the business based on their brand guidelines and requirements.

Other features

• Ambee Maps can be viewed in both 2D and 3D at the user's convenience. 
• The spatial resolution is 500x 500m, and the temporal resolution is hourly.
• Ambee Maps can manage numerous requests simultaneously, and an alert system for automatic scaling is in place.

Select applications of Ambee Maps

While the list of use cases for Ambee Maps is endless, we’ve listed down a few ways you can make the best of it. You can use Ambee Maps for:

• Continuous air quality monitoring with real-time and historical data for individuals, communities, and organizations concerned about air pollution and its impact on health.
• Pollution hotspot identification for users to avoid or address pollution issues effectively.
• Effective route planning that allows users to choose the least polluted or pollen-induced routes for commuting or outdoor activities.
• Urban planning using air quality/pollen data to design more sustainable and eco-friendly urban environments.
• Disaster management through critical information about wildfires or air quality conditions in affected areas.
• Environmental research to study trends in air quality and pollen levels over time and raise awareness.

The future of Ambee Maps

But we're not stopping here. At Ambee, we are committed to continuous improvement and innovation. Stay tuned for upcoming features on Ambee Maps, including versatile layers, support for geo-tiff files, and the introduction of tiles as a service. We're redefining how we navigate and interact with geographical data, setting a new standard for map services in the digital landscape.

Visit Ambee Climate Maps today and experience the future of climate intelligence firsthand.