In an article by Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News, “A San Francisco company that builds air pollution sensors announced a deal Monday to put its equipment on Google’s Street View cars — the vehicles that drive all over the world photographing detailed images of roads and buildings. Starting in the Bay Area, the Central Valley and Los Angeles, the devices will measure smog levels and post the information on Google maps, providing the public with a detailed look at which communities are the most polluted.

“Eventually, if the system is successful, the readings could affect real estate values, highlight health risks around schools, hospitals and parks and even advise cities where to plant trees or synchronize traffic lights to reduce smog. They also could be paired with health data to spark regulators to tighten pollution standards in problem areas.”

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