Smell PGH
Category : Weather
Reviews (12)
It is a good idea, but needs a lot of work. 3 points I want to make: I would've expected more pollution information in general. It's only useful if you literally live in downtown pgh. 90% of the reports are people complaining about their neighbors campfires, You know the types, the types of people who will call the cops at the drop of a hat. At least that's the impression I got.
super interesting to see the patterns of pollution
Useful and empowering
Why was this app created if nothing is ever done about the pollution being reported. Disgusting.
Fantastic. Shows wind direction at monitoring stations near major pollution sources. You can review citizen reports for a day and see who is affected, when and by what source. Now I know who causes the smells and symptoms I've been experiencing for three years. Armed with this knowledge, I continue to submit reports, but I also check the national weather service to see which way the wind is predicted to blow. I can close my windows to avoid symptoms if the predicted wind direction looks like trouble. I'd rather have breathable air, but this is a start. Thank you!
Thank you for all that you do to create awareness of our air quality which inspires change! Hold on to your hope everyone, we have strength in numbers. We can do this 💗
It has the potential to be a very useful app however after using it for almost 2 years, it has brought about no change or improvement in air quality here.
This app is brilliant. While it is evident that most people don't report the air quality when it is fine - it is super useful to be able to report horrible air quality on days like today where Pittsburgh is littered in a sea of crimson red reports. Thank you for making this. Hopefully it leads to change!
This app is relatively worthless. We can smell for ourselves. What will be interesting is in the future when the technology exists for apps to measure air quality regardless of whether we can smell something or not
Thank you so much for creating this. This is a much needed step to track the poor air quality. I leave my house very early for work and it is often in these early hours that the smell is unbearable.
A neat way to report on air pollution, and amazing little maps.
Can't edit the time or location of the report. Therefore useless unless you want to stop what you're doing and stand in the middle of the smell while you report it.