iPhone
In order to install the Air Quality Widget for Peterborough, Ontario on your favorite iPhone or iPod device, launch the internet browser from your device and open this web page:
Android
You can download the World Air Quality for your Android Device directly from the google app store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.insdio.aqicn.airwidget.AsiaIn case you do not have access to the google Store, you can also directly download the signed APK:
https://aqicn.org/?apk.HTML5 WebApp
In order to install the application, just launch the internet browser from your favorite HTML5 enabled and open the web page aqicn.org (or just scan the QR code below).
Then select the city the closest station from your location by dragging the screen from left to right, and clicking on "Auto locate the nearest city".
Our GAIA air quality monitors are very easy to set up: You only need a WIFI access point and a USB compatible power supply.
Once connected, your real time air pollution levels are instantaneously available on the maps and through the API.
The station comes with a 10-meter water-proof power cable, a USB power supply, mounting equipment and an optional solar panel.
AQI | Air Pollution Level | Health Implications | Cautionary Statement (for PM2.5) |
0 - 50 | Good | Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk | None |
51 -100 | Moderate | Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution. | Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion. |
101-150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected. | Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion. |
151-200 | Unhealthy | Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects | Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion |
201-300 | Very Unhealthy | Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected. | Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion. |
300+ | Hazardous | Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects | Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion |