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U.S. EPA Air Quality Data in KML

posted by Satri on Thursday November 29, @06:31PM   Printer-friendly   Email story  Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the breathe-slowly-while-driving-that-road dept.
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Google's Lat Long blog informs us the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's is using Google Earth's KML format to publish air quality data. From the EPA Air Quality page: " State and county summaries grouped by major source sectors are available for each of these pollutants: * Carbon Monoxide * Lead * Nitrogen Oxides * Volatile Organic Compounds * Particulate Matter * Sulfur Dioxide [...] It contains facility-level information for the seven major point-source sectors listed below. [...] * Cement Facilities * Chemical Manufacturing * Electric Generating Units * Natural Gas Pipelines * Oil and Gas Production * Petroleum Refineries * Pulp & Paper Industries" Some related previous stories below. Update: 11/30 15:05 GMT by S : It seems Canada also offers that kind of data for the public, see comment below.

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