#AirCheckVaasa

Develop an app or platform to crowd-source information for comparing changes in environmental factors, such as temperature, relative humidity, air pollution, with occurrence of symptoms of allergies and respiratory diseases. Create tools for public entry and grading of symptoms, including but not limited to cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, sneezing, nasal obstruction, itchy eyes; and geographic mapping of symptom frequency and intensity. Create a platform for comparison of symptom map with NASA provided data, with visualization options for web and/or smart phone.

#AirCheckVaasa is a platform to assess airborne health hazards based on three factors

1. Comparison of open data (air quality, events, wind direction, temperature, humidity)
2. Reports by mobile app users. The platform has a reporting tool for common air quality related symptoms.
3. Low price sensor devices to give more precise data. The devices will measure factors such as temperature, humidity, air pressure in locations where risks are present, such as farms or plants which handle toxic materials.

The application itself will contain two pages, a map where local hazards and risks can be navigated. The app will notify of increased risks in the area. The other page will let the user report symptoms at the user's current gps position.

Tools/programming platforms:
AngularJS for the web application, NodeJS with Express and MongoDB for the server, and BeagleBone Black with simple sensors, Wheezy OS and NodeRed.

APIs and web platforms
Forecast, Nasa EOSDIS Event data, Breezometer air pollution index